Al Tamimi & Company

International Litigation

Partner

Igor is a Partner in the International Litigation team in Dubai. He is a dual-qualified Russian and English lawyer, and his practice comprises both disputes and transactional (banking) mandates. He specialises in dispute resolution, including domestic and cross-border litigation and arbitration, and also advises on project finance, general lending, syndicated lending, securitisation, derivatives, and bank regulatory matters.

Igor regularly advises international banks, corporates, and financial institutions on regulatory and sanctions-related matters, as well as multi-jurisdictional transactions and disputes involving CIS markets and global cross-border enforcement.

He is recognised by leading international legal directories as a leading lawyer in Banking and Finance, Litigation, Insolvency and Reorganisation, Capital Markets, and Project Finance and Development Practice.

English and Russian

• 2025 – Law and Economics of Mergers & Acquisitions (Certificate Course), London School of Economics and Political Science
• 2025 – DIAC Professional Diploma in International Arbitration
• 2024 – MBA Essentials (Certificate Course), London School of Economics and Political Science
• 2024 – English Commercial Law (Summer School), London School of Economics and Political Science
• 2023 – DIFC Laws (Certificate Course), DIFC Academy (in cooperation with Middlesex University Dubai)
• 2000 – Degree in Law (with High Honours), St. Petersburg State University
• 1996 – Degree in Linguistics, St. Petersburg State University