Philipp Koverchenko

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About Philipp Koverchenko

Philipp Koverchenko is an international lawyer based in London, specialising in running cross-border disputes and legal project management (particularly, focusing on matters related to the former USSR region and Eastern Europe). He has many years of legal experience working as an in-house counsel and external consultant both in the United Kingdom and Russia acting, primarily, for major CIS and Eastern European clients, such as Basic Element, RUSAL, TNK-BP, Rosatom in complex international disputes and non-contentious matters. Before relocating to London had been deputy head of legal of a large international holding company Basic Element where for five years he ran international arbitrations and litigations of the group companies in Switzerland, Sweden, USA, UK, Cyprus, Russia and other jurisdictions. Education: Ural State Law Academy diploma with distinction LLM in International Business Law degree with merits from Central European University (2002); study at Washington College of Law American University (2002); international mediator certificate (2006). Rankings: Chambers and Partners Global (2012-2014) individual rankings in the following categories: Russia: Dispute resolution (experts based abroad), United Kingdom: dispute resolution (foreign experts).