The Board of the Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration is a collective body, which is elected from the list of arbitrators and subject to partial rotation every 3 years. The Board performs
professionally and independently such important functions as appointment of arbitrators, examination of challenges of arbitrators, prolongation of procedural terms as well as other functions accorded to the Board by the Arbitration Rules.
Timur Aitkulov is the President of the Board under the clause 8 article 2 of the Internal Rules of the Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration (Annex II to the Arbitration Rules of the RIMA).
The RAC Board has formed two subcommittees performing functions of the Board with regard to arbitration of domestic disputes and international commercial arbitration under the clause 2 article 2 of the Internal Rules of the Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration (Annex II to the Arbitration Rules of the RIMA).
Timur Aitkulov
Senior Partner at Aitkulov & Partners Law Firm
President of the Board
Evgeny Rashchevsky
Partner and Head of the International Arbitration and Litigation Practice at EPAM Law Offices
President of the Subcommittee on Arbitration of Domestic Disputes
Francis Xavier, SC, PBM
Partner at Rajah & Tann (Singapore)
President of the Subcommittee on International Arbitration
Professor Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab
Professor of International Arbitration, Private International Law and English Contract Law at Cairo University; Founding Partner and Head of International Arbitration, Construction and Energy Groups at Zulficar & Partners Law Firm (Egypt)
His Excellency Justice Shamlan Al Sawalehi
Court of Appeal Judge and Judge in Charge of the Arbitration Division, DIFC Courts
Sergey Arakelov
Research advisor of the Department of Tax Law of Kutafin Moscow State Law University, full State Counsellor of 2nd Class of the Russian Federation, Ph.D. in Economics.
Anna Arkhipova
Associate Professor at S.S. Alexeyev Private Law Research Center and MGIMO University, Deputy Head of Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Anton Asoskov
Professor at the Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation named after S.S. Alekseev, LL.D., MCIArb
Yury Babichev
Partner, International Arbitration, Cross-Border Litigation, ALUMNI Partners
Olga Boltenko
Arbitrator and arbitration counsel at Boltenko Arbiters
Victoria Bortkevicha
Partner at Better Chance
Mikhail Ivanov
Partner, Head of the Russian Litigation and Arbitration Practice at Nextons Law Firm, PhD
Andrey Panov
Partner at Denuo
Prof. Dr. Islambek Rustambekov
Professor of Private International Law Department at Tashkent State University of Law and Professor of International Dispute Resolution and Professional Mediators Programs at Center for Professional Training of Lawyers by International Standards