Vsevolod Taraskin is a counsel with RGD’s Dispute Resolution practice.
Prior to joining RGD, Vsevolod worked as a senior associate with the Litigation & Arbitration practice of one of the largest Russian law firms. Performed successfully as a trainee at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP London office in 2019. Vsevolod has extensive experience in representing clients in international arbitration under UNCITRAL, ICSID AF, ICC, LCIA, ICAC rules as well as in cross-border and domestic litigation. His professional experience also includes a position as a legal advisor at LUKOIL oil company. Vsevolod is a co-author of numerous articles on investment arbitration and the Russian arbitration process published in leading law periodicals.
Primary Practice Focus: Dispute Resolution
Industry Sectors: Energy & Natural Resources, Fintech & Financial Institutions, Industry & Transportation
Languages: English, Russian
Representing Client in an international arbitration against a sovereign state under the ICSID AF Rules
Representing a Russian investor in a US$500 million dispute related to metallurgical asset expropriation in the territory of an Eastern European state
Representing the Russian Federation in a US$1 billion tax dispute arising out of a production sharing agreement
Representing a Russian investor in an ad hoc arbitration against Lithuania under the UNCITRAL Rules
Representing a member of a consortium in a dispute out of performance of a contract in Chile under the SCC Rules
Representing a Russian manufacturer in a dispute arising out of a contract to supply equipment to Cuba in arbitration under the ICC Rules
Representing a Russian management company in commercial arbitration proceedings under the ICAC Rules in a dispute with a CIS state related to the recovery of damages from improper fulfilment of the terms of a sovereign guarantee, as well as in Russian litigation to enforce the ICAC award and overturn it, including before the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
Representing a Russian construction company in an international arbitration under the ICC Rules in relation to construction of a large power facility abroad
Representing a large construction-engineering enterprise in an environmental dispute, including before the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, as a consequence of ship dumping in the Caspian Sea
Advising a Russian state-owned company in a dispute against its former employee with parallel proceedings underway in Guernsey, the British Virgin Islands and in Luxembourg, the overall amount in dispute being around €50 million
Representing a UAE investor in a dispute over JV with a Russian construction group in Russian courts and parallel LCIA arbitration
Summer Arbitration Program (top score), American University Washington College of Law, 2017
Master of Laws (with honours), Pericles Law Center for International Legal Education, 2014
DL (International and European Law), Perm State University, 2010
Advocate, 2017
Russia, 2010
The Legal 500 "Arbitration Powerlist: CIS and Caucasus" - recommended among the leading arbitration experts of the region in 2020
The Best Lawyers 2022 – ranked among the top Arbitration & Mediation lawyers in Russia