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Year of Call: 2003
Education: International Law (Moscow Institute of International Relations); CPE
Languages: Russian (bilingual); French (fluent)
Direct Access work: Yes
Email: ekaterinasjostrand@13oldsquare.com
Personal web-site: www.sjostrand.co.uk
Areas of practice
Ekaterina’s practice covers a broad range of commercial and chancery matters including commercial law, joint ventures, insurance, insolvency and company law. Ekaterina is a dual-qualified lawyer: in addition to her qualification as a barrister in England and Wales, she is also a qualified Russian lawyer. Reflecting this, she has been instructed on complex cross-border matters.
Ekaterina has been heavily involved in international commercial litigation with a Russian/ CIS connection. These are high-profile cases which attracted media attention. Namely:
- Working, for many months, as part of a tightly-knit international legal team on a piece of commercial litigation concerning an aluminium plant in Central Asia. Among other matters, she was instructed as a junior co-counsel to draft a Defence on behalf of a prominent Russian group of companies
- Working as an external consultant to a legal team dealing with a defamation claim brought against a high-profile Russian individual and a claim against a Russian group of companies and individuals where unauthorised access to a computer system was alleged
- Instructed as a junior co-counsel in an international commercial dispute concerning ownership in a Russian company
Ekaterina also provides advisory and drafting services which include analysis and drafting of bilingual English-Russian contracts. Among others, she has advised on various matters related to the law of agency, joint ventures, shareholders agreements and commercial contracts.
She regularly appears in county courts and in the High Court representing clients in contractual disputes, insolvency, property and other matters.
Publications
- Insolvency Law and Practice Vol.22 Issue 3, “Russian Insolvency Law: An Overview of Legislation”
- Insurance Day, 29.09.06, "How does the law differ in the Russian market?" (broad analysis of legislation applying to insurance in Russia).
- Legal Week, 01.03.07 "No "I" in Team" (on legal teamwork and examples of changing roles of barristers)
- The Commercial Litigation Journal, March/April 2007, "Where language meets the law" (on challenges of drafting bilingual documents in commercial litigation)
Memberships
Member, Chancery Bar Association
Member, International Bar Association
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