Ivan Philippov

Associate, London

Biography

Overview

Ivan Philippov is a solicitor of England and Wales and associate of the White & Case International Arbitration Group, based in London. His experience includes representing sovereign States, companies and individuals in investor-State and commercial disputes under ICSID, ICSID Additional Facility, UNCITRAL, LCIA, SIAC and ICC rules, as well as ad hoc arbitration under domestic arbitration laws.

Ivan has done a client secondment at the Public International Law & Policy Group, a non-profit organisation providing legal advice to States involved in conflicts. Ivan is also a member of the Steering Committee of Young Investment Treaty Forum, organised under the patronage of British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Before joining the London Dispute Resolution Group, Ivan spent six months working in the Firm's Dubai Arbitration Group. Prior to joining White & Case, Ivan worked as an intern at the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales
Education
Legal Practice Course
BPP Law School
Graduate Diploma in Law
University of Law
LLM
Comparative and International Dispute Resolution
Queen Mary University of London

School of International Arbitration

Bachelor's Degree
Law
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO - University)

International Law Department

Languages
English
Russian

Experience

Acting for two US investors in the gold mining industry in an ICSID arbitration under the DR-CAFTA

Representing a Middle Eastern State on a multi-million US dollar ICC arbitration concerning the construction of a flagship new airport

Representing an Eastern European State in a multibillion US dollar investment treaty claim commenced by a high-profile individual under the UNCITRAL rules

Representing a State-owned entity in a dispute with a main contractor in an ICC arbitration related to the expansion of gas-fired co-generation plants in the Middle East

Representing an Eastern European State in an investment treaty claim commenced under the ICSID Rules in connection with the revocation of banking licence

Representing an Eastern European State in investment treaty claim commenced under the ICSID Additional Facility Rules concerning insolvency of a railcar producing plant

Representing the owner of a controlling stake in a leading Eastern European mobile phone operator in a multibillion US dollar shareholder dispute under LCIA Rules

Publications

"Deciphering Tribunals' Practice In Investor-State Arbitration", Law360 (2020; co-authored)

"2019 Empirical study: Provisional measures in investor state arbitration", joint White & Case and BIICL study (2019; co-authored)

"Paris court confirms state companies' use of investment arbitration under Russia-Ukraine BIT (Ukraine v Tatneft)", LexisNexis (8 December 2016)

"Russia's Mistral Deal under International Sanctions" – will the Dispute be Arbitrable?", LexisNexis (21 October 2014; co-authored)