The Singapore Convention on Mediation: Key Provisions, Potential Legal Advantages and Risks of Participation for the Russian Federation
The Singapore Convention on Mediation is an international treaty developed and adopted within the framework of UNCITRAL and designed to promote the amicable settlement of disputes through mediation. The Convention establishes a legal framework for the right to invoke and enforce international settlement agreements resulting from mediation and concluded to resolve commercial disputes (settlement agreements). This review (in Russian) analyzes the key provisions of the Convention, specific aspects of its application, its implementation in selected foreign jurisdictions, as well as the legal advantages and risks of Russia’s potential participation in it. Particular attention is paid to the existing Russian regulation, which does not provide for a specific mechanism for invoking and enforcing such settlement agreements. The analysis concludes that Russia’s potential participation in the Convention may simplify the procedure for invocation and enforcement of settlement agreements and increase confidence in mediation, including as a means of resolving disputes involving Russian parties. The possible legal risks of Russia’s participation in the Singapore Convention are limited and may be minimized in view of both the very nature of mediation and the provisions contained in the Convention. At the same time, becoming a party to the Convention would not require a comprehensive reform of Russian legislation.
https://doi.org/10.65556/OPCC1900
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Education: ITLOS-Nippon Foundation Capacity-Building and Training Programme on Dispute Settlement under UNCLOS (2021–2022) (Hamburg, Germany); The Hague Academy of International Law (August 2017) (The Hague, Netherlands); The George Washington University Law School (2016–2017) (Washington D.C., USA); The National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (2012–2016) (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation). In June-August 2015, completed an internship at the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (The Hague, Netherlands). In November–December 2017 and May–July 2018, he was a legal trainee at the law firm “Borenius” (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation). In January–March 2018, participated in the internship programme at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Hamburg, Germany). In 2018–2022 — Expert / Senior Expert on Public International Law at the International and Comparative Law Research Center. Since July 2022 — Research Fellow (ASEAN, Law of the Sea) at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law (Heidelberg, Germany).
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Areas of professional expertise: Yulia graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Law (2015) and has a Master’s degree in private law (2017). In 2019, she was a guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (Hamburg, Germany). In 2020, she completed her postgraduate studies at the department of private law of the Lomonosov MSU, Faculty of Law. Besides, Yulia worked in the Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration (RAC) (Moscow) since the very beginning of the project in 2016. From 2019 till 2025, Yulia was CEO of the RIMA and RAC. In this capacity, she was actively involved in developing and promoting arbitration domestically and internationally. Prior to that, Yulia served as legal counsel and was involved in arbitral proceedings administered by the RAC as an assistant to arbitral tribunals. Before launching the RAC, Yulia practiced litigation and arbitration in one of the oldest Russian law firms. Yulia is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA). She has fluent knowledge of Russian and English, basic German.
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Professional interests: Graduated from the International Law Faculty of MGIMO in 2001 cum laude. He is fluent in English, Belarusian, French, and Italian, and has a good command of German. In 2004, he defended his Ph.D. in Law on the topic “Settlement Agreement as a Means of Resolving Private Law Disputes (under the Law of Russia and Some Foreign Countries).” He has practiced commercial law since 2004. He serves as an expert on Russian and international trade law in courts and international arbitrations worldwide. He participated in the reform of Kazakhstan's business law (2018) as an expert on Russian law. He was included in the list of the best specialists in international commercial arbitration under 45 years of age from 2017 to 2022 (Who's Who Legal and Global Arbitration Review), and in 2022, as one of the Global Leaders. He is on the recommended lists of arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre , the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) , the South China Arbitration Centre (SCIA) , TIAC (Tashkent), the Russian Arbitration Centre (RAC) and other arbitration institutions. Member of the Comparative Law Society (Société de legislation comparée), founded in the XIX century in Paris. Expert of the United Nations Development Programme in Sustainable economic growth, trade and integration; Sustainable transport systems; International law. Positions: Counsel of the Lexicom Law Firm (Moscow); leading researcher and associate professor of the Department of International Law at the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University; associate professor at MGIMO (Tashkent branch). Ph.D. in Law.