Personal bio
Name: Kojevnikov, Boris O. Present position: Managing Director of the Private Institute for International Projects Development, Vienna; International commercial arbitrator; Foreign Legal Consultant (licensed by the Supreme Court of the State of New York since 1996). Address: Rebengasse 6, A-7071 Rust, Austria Phone: +43 (0)664 203 2781 Fax: +43 (0)2 685 20444 89 E-mail: office@ipeg.co.at Education: Moscow State Institute for International Relations (Private International Law Faculty), 1972; Candidate of Legal Sciences (Russia), 1984. Professional Experience: Governmental employee in legal departments of ministries and state agencies involved in foreign economic activity in Russia, 1972-1977; Corporate Secretary of Amtorg Trading Corp., N.Y. (Russian trading agency), 1977-1982; Legal adviser of COMECON, 1982-1984; Director of the Law and Treaty Department of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1984-1991; corporate lawyer for the Austrian foreign trade and investment firm, 1991-1996; Vice President of Golubov & Tiagai, PLLC, New York, 1996-2014. Former Co-Chairman of the Legal Committees of the US-USSR Trade and Economic Council and Canada-USSR Business Council, USSR coordinator of ICC/USSR task force on joint ventures. Presently is engaged as a foreign legal consultant, acts as an arbitrator in international commercial arbitrations, Managing Director of the Private Institute for International Projects Development (IPEG), Vienna (since 2007). Areas of Specialization: Commercial contracts, private international law, international sale of goods, joint ventures, conflict of laws, Russian civil law, international litigation. Professional Associations: Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London), Member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Bar Association, Member of the Austrian, Russian and Swiss Arbitration Associations. Arbitration experience: Acted as an ar