International legal practice Osborne Clarke strengthens its commercial disputes practice with the appointment of Russia and CIS focused international arbitration specialist, Artem Doudko.

Previously at White & Case in London, Artem will be joining Osborne Clarke as a Partner and Head of Russia and CIS Disputes.

Artem is an English qualified Solicitor Advocate who has a strong reputation and profile in his field and has been repeatedly voted as one of the top young Russia and CIS disputes lawyers in the Russian Arbitration Association’s annual vote. Artem has been identified year-on-year as a ‘Future Leader’ in the field of arbitration by Who’s Who Legal and as a ‘Rising Star’ in commercial arbitration by both Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides and Super Lawyers.

A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Artem has extensive experience of cases under all the major arbitral rules, including both commercial arbitration and investment arbitration. He regularly advises on significant and complex international cases, covering a wide range of issues including strategic, substantive, jurisdictional and conflict of laws issues. Artem has acted for major corporate groups, ultra high networth individuals, states and state-owned entities.

Leona Briggs, Head of the Litigation Practice Group at Osborne Clarke, said:

Generating work from Russia and the CIS region is one of the areas of focus for the future growth of our international dispute practices.  We are delighted to welcome such a high calibre lawyer as Artem to the firm, to work with the team in further developing our Russia/CIS disputes practice.