“We see the unseen” – Asari Legal partners in an interview with Kommersant
The sanctions imposed in 2022 have brought about a profound shift in the landscape of international dispute resolution. Russian companies are increasingly moving away from Western arbitral venues in favour of Asian forums, while Singapore — once a model of neutrality — is gradually losing that status due to geopolitical pressure.
Where the market is heading, why we may see a new wave of claims in the West by 2028, and how sanctions have given rise to a whole new class of investment disputes: these were the topics discussed in Kommersant’s interview with by Ilya Rybalkin and Dmitry Kaysin, partners and co-heads of Asari Legal’s Dispute Resolution practice, and Paul-Raphael Shehadeh, solicitor and counsel at Asari Legal.
Which arbitral venues do Russian businesses now favour?
Which forums can still be considered neutral?
What law has become the governing law of choice for cross-border contracts since February 2022?
Read the full interview in Russian in «Коммерсантъ»