Sergey Alekhin is a Partner at E L W I’s dispute resolution and sanctions practice. Mr. Alekhin’s expertise includes commercial and investment arbitration (acting both for and against Sovereign States), and transborder disputes. Sergey was recognized as a “Future Leader” by the Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration (2023 and 2024) ranking. Sergey was also appointed by the Kyrgyz Republic to the ICSID panel of arbitrators.

Education 

• Sciences Po Paris / University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, Master's Degree;
• Russian Academy of State service, Master’s Degree;
• Voronezh State University (Russia), Specialist Degree.

Experience

• Successful representation of the Kyrgyz Republic in an ad hoc investment arbitration, Penwell Business Limited v. Kyrgyz Republic (largest investment arbitration victory in Kyrgyzstan’s history);
• Successful representation of the Kyrgyz Republic in an ad hoc investment arbitration, National Center on Complex Processing of Mineral Raw Materials of the Republic of Kazakhstan v. Kyrgyz Republic;
• Successful representation of the Kyrgyz Republic in an ad hoc investment arbitration, NK QazaqGaz v. Kyrgyz Republic;
• Successful representation of the Kyrgyz Republic in Valery Belokov v. Kyrgyz Republic (French Court of Cassation);
• Representation of the Kyrgyz Republic in three investment arbitrations (ad hoc and ICSID) and ensuing set aside proceedings (US and Sweden);
• Successful representation of a foreign-owned Kazakh oil company in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Kazakhstan (Caratube International Oil Company LLP and Devincci Salah Hourani v. Republic of Kazakhstan);
• Successful representation of a Turkish oil transshipment company in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Kazakhstan (Aktau Petrol Ticaret A.Ş. v. Repubic of Kazakhstan);
• Successful representation of a British list gold mining company in an ad hoc investment arbitration against the Republic of Uzbekistan (Oxus Gold v. Republic of Uzbekistan);
• Representation of a collective of 19 claimants in an investment arbitration against a CIS State relating to multiple hydropower projects.