Zoya Karpova

Associate

London

Zoya is a foreign-qualified associate of Pinna Goldberg’s practice in London.  She is qualified in Russia.  Zoya’s main practice is international commercial and investment arbitration.

Prior to joining Pinna Goldberg’s London office, Zoya was an associate in a major international law firm, where she obtained cross-practice experience sharing her time across international commercial litigation, dispute resolution, compliance and investigations practice groups.  Her industry focus is on technology, telecommunications, energy and infrastructure sectors.

Zoya holds a Master of Laws degree in International and Comparative Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London, a bachelor’s degree from M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University and a Master of Laws degree in Private International Law from Moscow State Law University.

Zoya speaks English and Russian fluently.  She also has a working proficiency in Spanish.

Qualified to practice law in the Russian Federation

Zoya has experience representing clients in arbitrations conducted under major arbitral institutions and rules, including LCIA, SCC, UNCITRAL, ICC, ICAC and arbitration-related litigation proceedings, including representing:

  • A sovereign state in investor-state arbitral proceedings concerning expropriation of assets in the energy sector;
  • An oil commodities trader in LCIA arbitrations regarding the performance of English-law governed supply contracts affected by sanctions and geo-political instability;
  • A sovereign state in proceedings to enforce multi-billion USD arbitral awards in England.

Zoya also has extensive experience advising transnational companies on a broad spectrum of commercial matters and related choice of law issues, including advising:

  • Multinational corporations on the conclusion and termination of special investment contracts in CIS region, investment planning and structuring;
  • Multiple corporations on recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and court decisions in BRICS and CIS countries;
  • Major oil and gas companies on the conclusion and termination of joint venture agreements;
  • Multinational energy corporations on issues of force majeure defense, termination and suspension of obligations under various distribution, licensing, joint venture, joint operations and product sharing agreements, as well as upstream, downstream and midstream contracts.
  • ICC United Kingdom

Queen Mary University of London, LL.M. in International and Comparative Dispute Resolution, 2024

Moscow State Academy of Law, LL.M. in Private International Law, 2021

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bachelor of Laws, 2018

English

Russian

Spanish

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