Igor Gorchakov

Igor Gorchakov is a Partner in the firm's Dispute Resolution practice, based in the Dubai office. He is a dual-qualified Russian and English lawyer, and his practice comprises both disputes and transactional (banking) mandates, including domestic and cross-border litigation and arbitration, as well as project finance, syndicated lending, securitisation, derivatives, and bank regulatory matters.

Mr. Gorchakov regularly advises international banks, corporates, and financial institutions on regulatory and sanctions-related matters, as well as multi-jurisdictional transactions and disputes involving CIS markets and global cross-border enforcement. He has represented a major international bank in parallel proceedings in LCIA arbitration and Russian court litigation against a defaulted Russian borrower, represented lenders on a project finance facility to a major Russian and Armenian gold producer, and acted for a major UK drilling company in an ICAC arbitration against its former Russian subsidiary.

Igor holds a Degree in Law (with High Honours) from St. Petersburg State University (2000) and a Degree in Linguistics from St. Petersburg State University (1996). He is admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales (2022) and Ireland (2022), an Advocate of the Moscow Bar Association (2002), a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) (2020), and a Part I and Part II Practitioner with full rights of audience before the DIFC Courts (2023).

He is recognized by leading international legal directories as a leading lawyer in Banking and Finance, Litigation, Insolvency and Reorganisation, Capital Markets, and Project Finance and Development Practice.