As a dual-qualified lawyer (Russia and the State of New York), Vladimir combines an outstanding record of academic achievement in both Russia and the United States. He holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, a Candidate of Legal Sciences (PhD equivalent) degree from the Higher School of Economics, and an LL.M. in Private Law from the Russian School of Private Law. Earlier, as part of an HSE team, he became the only Russian winner of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vienna, Austria) in the competition’s history.
Vladimir successfully combines a legal practice with academic work. As a practising lawyer, he has over 10 years of experience advising international and Russian clients on international investment and commercial arbitration, as well as litigation in Russia and abroad. He has acted under the leading international and Russian arbitration rules, including ICSID, UNCITRAL, SCC, LCIA, SIAC, the ICAC and the Russian Arbitration Center (RAC). Vladimir also regularly serves as an expert and arbitrator and delivers public lectures on international arbitration, international law and dispute resolution to both Russian and international audiences.
As an Associate Professor at the HSE Department of International Law, he teaches international commercial transactions, public international law and international arbitration, and for more than eight years has coached HSE’s team for the Willem C. Vis Moot. He has published in leading international journals (such as Arbitration International) as well as in top Russian outlets (including Bulletin of Economic Justice, Zakon, the HSE Journal of International Law, and others).