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Uliana is a dual-qualified English and Russian lawyer specialising in international arbitration. She has over a decade of experience in cross-border work. She helps clients with resolving disputes in both international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, and in the matters of enforcement of arbitral awards. She also has experience of obtaining interim relief in English courts, acting in complex parallel litigation and arbitration cases involving allegations of fraud, asset recovery and advising on public international law issues.
In addition to her practice as counsel, Uliana sits as an arbitrator and teaches international arbitration on the specialised LLM programme at Queen Mary University of London.
Uliana Advises
- Investors
- Publicly listed and private companies
- Governments
- Individuals
Experience Highlights
- Acting for the Respondent in ICSID annulment proceedings, Masdar Solar & Wind Cooperatief U.A. v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/1;
- Acting for the Claimant in Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. v. Federal Republic of Nigeria;
- Acting for the Respondent in Olympic Entertainment Group AS (Estonia) v. Republic of Ukraine (PCA Case No. 2019-18);
- Acting for the Claimant in Scholz Holding GmbH v. Kingdom of Morocco, ICSID Case No. ARB/19/2;
- Acting for the Claimant in A11Y LTD. v. Czech Republic, ICSID Case No. UNCT/15/1;
- Drafting a new generation model bilateral investment treaty for a government and negotiating a bilateral investment treaty based on it with another government;
- Acting for a Russian state-owned bank in a substantial arbitration against a refinery where the bank sought damages for non-performance by the refinery on a series of oil delivery contracts and related English court proceedings;
- Acting for the respondent in a multi-million arbitration in the forestry sector which resulted in an outright win for the client on the points of law, obtaining a substantial award of security for costs and all adverse legal costs;
- Acting for seven claimants in multi-million consolidated arbitration arising out of the break-up of the relationship between two prominent Israeli businessmen;
- Representing a State in enforcement of arbitral award in England.
Career History
Previous Law firms
- Partner, PCB Byrne LLP, London, 2021-2023
- International Arbitration Associate, Allen & Overy LLP, London, 2019-2020
- International Arbitration Associate, Withers LLP, London, 2016-2019
- Trainee Solicitor, gunnercooke LLP, London, 2015-2016
- Contract Attorney, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, London, 2011-2013
- Russian Trainee and Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Moscow, 2008-2010
Memberships
- Group Co-Lead of Working Group on Online Dispute Resolution, Silicon Valley Mediation & Arbitration Centre
Education
- Queen Mary University of London, LLM in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution, London, 2013-2014
- BPP Law School, GDL and LPC, London, 2010-2012, 2014-2015
- International Academy for Arbitration Law, Paris, 2012
- Moscow State University, Law Degree, Moscow, 2004-2009
Articles
- International Arbitration for Chinese Parties: Overview, Trends and Predictions, Romanian Arbitration Journal, co-authored with Jean Zhu, June 2022
- Revisions to the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration 2020, ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes Magazine, June 2021
- Market trends and legal issues in third-party funding, Global Arbitration Review, August 2018
Webinars and speaking engagements
- Speaker at the event co-hosted by the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Centre (SVAMC), California Arbitration Association (CalArb), and Guangzhou Arbitration Commission (GZAC) on “New Trends of Online Dispute Resolution: a 2023 Outlook”, May 2023
- Moderator of the panel discussion on “How Does a GC Drive ESG”, Legal Leaders Europe, November 2022
- Moderator of the panel discussion on “Shareholder and Joint Venture Agreements” as part of the English Law Day in Tashkent, Uzbek Arbitration Week, September 2022
- Webinar on “Interim Relief in International Arbitration”, September 2022
- Moderator of the panel discussion on “Financial Disputes in Arbitration”, Global Arbitration Review Live Moscow, October 2021
- Moderator of the panel discussion on the “Notion of Civility in the ICCA Guidelines on the Standards of Practice in International Arbitration”, XIII ABA-RAA Conference on the Resolution of the CIS-Related Disputes, September 2021
- Speaker, Innovations in Investment Treaty Arbitration, YMG Conference 2018 on “Innovation in Arbitration: A Brave New World”
- Speaker, Counterclaims in Investment Treaty Arbitration at the YICCA and YIMA Conference on “Investment Treaty Arbitration: Select Issues Around the 2018 FDI Moot Case”, St Petersburg, Russia
- Speaker in the Atameken Arbitration Club on “Pathological arbitration clauses”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Expertise
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Uliana is a dual-qualified English and Russian lawyer specialising in international arbitration. She has over a decade of experience in cross-border work. She helps clients with resolving disputes in both international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, and in the matters of enforcement of arbitral awards. She also has experience of obtaining interim relief in English courts, acting in complex parallel litigation and arbitration cases involving allegations of fraud, asset recovery and advising on public international law issues.
In addition to her practice as counsel, Uliana sits as an arbitrator and teaches international arbitration on the specialised LLM programme at Queen Mary University of London.
Uliana Advises
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- Investors
- Publicly listed and private companies
- Governments
- Individuals
Experience Highlights
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- Acting for the Respondent in ICSID annulment proceedings, Masdar Solar & Wind Cooperatief U.A. v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/1;
- Acting for the Claimant in Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. v. Federal Republic of Nigeria;
- Acting for the Respondent in Olympic Entertainment Group AS (Estonia) v. Republic of Ukraine (PCA Case No. 2019-18);
- Acting for the Claimant in Scholz Holding GmbH v. Kingdom of Morocco, ICSID Case No. ARB/19/2;
- Acting for the Claimant in A11Y LTD. v. Czech Republic, ICSID Case No. UNCT/15/1;
- Drafting a new generation model bilateral investment treaty for a government and negotiating a bilateral investment treaty based on it with another government;
- Acting for a Russian state-owned bank in a substantial arbitration against a refinery where the bank sought damages for non-performance by the refinery on a series of oil delivery contracts and related English court proceedings;
- Acting for the respondent in a multi-million arbitration in the forestry sector which resulted in an outright win for the client on the points of law, obtaining a substantial award of security for costs and all adverse legal costs;
- Acting for seven claimants in multi-million consolidated arbitration arising out of the break-up of the relationship between two prominent Israeli businessmen;
- Representing a State in enforcement of arbitral award in England.
Career History
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Previous Law firms
- Partner, PCB Byrne LLP, London, 2021-2023
- International Arbitration Associate, Allen & Overy LLP, London, 2019-2020
- International Arbitration Associate, Withers LLP, London, 2016-2019
- Trainee Solicitor, gunnercooke LLP, London, 2015-2016
- Contract Attorney, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, London, 2011-2013
- Russian Trainee and Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Moscow, 2008-2010
Memberships
- Group Co-Lead of Working Group on Online Dispute Resolution, Silicon Valley Mediation & Arbitration Centre
Education
- Queen Mary University of London, LLM in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution, London, 2013-2014
- BPP Law School, GDL and LPC, London, 2010-2012, 2014-2015
- International Academy for Arbitration Law, Paris, 2012
- Moscow State University, Law Degree, Moscow, 2004-2009
Articles
- International Arbitration for Chinese Parties: Overview, Trends and Predictions, Romanian Arbitration Journal, co-authored with Jean Zhu, June 2022
- Revisions to the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration 2020, ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes Magazine, June 2021
- Market trends and legal issues in third-party funding, Global Arbitration Review, August 2018
Webinars and speaking engagements
- Speaker at the event co-hosted by the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Centre (SVAMC), California Arbitration Association (CalArb), and Guangzhou Arbitration Commission (GZAC) on “New Trends of Online Dispute Resolution: a 2023 Outlook”, May 2023
- Moderator of the panel discussion on “How Does a GC Drive ESG”, Legal Leaders Europe, November 2022
- Moderator of the panel discussion on “Shareholder and Joint Venture Agreements” as part of the English Law Day in Tashkent, Uzbek Arbitration Week, September 2022
- Webinar on “Interim Relief in International Arbitration”, September 2022
- Moderator of the panel discussion on “Financial Disputes in Arbitration”, Global Arbitration Review Live Moscow, October 2021
- Moderator of the panel discussion on the “Notion of Civility in the ICCA Guidelines on the Standards of Practice in International Arbitration”, XIII ABA-RAA Conference on the Resolution of the CIS-Related Disputes, September 2021
- Speaker, Innovations in Investment Treaty Arbitration, YMG Conference 2018 on “Innovation in Arbitration: A Brave New World”
- Speaker, Counterclaims in Investment Treaty Arbitration at the YICCA and YIMA Conference on “Investment Treaty Arbitration: Select Issues Around the 2018 FDI Moot Case”, St Petersburg, Russia
- Speaker in the Atameken Arbitration Club on “Pathological arbitration clauses”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Testimonials
"Uliana Cooke is a young, talented and ambitious partner. Tremendous work ethic and great with clients"
Legal 500 2024
“A lawyer who knows her business for sure. If you need representation in court or arbitration, you can safely contact this specialist. She does her job perfectly.”
Anna Makhina
Head of Legal, Group of Petropavlovsk (Moscow office)“Uliana was very helpful in my case. I faced potential huge ramifications from my university, including expulsion and subsequent potential return to my home country, but with her help I was able to issue several statements that made sure that the university would not deal any serious consequences due to potential human rights violation of freedom of speech. After Uliana joined the case, I was much more comfortable and feeling less anxious having such a strong lawyer and office by my side, during an extremely troubling time, informing me of my rights and willing to fight for me when I was feeling alone. Thank you so much Uliana for your help! I couldn’t have done it without you!”
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