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Roman Zykov

Roman  Zykov

roman.zykov@mansors.com
+7 915 1096 753

Roman specializes in international arbitration with a particular emphasis on the M&A, shareholders’, construction, energy, mining, oil & gas, and international trade-related disputes. Mr. Zykov is recognized as a leading arbitration practitioner in Russia by peers and global rankings.

He has represented clients in arbitrations under the Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC), the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI), International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKAS) and other.

Mr. Zykov is included in the lists of arbitrators of the leading arbitration centers, and regularly receives appointments as arbitrator and law expert under the ICC, SCC, VIAC, and ICAC Arbitration Rules. He also serves as a member of Dispute Adjudication Boards under FIDIC.

Roman also advises on international litigation matters across the globe, including Russia and the CIS, EU, USA, Canada, BVI, and others.

Roman’s previous roles included the head of international arbitration and litigation group of a publicly listed gold mining company, a member of the dispute resolution groups in the leading law firms in the Netherlands, and Scandinavia. Roman seconded in the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. Since 2013 Roman acts as the Secretary-General of the Russian Arbitration Association. Mr Zykov heads two working groups of the Russian Arbitration Association, the group on the Study of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and the RAA UNCITRAL working group. 

Roman is a lecturer at Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Institute of Mining and Energy Law.


Appointments as arbitrator include

  • A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute arising out of a loan agreement (SCC Arbitration Rules, Finnish law, seat in Stockholm).
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute related to the development of a mining project in Russia (SCC Arbitration Rules, Russian law, seat in Stockholm).
  • A sole arbitrator appointed by the ICC as appointing authority in a dispute arising out of a consultancy project in the public sector (UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, the law of a CIS state, seat in Moscow).
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute related to a contract for the delivery of industrial welding equipment (ICC Rules, Swiss law, seat in Paris).
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute related to the construction of a nuclear power plant (ICC Rules, undisclosed law, undisclosed seat).
  • A sole arbitrator appointed by VIAC in a dispute arising out of a livestock supply agreement (VIAC Rules, Uzbek law, seat Vienna).
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute related to the construction of a gas pipeline (ICC Rules, the law of a Central European country, seat in Zurich).
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute arising out of the supply of equipment for a nuclear power plant (ICC Rules, Russian law, seat in Vienna).
  • A co-arbitrator appointed by the ICC in a dispute arising out of the provision of storage services for liquid bulk chemicals in the Port of Kotka (ICC Rules, Finnish law, seat in Helsinki).
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute arising out of a supply contract in the automotive industry (VIAC Rules, Austrian law, seat in Vienna).
  • A co-arbitrator appointed by the ICC in a dispute out of a construction services contract between Russian and Italian parties (ICC Rules, Russian law, seat in Stockholm).
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in the proceedings under the MKAS Arbitration Rules (Russian law, seat in Moscow).
  • A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute over an oil refinery services contract (ICC Rules, Swedish law, seat in Stockholm).


Education

  • Erasmus University Rotterdam, LL.M in Arbitration and Trade Law, 2004
  • Kazan State University, Ph.D Law, 2002
  • Bashkir state University LL.B in International Business Law, 2000

Languages

  • Russian, English, Swedish

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Roman  Zykov

roman.zykov@mansors.com
+7 915 1096 753

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