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Taisiya Vorotilova

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Taisiya Vorotilova is a senior associate in the Dubai office of Baker McKenzie. She joined the Firm in 2012. She assists clients in commercial disputes in international commercial arbitration, as well as in complex multijurisdictional disputes, involving arbitration, litigation, and bankruptcy. Taisiya has extensive experience acting as counsel in international arbitrations under various arbitration rules, including ICC Arbitration Rules, SCC Arbitration Rules, LCIA Arbitration Rules, LMAA Terms, ICAC Arbitration Rules, acting as counsel in state courts and bankruptcy proceedings and bankruptcy-related matters.

In brief In a recent development, the Ruler of Dubai issued a decree that establishes a new Judicial Authority for the settlement of Jurisdiction Conflicts between the Courts of the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC Courts”) and Judicial Authorities (“Judicial Authority”). The new Judicial Authority replaces the previously existing Joint Judicial Committee that existed under the Dubai Decree No. 19/2016 “On the Formation of the Judicial Tribunal for the Dubai Courts and the Centre’s Courts”…

In brief In a landmark judgment issued on 6 September 2023 in (1) Sandra Holding Ltd (2) Nuri Musaed Al Saleh (together the “Respondents”) v. (1) Fawzi Musaed Al Saleh (2) Ahmed Fawzi Al Saleh (3) Yasmine Fawzi Al Saleh (4) Farah El Merabi (together the “Appellants”) [2023] DIFC CA 003 (the “Judgment”), the DIFC Court of Appeal (CA) has overturned a Worldwide Freezing Order (WFO) issued by the Court of First Instance on the…