Anna Korshunova

Associate, Geneva

+41 58 105 2000

akorshunova@lalive.law

Anna Korshunova

Anna specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration, as well as public international law. Her experience includes acting in arbitral proceedings under the main arbitration rules, as well as cases governed by various applicable laws. Anna’s main areas of focus are energy, mining, banking, international sale of goods agreements, corporate disputes, joint ventures and large projects. She also regularly acts as a tribunal secretary.  

Recent publications

Russia Update: new law aims to force out “unfriendly” foreign investors
ROBERT BRADSHAW, ANNA KORSHUNOVA
In: Lexology online, Lalive Blog, 2023

“Regional Updates – UK”: Shaping the Future: Proposals for Reforming the English Arbitration Act 1996.
ANNA KORSHUNOVA
In: Young ITA Newsletter, vol 4, issue 3 – Summer 2023, pp.6-7, 2023

Risk of irreparable harm (necessity or imminent danger of serious prejudice)
NORADÈLE RADJAI, ANNA KORSHUNOVA
In: Provisional and Emergency Measures in International Arbitration, Elgar Arbitration Law and Practice, Edited by Julien Fouret, Paris, France, pp. 363 – 400, 2023

Recent conferences

VI FIAMC Moscow Conference
ANNA KORSHUNOVA, Moderator: “Yours badfaithfully” – How to Detect the Sabotage in the Process
Online, 4 February 2022

Current memberships

  • Member of ArbitralWomen
  • Member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Member of the European Society of International Law
  • Member of Young ICCA
  • Member of ASA below 40
  • Member of the Russian Arbitration Association, including the working group on investment arbitration
  • Member of Russian Women in Arbitration

Career history

  • Associate, LALIVE, Geneva, 2019 – present
  • Intern, LALIVE, Geneva, 2018 – 2019
  • Research Assistant to Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler and Michele Potestà, Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement, 2018
  • Junior Associate, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (EPAM), Moscow, 2015 – 2017

Academic qualifications

  • LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), University of Geneva and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, 2018
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of London, 2016
  • Specialist Law Degree, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, 2015

Practices

  • Arbitration - International Commercial
  • Arbitration - Investment Treaty
  • ESG
  • Public International Law

Sectors

  • Banking & Finance
  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Mining

Languages

  • English
  • Russian

Nationality

  • Latvian
  • Russian

Admission

  • England & Wales, 2022
  • Geneva (foreign lawyer), 2022
  • Russia, 2018