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“Universally respected” (Chambers Global) and “a widely recognized expert and a very good litigator who generates great respect for his practice” (Chambers Europe), Ivan Marisin has represented domestic and international clients in more than 100 major litigations and arbitrations worldwide, and has acted for Russian and foreign clients on corporate, banking and foreign investment matters over the last 20 years. He has also advised on numerous commercial cases involving the recognition and enforcement in Russia of foreign judgments and awards.

Before joining Quinn Emanuel, Mr. Marisin was the head of Dechert’s dispute resolution team in Russia, the CIS, and Eastern Europe.  Previously, he was head of the litigation and arbitration practice of Clifford Chance's Moscow office, which he joined in 1992, acting as Senior and Managing Partner from 2000 through 2010.  He is a member of the Moscow Bar and an accredited arbitrator at the International Commercial Arbitration Court at Chamber of Industry of the Russian Federation (ICAC), International Arbitral Center in Vienna and other leading centers for arbitration.  He is listed as a top-tier dispute resolution practitioner in Russia by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500 EMEA and PLC Which Lawyer?.

Represented the Bank of New York Mellon as respondent before the City of Moscow Arbitrazh Court in a $22.5 billion claim brought by the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation, the largest case ever heard by a Russian state court, in which the claimant sought the first ever application of the U.S. RICO Act in Russia. On 21 October 2009 the parties entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Under this agreement the Federal Customs Service withdrew its claim and the Bank of New York Mellon was obliged to pay $14 million in legal costs.

Represented Russian uranium seller Tenex as defendant in a $1 billion international arbitration (Stockholm) regarding the alleged non-delivery of nuclear materials, involving price determination issues related to the contracted market prices of the goods, with a final award entirely in favor of Tenex, and also in the Svea Court of Appeal, again with a final award entirely in favor of Tenex.

Represented Erdenet Mining Corporation, a major copper producer, in a number of multimillion-dollar London Metals Exchange arbitrations regarding supplies of copper concentrate.

Represented a large Russian company trading in commodities in four separate multimillion-dollar international arbitrations (Stockholm) against an American company.

Represented Gazpromexport, a Russian gas exporter, in a multimillion-dollar arbitration over payments for gas.

Represented Société Générale as agent together with the 10-bank syndicate prior to and in a default situation and insolvency regarding a $1 billion loan to Yukos Oil Company secured over oil export receivables. The syndicate was also represented as claimant in a court case versus Yukos Oil Company as respondent, resulting in the first ever recognition by a Russian court of a ruling by the High Court of England and Wales, allowing the banks to file for Yukos’s bankruptcy.

Represented a major Russian metals and mining company in civil and criminal legal proceedings in the Belgian courts.

Represented a Russian mining company in an international arbitration (Stockholm) in a dispute regarding one of Russia’s largest diamond deposits.

Represented a major international car producer in a number of litigations in Russian courts against Russian consumers that sought, inter alia, replacement of allegedly defective cars or recovery of the purchase price thereof.

Represented Moscow Narodny Bank as defendant in proceedings involving the Central Bank of Russia and Vnesheconombank and initiated by Vneshtorgbank seeking to deem a chain of English law deposit and sub-participation agreements as a sham and invalid under Russian law.

Represented a Tajik enterprise in a multimillion-dollar dispute against a Swiss company before the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and the ICAC.

Represented CSX World Terminals LLC, an American participant in a Russian joint venture, in a dispute regarding the recognition as invalid of a lease agreement of sea port facilities entered into by the joint venture and a Russian lessor, initiated by the lessor's participant.

Represented Moscow Oil Refinery in a $500 million ad hoc arbitration in London against Fiber Technologies International Ltd in connection with a dispute regarding construction of a polypropylene plant.

Represented a joint venture involving Xella, an international building materials firm, in a construction dispute heard by the City of Moscow Arbitrazh Court.

Represented OAO Gazprom on its planned acquisition of Rosneft.

Represented a major international bank, reviewing its activities in response to an inquiry by U.S. prosecutors.

Represented an international investment bank in an investigation of alleged fraud committed by one of its employees against the bank and its clients (and in several related arbitrations with its clients and in a labor litigation with the employee in question).

Represented NVIDIA, a leading U.S. producer of visual computing technologies, in a white-collar criminal investigation regarding leakage of highly confidential information, which involved interviewing employees of the client and its Russian business partner.

Represented a major energy company in its investigation of activities of its former employee and in a labor litigation with that employee.

Represented a major New York bank with operations in Moscow, conducting investigations related to a lawsuit brought against the bank in New York, including interviewing a large number of witnesses.

Represented a German company in the course of its internal investigation of unauthorized disposal of the company’s property by one of the company’s managers, which included interviewing managers within the client company.

Represented a leading multinational chemicals producer on its internal investigation of potential fraud by employees of its Russian subsidiary.

Represented an international investment consortium on Russian anti-corruption legislation in the context of a number of court cases in The Netherlands (as well as acting for the consortium in those cases).

Represented a major Russian company in connection with a fraud investigation and criminal proceedings in the Russian Federation.