Oleg Todua

Partner

UAE

Oleg is the founding partner of Pinna Goldberg’s UAE office. He specialises in complex, high-profile commercial and investment treaty cases and has had experience in arbitrations conducted under the rules of all leading arbitration institutions, including in the Middle East. He has represented clients in some of the world’s largest cases, and his success rate is very high. Oleg is admitted in England and Wales, Russia and Ireland.

He is active in the global arbitration community and currently serves as a Co-Chair of the Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG), a leading organisation of young arbitration practitioners.

He has been named a “rising star” in the field of arbitration by The Legal 500 and is regularly included in the Arbitration Future Leaders list by Lexology (Who’s Who Legal).

England and Wales, Solicitor

Qualified to practice law in the Russian Federation

Republic of Ireland, Solicitor

Oleg’s practical experience includes representing:

  • An international group of companies in connection with arbitration and court proceedings relating to the consequences of EU sanctions imposed on certain individuals;
  • Russia in a 14-billion-dollar investment treaty case commenced by Sergei Pugachev under the UNCITRAL Rules and in related annulment proceedings before the Spanish courts;
  • A contractor in an SCC arbitration against a Central Asian state and a state concern. Thedispute relates to the construction of an ore fertiliser plant under a US$1 billion contract;
  • A Middle Eastern client in a DIAC (Dubai) arbitration arising from a contract for supply ofcomplex electrical equipment;
  • Belarus in investment treaty claims commenced by:
    • Grand Express under the ICSID Additional Facility Rules concerning the insolvency ofa railcar plant;
    • Delta Belarus Holding under the ICSID Rules in connection with the revocation of Delta Bank's licence in Belarus;
    • UAB Pavilniu saules slenis 14 and UAB Modus grupe under the ICSID Rules concerning the construction of a hotel and business centre;
    • Manolium Processing under the UNCITRAL Rules concerning a real estate project in Minsk.
  • A high-net worth client in claims for loss of profits and dividends arising out of the operation and management of a ferroalloy holding structure and a claim for breach of an obligation totransfer shares in an iron ore plant;
  • Russia in the resistance of the enforcement of the +US$50 billion Yukos investment treaty arbitration award;
  • A receiver of a high-net worth individual appointed by a Russian court in connection with a precedent-setting case in the US, the amount in dispute exceeding US$500 million. The proceedings resulted in an order of a US court granting recognition of the Russian bankruptcy proceedings in the US;
  • A group of companies in a dispute between former business-partners involving Bermuda court proceedings and an LCIA arbitration in connection with liabilities created by them;
  • An employee of a major Russian financial institution in connection with a US criminal case;
  • MTS, a leading Russian telecommunications company, in ICC and ICSID (Additional Facility) arbitrations against state entities and the state of Turkmenistan;
  • An individual in a dispute between former business partners concerning the ownership of companies from various industries registered in Russia, Cyprus, BVI, Singapore, Hong Kong and other jurisdictions.

The Legal 500 2021 – Arbitration and Mediation: Rising Stars

Featured in Who's Who Legal: Arbitration – Future Leaders (since 2018)

Recognised as one of Russia’s Top Young Arbitration Practitioners (Arbitration Association 40 Awards for 2016, 2018 and 2019)

  • Co-Chair of YIAG (Young International Arbitration Group)
  • Co-Chair of Russian Arbitration Association working group on amicus curiae briefs

Moscow State Institute of International Relations, MA in Law

Moscow State University, Law Faculty

Russian

English

Spanish

“Oleg combines deep legal expertise with a strategic mindset, which is particularly valuable in complex investor-state matters.”

Lexology

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