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Alexei Dudko has more than 25 years' experience as a highly qualified litigation and arbitration attorney with an impressive number of complex disputes won in international arbitration and in court. Alexei regularly represents and advises leading Russian and foreign companies on anti-fraud and asset recovery matters, as well as bank insolvency cases in Russia and other countries of the CIS.

Alexei is an active arbitrator and regularly speaks at events on arbitration matters. He has acted as counsel in numerous international disputes.

Alexei is a recommended dispute resolution lawyer in leading legal directories such as Chambers Global and Legal 500 and was also included in the 2014 Global Investigations Review (GIR) list of 40 Leading Investigative Lawyers under 40. Since 2010, he has been recommended by Best Lawyers in Russia in the categories International Arbitration, Arbitration and Mediation, and Litigation.

Since 2018, Alexei has been included in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame for law firm partners who are “at the pinnacle of the profession" based on constant praise from their clients for continued excellence.

In 2020, Alexei was recommended as one of the best arbitration lawyers in The Legal 500 Arbitration Powerlist: CIS and Caucasus. Alexei is recommended by the Pravo-300 and Kommersant as a leading lawyer in the field of international dispute resolution and commercial arbitration.

SERVICES
AND PRACTICE AREAS

Dispute Resolution and Investigations

Practices

SANCTIONS REGULATION

Practices

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), 2002
LL.M. in International Business Law, Leiden University (Lugd. Batav.), diploma with honours, 2000
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), diploma with honours, 1998

CLIENTS
AND PROJECTS

GLOBIX LIQUIDATORS

Represened the Gibraltar liquidators of the collapsed crypto exchange Globix regarding international and Russian aspects of the insolvency and recovery of illegally withdrawn multi-million-dollar crypto assets

AN INTERNATIONAL ENERGY GROUP

Represented an international energy group in an UNCITRAL arbitration involving a USD 22.4 billion claim against regional governments of a Eurasian country for breach of obligations under a production sharing and oil field development agreement

DEPOSIT INSURANCE AGENCY (DIA)

Led a legal team in representing Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) as bankruptcy trustee of Mezhprombank CJSC in connection with international litigation against Russian oligarch Sergei Pugachev and the bank's former management, who were accused of driving the bank into insolvency, as well as obtaining judicial seizure of the defendant's assets abroad with a value of up to USD 2 billion. The proceedings took place in, among other jurisdictions, Russia, England, France, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Turkey, the BVI and the Cayman Islands and involved a significant number of precedents, including the award of a then-record amount from the bank's controlling persons in Russia on the basis of subsidiary liability; recognition of the concept of "de facto control" as a basis for subsidiary liability; the first-ever recognition of the powers of a Russian bankruptcy liquidator by a court in England; the case of a worldwide asset seizure order in support of a Russian bankruptcy proceeding; the first time a Russian bankruptcy judgment based on subsidiary liability was recognized and enforced; and the first-ever foreclosure against assets held in a discretionary trust

A LEADING RUSSIAN BANK

Represented a leading Russian bank in fourteen LCIA arbitrations involving claims against a major steel company in connection with its default on obligations worth over USD 2 billion

BTA BANK (KAZAKHSTAN)

Represented BTA Bank (Kazakhstan) in one of the largest asset recovery proceedings in the world regarding fraudulent transactions worth over USD 6 billion by the bank's former management. Acted as lead counsel in Russian courts with respect to recognition and enforcement of an English judgment for a record amount of over USD 730 million (the firm was named "Litigation Firm of the Year" by The Lawyer Awards 2013 for its representation of BTA Bank in the largest fraud case to be seen in a London court)