Eva Valter

Associate

UAE

Eva is an Associate in Pinna Goldberg’s UAE office. She is a solicitor of England and Wales and an advocate of the Moscow Region Bar Association. With over six years of experience in cross-border disputes, Eva has acted in a wide range of complex commercial, investment and sports arbitration matters, as well as in proceedings before courts of various jurisdictions and public law bodies, often in politically sensitive contexts.

She has represented multinational companies, sovereigns and high-net-worth individuals in arbitrations conducted under the LCIA, ICC, SCC, SIAC and AAA-ICDR rules, as well as in investor-State disputes under UNCITRAL and ICSID Rules. Working alongside local counsel, she has secured favourable outcomes in litigations involving sanctions, anti-money laundering measures and enforcement of arbitral awards before courts in England, Switzerland, EU Member States and the General Court of the European Union.

Her practice also includes advising on INTERPOL-related matters and representing clients before the European Court of Human Rights and other public bodies.

Law Society of England and Wales, Solicitor

Moscow Region Bar Association, Advocate

Eva’s experience spans every stage of the dispute process. She has advised on multi-jurisdictional matters requiring coordination across legal systems and forums, with a strong record of securing successful outcomes for her clients. She has been a core member of teams in a variety of complex disputes, including acting for:

  • A global energy and fertilizer group in investor-State arbitrations against multiple states and an intergovernmental organisation with more than US$1 billion in dispute;
  • A state within investor-State arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules with more than US$193 million in dispute (partial engagement – expert witnesses examination);
  • A group of European investors in an investment arbitration matter against an Eastern European state under two BITs;
  • Holding companies in proceedings before the EU General Court, as well as across EU Member States, in relation to sanctions matters;
  • A high-net-worth individual in a contractual and tort LCIA dispute involving claims and counterclaims of over US$130 million, including examination of witnesses at the final hearing;
  • A Russian machine-building enterprise in an SCC arbitration (including witness examination at the final hearing) regarding tram wagon delivery contract with more than EUR 50 million in dispute, as well as in court proceedings concerning setting aside an arbitral award in Sweden;
  • A Russian state-owned corporation in SIAC arbitration concerning a share purchase agreement for a 49% stake in two mining joint ventures, with over US$400 million in dispute;
  • An American investor in an ICDR-AAA arbitration over a Convertible Loan Agreement with the claim granted in full and the award successfully enforced in Hungary;
  • Sellers of a hotel business in an LCIA arbitration and Greek court proceedings over a EUR 15 million dispute, securing interim measures and a favourable settlement;
  • An industrial company in a construction dispute with a German contractor involving claims exceeding EUR 125 million;
  • A Dutch company in court proceedings concerning enforcement in the Netherlands of two Russian court judgements worth more than EUR 926 million;
  • High-net-worth individuals within court proceedings of several European jurisdictions concerning an alleged money laundering resulting in full termination of the proceedings;
  • A Russian athlete in a sports arbitration concerning an alleged anti-doping rules violation;
  • The Russian Paralympic Committee in arbitration proceedings challenging sanctions imposed by the International Paralympic Committee (including oral advocacy) resulting in the full restoration of membership rights of the former, as well as at the subsequent General Assembly of the International Paralympic Committee resulting in Russian Para-athletes being allowed to compete;
  • A Russian athlete in the ECtHR in connection with the application concerning violation of the athlete’s rights within international sports arbitration proceedings;
  • An investor in the ECtHR proceedings against an Eastern European state in connection with the violations of property rights and the right to a fair trial;
  • Four institutions in the ECtHR proceedings against two European states in connection with the violations of property rights and the right to a fair trial;
  • Several individuals in obtaining INTERPOL’s decisions on requests on the deletion of personal data from the INTERPOL’s files due to the political nature of the persecution.

Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow, Russia, Master of Laws (with Honors), 2020

Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow, Russia, Bachelor of Laws, 2018

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