THE IAC EURASIA
ARBITRATION WEEK 2025
1-2 July 2025
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About the Event

Eurasia Arbitration Week (EAW) connects the Eurasia and global arbitration and dispute resolution communities. It is a platform for leading arbitrators, private practice lawyers, in-house counsel, policymakers and academics to discuss modern arbitration and dispute resolution practices, opportunities, challenges, and solutions for business in Eurasia. Through a series of engaging discussions and expert panels, EAW aims to promote arbitration, ADR and the rule of law, and protect investor rights with independent, trusted and cost effective dispute resolution.


EAW25 is the third annual Eurasia arbitration event to be held at the IAC. We are delighted that the EAW25 co-organiser is Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP. Last year, more than 200 participants attended EAW24 from the US, UK, Eurasia, Europe, and Asia.


Topics for discussion at EAW25 include:

  • Navigating Arbitration Across Eurasian Borders
  • FDIs in Eurasia: Impact of ADR on Investment Climate
  • Essential Tips for Effective Arbitration Advocacy: How to win a case?
  • Corporate Counsel Perspectives: Choosing ADR Over Litigation
  • Cross-Border Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Eurasia: Practical Considerations
  • Adapting Arbitration Practices to the AI Age
Programme
Tuesday, 1 July 2025

09:00 – 10:00
Registration and Welcome coffee
10:00 – 10:30
Opening Ceremony & MoU Signing Ceremony
  • Thomas Krümmel, IAC Chairman (Germany)
  • Renat Bekturov, AIFC Governor (Kazakhstan)
  • The Rt. Hon. The Lord Burnett of Maldon, AIFC Court Chief Justice (UK)
  • Dr. Adilbek Tussupov, Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP (Germany)
  • Alma Mukanova, Deputy Head of the State and Legal Department, Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
  • Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti, President, UNIDROIT (Italy)
IAC MoU Signing Ceremony
10:30 – 11:30
Panel 1. Navigating Arbitration Across Eurasian Borders
Moderator:
  • Thomas Krümmel, IAC Chairman (Germany)

Speakers:
  • Prof. Ziya Akinci, Partner, Akinci Law Firm (Turkey)
  • Aigoul Kenjebayeva, Partner, Dentons (Kazakhstan)
  • Nick Gvinadze, Managing Partner, Gvinadze & Partners LLC (Georgia)
  • Anna Guillard Sazhko, Counsel and Independent Arbitrator (France/ Ukraine)
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee break
12:00 – 13:00
BIG SPEAKER
Speaker:
  • Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti, President, UNIDROIT (Italy)

Moderator:
  • Thomas Krummel, IAC Chairman (Germany)
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Panel 2. FDIs in Eurasia: Impact of ADR on Investment Climate
Moderator:
Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti, President, UNIDROIT (Italy)

Speakers:
  • Joe Tirado, International Arbitrator, Mediator and ADR Consultant, TiradoADR Limited (UK/Spain)
  • Shirin Gurdova, Associate, Wordstone Dispute Resolution (Turkmenistan/France)
  • Dimitrios Papageorgiou, Associate, International Arbitration and Public International Law, Eversheds Sutherland (France/Greece)
  • Natalia Alenkina, Associate Professor, American University of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan)
  • Ardak Idayatova, Partner, Kinstellar (Kazakhstan)
15:00 – 16:00
Panel 3. Essential Tips for Effective Arbitration Advocacy: How to win a case?
Moderator:
  • Dr. Adilbek Tussupov, Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP (Germany)

Speakers:
  • Albert Marsman, Partner, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (Netherlands)
  • Dr. Laurent Killias, Partner, Killias & Legler (Switzerland)
  • Mukhit Yeleuov, Partner, ADL Disputes (Kazakhstan)
  • Prof. Ziya Akinci, Partner, Akinci Law Firm (Turkey)
Wednesday, 2 July 2025

09:00 – 10:00
Registration and Welcome coffee
10:00 – 11:00
Panel 1. Corporate Counsel Perspectives: Choosing ADR Over Litigation
Moderator:
  • Mukhit Yeleuov, Partner, ADL Disputes (Kazakhstan)

Speakers:
  • Celal Savaş, Senior CEO Advisor, SOCAR (Turkey)
  • Nurzhan Kosbayev, Director of Legal Department, The National Bank of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
  • Maria Petrenko, Senior Associate, TKS Disputes (Kazakhstan)
  • Sergey Dubynin, Legal Director, Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (Kazakhstan)
  • Gaziz Ibrayev, Deputy General Director, "Eurasian Group" LLP (Kazakhstan)
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30
Panel 2. Cross-Border Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Eurasia: Practical Considerations
Moderator:
  • Christopher Campbell-Holt, Registrar and Chief Executive, AIFC Court and IAC (UK)

Speakers:
  • The Rt. Hon. The Lord Burnett of Maldon, AIFC Court Chief Justice (UK)
  • Askar Konysbayev, Partner, GRATA International (Kazakhstan)
  • Sergei Vataev, IAC Arbitrator Panel Member (Kazakhstan)
  • Dr. Ilia Rachkov, Partner, Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners (Russia)
  • Andrei Solin, Senior Associate, GBS Disputes (France)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:30
Panel 3. Adapting Arbitration Practices to the AI Age
Moderator:
  • Stuart Paterson, Managing Partner, Middle East and Head of Middle East Dispute Resolution, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP (UAE)

Speakers:
  • Al-Farabi Satbayev, Managing director for legal affairs, JSC
  • “Kazakhtelecom” (Kazakhstan)
  • Mujtaba Hussain, Managing Partner, Emirates Legal (UAE/India)
  • Zhanna Temirbayeva, Senior Director, Ankura (Kazakhstan/UK)
  • Maria Petrenko, Senior Associate, TKS Disputes (Kazakhstan)
14:30 – 15:30
Training Session: 10 Key Things Arbitrators Can Do to Be Effective
Speaker:
  • Anna Guillard Sazhko, Counsel and Independent Arbitrator (France/ Ukraine)
15:30 – 15:40
Closing Ceremony
  • Thomas Krümmel, IAC Chairman (Germany)
  • Stuart Paterson, Managing Partner, Middle East and Head of Middle East Dispute Resolution, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP (UAE)
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