Elina Galieva

Legal Assistant

- - elina.galieva@birchlegal.ru

Practice areas

About

Elina assists in preparing legal positions and representing both foreign and Russian clients on a wide range of issues in state courts and arbitration proceedings.

Experience

  • assisting in representing a Swiss bank in a dispute over the recovery of RUB 150m as part of enforcement proceedings. The funds were returned to the client in full 
  • assisting in preparing a memorandum governed by Russian law for arbitration proceedings before the ICC
  • assisting in concluding a settlement agreement in a dispute over the recovery of unjust enrichment for non-contractual electricity consumption, as a result of which the debtor reduced the amount of debt from RUB 220m to RUB 4m

Education

2021–2026National Research University Higher School of Economics, Bachelor's Degree in Law

Languages

  • English
  • Russian

Career

2023–pres.Legal Assistant / Trainee, BIRCH LEGAL