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International Arbitration |
Litigation |
Damages specialist

My name is Anastasia Medvedskaya, I specialise in investment treaty arbitration, commercial arbitration, and public international law.
Experience
I have acted as counsel for investors and States in several investment treaty disputes and in commercial arbitration cases under the ICSID, ICC, LCIA, and UNCITRAL rules. My most recent role was at a boutique law firm in London. Prior to that, I spent almost two years at a Big Four in Paris working with damages experts.

I assisted with the assessment of damages in arbitration, post-acquisition disputes and participated in forensic investigations.

Significant representations

As counsel

  • Representing the Russian Federation in several investment treaty arbitrations brought by Ukrainian individuals and companies over the alleged expropriation of their assets in Crimea.
  • Representing the Russian Federation in the case before the International Court of Justice concerning the application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ukraine v. Russian Federation).
  • Representing majority shareholders in the Latvian bank AS Norvik Banka (PNB) in a dispute arising out of the sanctions imposed by the State on the bank for its alleged failure to comply with anti-money laundering and terrorist-financing regulations.
As forensic accountant

  • Working on an ICC arbitration between a European construction group and an African State following a breach of contract in a road construction project (valuation of Claimant’s incremental costs, delay analysis, lost profits, and loss of opportunity claims).
  • Working on an ICC arbitration between a European construction group and an African State triggered by the early termination of a stadium construction project (valuation of Claimant’s sunk costs and lost profits claims).
  • Working on a corruption investigation of a French subsidiary in Russia (amount – confidential).
  • Working on a corruption investigation of a French state-owned entity (amount – confidential).
  • Working on a financial Fraud investigation and asset tracing of an international French group in Thailand (190 million euros).

Publications

Jus Mundi Blog Post, 'London vs Singapore: A (false) struggle for the title of world’s leading seat of arbitration' available at the link.

2021
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Article co-authored with Daniel Greineder, 'Beyond High Hopes and Dark Fears:Towards a Deflationary View of Soft Law in International Arbitration'

(2020), 38, ASA Bulletin, Issue 2, pp. 414-435.

Jus Mundi Wiki Note, ' The Doctrine of Veil Piercing in Investment Law' available at the link.

2020
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Article, 'Enforcement mechanism under the TTIP Investment Court System, an appropriate tool for enforcing awards in third States?'

(2019), 35, Revista del Club Español del Arbitraje, pp.71-86.
Article co-authored with Paul-Raphael Shehadeh, 'The Sapin 2 law: France’s new vessel in the treacherous waters of enforcement immunity'

(2019), 3, Journal of the Russian Arbitration Association, pp. 34-42.
Article co-authored with Dr. Etienne Marque, «La sécurisation des investissements et les populations autochtones en Afrique: de la fragmentation à la synthèse?»

(2018), Recueil Penant, Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Africain, Juris Africa, No. 904, pp. 345-361.

Speaking engagements

Roundtable Panel Discussion, '22 hot takes in international arbitration for 2022' at the Russian Speaking Legal Professionals’

Forum (RusFor) conference, St. Petersburg, 3 February 2022
(co-panellists: Yuri Botiuk, Ben Wells, Alexey Drobyshev, Shantanu Majumdar QC, Dmitry Davydenko).
Presentation, 'International responsibility of investors in Africa for human Rights violations: a hazy idea or a prospect for a tangible reality?'

Given at the Fourth African International Economic Law Network Biennial Conference, Nairobi, 18 to 20 July 2019.
Presentation, 'From ‘Achmea’ to the Paris Agreement and beyond: is there a prospect of resolving European “climate change” disputes under the Investment Court?'

Given at the Joint Conference of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow and the Global Law Initiative for Sustainable Development (gLAWcal), 'International Law in Times of Trade Wars and Global Environmental Problems: Protection or Protectionism?'.
Presentation, 'Enforcement mechanism under the TTIP Investment Court System, an appropriate tool for enforcing awards in third States?'

Given at the Joint Conference of UNCITRAL and the University Loyola Andalucia (Seville), '60 Years of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: Key Issues and Future Challenges'.
Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot

Coach of the Paris Bar School Team
(2nd-highest ranked Respondent Memorial), 2021
Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot

Coach of the Paris Bar School Team
(2nd runner-up in the Global Finals),
2020
Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot

Coach of the Paris Bar School Team
(3rd-highest ranked Claimant Memorial), 2019
Frankfurt Investment
Arbitration Moot Court,
2019, 2022

Education
Law Master’s Degree in International Trade and Business Law – University of Paris (Nanterre la Défense)
2013-2014
Law Master’s Degree in Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution – University of Paris (Panthéon-Assas Paris II)
2014-2015
Postgraduate Diploma “International Economic Law in Africa” – University of Paris (Panthéon-Assas Paris II)
2015-2016
Directed Studies in Public International Law – Hague Academy of International Law
2017
Qualification
French Qualified Lawyer (Avocat au Barreau de Paris)
2017
Contact details:
Email: contact@medvedskaya-avocat.com
Address: CDAAP : 11 boulevard de Sébastopol, 5001, Paris, France