Roman Zykov

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.

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

Appointments as arbitrator include

• A member of a Dispute Adjudication Board under FIDIC related to the construction of a mining and processing plant in Russia.
  
• A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute arising from the supply of equipment for a key mining project in Central Asia (IAC at BelCCI Arbitration Rules).
  
• A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute arising from several loan agreements related to a real estate project and purchase of shares in an oil refinery (SCC Arbitration Rules, Finnish law, seat in Stockholm).
  
• A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute related to the operation of a deep shaft mine 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 in Central Asia (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 supply of industrial welding equipment (ICC Arbitration Rules, Swiss law, seat in Paris).
• A party-appointed arbitrator in a dispute related to a nuclear power plant construction project (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 from a contract for manufacturing 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 from a contract for 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 Arbitration 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 (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