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Curriculum Vitae

EMPLOYMENT

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
London, UK
2009 - present
Associate with International Dispute Resolution Group
Practicing international commercial and investor-state arbitration with special focus on disputes involving Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Washington, DC
2007 - 2009
Attorney with International Arbitration and Litigation Practice
Practice focus on international public law, international commercial arbitration and federal litigation involving issues of international and foreign law.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Washington, DC
2007 - 2008
Extern Law Clerk to Judge Stephen F. Williams
Researched and drafted detailed memoranda and opinions in cases involving international public law, foreign law, sovereign immunity, and other legal issues.

Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
2006 - 2007 (part-time)
Research Assistant to Professor Reinier Kraakman
Conducted research on comparative corporate law, corporate governance, securities regulation, white-collar crimes.

Belarusian State University
Minsk, Belarus
2004-2007
Lecturer, Department of European and Private International Law
Taught International Law, EU Law, International Labour Law, Civil Law

UN International Labour Organization, Multinational Enterprises Programme
Geneva, Switzerland
2002
Intern
Analyzed corporate codes of conduct, labor and investment legislation of the former Soviet Union countries.
Researched multinationals' practices in oil and gas sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with particular focus on Kazakhstan.

Attorneys-at-Law Firm 'Baker & McKenzie CIS, Ltd.'
St Petersburg, Russia
2001
Summer Associate
Drafted due diligence reports, wrote memoranda on various issues of Russian commercial and employment law.
Wrote articles on legal aspects of doing business in Russia for English-language periodicals.

EDUCATION

Harvard Law School, United States
LL.M
2007

Moscow State Law Academy, Russia
Doctorate in Law (Ph.D.)
2006

Utrecht University, the Netherlands and University of Nottingham, UK
Joint LL.M Degree in International and European Law with honours
2003

Faculty of Law, St Petersburg State University, Russia
Diploma in Law with highest honours
2002


ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

University of Munich, Germany
Munich Summer Training in German and European Law (MUST)
Summer 2003

Institute on Comparative and International Law, Oxford University, UK
Courses on International Commercial Arbitration and European Union Law
Summer 2001


POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

International Legal Materials (ILM)
Corresponding Editor
The American Society of International Law
2009 - present

Harvard International Law Journal
Editor
Harvard Law School
2007

Economic Court of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Minsk, Belarus
2005 - 2006
General Counsel
Drafted court rulings and wrote legal memos on issues of international economic and investment law.

International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations
Member of Editorial Board
Kluwer Law International
2005 - present

International Encyclopaedia of Laws
Member of International Advisory Board
Kluwer Law International
2004 - present

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
2001
Russia National Champion, Member of the Russian Federation Team in International Rounds


SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Harvard Law School
Study Scholarship
2006

Open Society Institute Academic Fellowship Program
Returning Scholar
2005/06

University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Industrial Relations Center,
and the Carlson School of Management 'Governing the Global Workplace' Symposium
Paper Prize, 2005.

Civic Education Project
Local Faculty Fellow
2004/05

Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Social Law
Visiting Scholar
2003

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Scholarship for participation in Summer Training in German and European Law in Munich University, Germany
2003

Netherlands Organisation for Cooperation in the Field of Higher Education (NUFFIC)
Huygens Scholarship
2002


OTHER ACTIVITIES

ELSA Ankara
Summer lecturer on international arbitration in Ankara, Turkey
September, 2008

International Labour Organization
External Collaborator
2006, 2007

EU International Association for the promotion of co-operation with scientists
from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (INTAS)

Scientific evaluator and expert for INTAS projects
August 2005 - May 2006

Presidential Elections in Ukraine
International Election Observer
December 2004
Observed elections in eastern Ukraine during the Orange Revolution

Radio Maria in St Petersburg, Russia
Editor and moderator of a program in Belarusian language 2000 - 2002
Prepared and moderated radio programs dealing with various social, religious and historical issues


LANGUAGE SKILLS

Belarusian, Russian        native language skills
English        fluent
German, Polish        good working knowledge
Ukrainian        good reading and listening comprehension

Yaraslau Kryvoi Yarik Yaroslau Jaroslav Krivoy Jaraslau Krivoj                             

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