Areas of Expertise | Education. Qualification | Membership. Panels | Other Activities |
• Co-arbitrator in international maritime arbitration under the MAC rules arising out of ship accident in the Baltic Sea, insurance contract and distribution of losses and expenses (contributions for general average); governed by Russian law and York-Antwerp Rules with a seat in Moscow
• Co-arbitrator in international maritime arbitration under the MAC rules arising out of barge and tugboat accident and insurance contract; governed by Russian law, with a seat in Moscow
• Presiding arbitrator in international maritime arbitration under the MAC rules arising out of explosion, fire on the ship, death of a crew members, liability of the ship owner (with competing decisions of state courts); governed by Russian law, with a seat in Moscow
• Presiding arbitrator in international maritime arbitration under the MAC rules arising out of ship hull damage with various causes of losses and damages; governed by Russian law, with a seat in Moscow
• Co-arbitrator in international maritime arbitration under the MAC rules arising out of breach of charterparty agreement; governed by English law, with a seat in Moscow
• Co-arbitrator in maritime arbitration under the MAC rules arising out of maritime accident (complex damage case); governed by Russian law, with a seat in Moscow. The arbitral award survived a three-tiered annulment procedure sought by one of the parties
• Presiding arbitrator in international maritime arbitration under the MAC rules arising out of ship building and delivery, the case aggravated by sanctions issues; governed by Russian law, seated in Moscow
• Co-arbitrator in international arbitration under the ICAC (MKAS) rules arising out of cargo insurance with specific type of cargo (rape); governed by Russian law with application of conflict of laws rules, seated in Moscow
• Co-arbitrator in international sales of goods arbitration case under the ICAC (MKAS) rules; CISG as an applicable law with seat in Moscow
• Co-arbitrator in international arbitration under the DIS rules arising out of international sales of goods; CISG as an applicable law, seated in Muenster (Germany)
• Sole arbitrator in international arbitration under the RAC (Russian Arbitration Center) rules arising out of equipment delivery; governed by Russian law, with seat in Moscow
• Sole arbitrator in international multicontract arbitration under the RAC (Russian Arbitration Center) rules arising out of equipment delivery; governed by Russian law, with seat in Moscow
• Sole arbitrator in international multicontract arbitration under the RAC (Russian Arbitration Center) rules arising out of equipment delivery and service agreement for complex industry project; governed by Russian law, with seat in Moscow
• Co-arbitrator in international arbitration under the ICC rules, arising out of multiparty and multicontract corporate dispute; governed by laws of England and Wales; with seat in London
• Co-arbitrator in international arbitration under the ICC rules, arising out of gas delivery, the case aggravated by sanctions issues and anti-arbitration injunction; governed by German law, seated in Geneva
• Co-arbitrator in international arbitration under the ICC rules, arising out of international sales of goods; governed by Russian law, seated in Stokholm
• Sole arbitrator in an international construction dispute ad hoc arbitration, governed by Austrian law and seated in Vienna
• Co-arbitrator in international ad-hoc arbitration dispute, arising out of complex reinsurance case; governed by German law, seated in Hannover (Germany)
• Co-arbitrator in international ad-hoc arbitration dispute, arising out of complex corporate dispute; governed by English law (unless otherwise provided by Shari’ah law
… totally 50+ cases
Examples of Counsel Work and Representative Matters
• Representing a Turkish client in complex international construction dispute under the ICAC (MKAS) rules; governed by Russian law, seated in Moscow; the case aggravated by the debtor’s bankruptcy proceedings and subsequent collection within the framework of the bankruptcy proceedings
• Advising a Cyprus based claimant in a London seated LCIA arbitration with parallel Russian court proceedings in an English law governed dispute arising out of a business structuring
• Advising an international shipping client in a commercial dispute arising out of a maritime transportation contract under HKIAC rules, governed by English law
• Co-counseling and representing a German based client in set of international arbitrations under ICAC (MKAS) rules arising out of international sales of goods, governed by CISG as well as assignment agreement governed by Russian law, seated in Moscow
• Advising a USA based company in an Austrian law governed corporate and construction dispute arising out of investments in Austria; seat in Austria
• Advising and co- counseling a Latvian industrial enterprise on a dispute arising out a consortium agreement, with elements of recovery under a trade credit insurance contract; the case was complicated by competing arbitration clauses, multi-jurisdictionality, sanctions, and other aspects
… totally 30+ cases
Examples of Expert Witness Work
• Issued a legal opinion with respect to compliance of a complex D&O insurance contract with laws and regulations of Russian Federation
• Issued a legal opinion with respect to compliance of a complex trade credit insurance contract with laws and regulations of Russian Federation in context of upcoming arbitration procedure and in connection with the occurrence of an insured event
• Issued a legal opinion under Russian law on the impact of sanctions imposed by various jurisdictions on contract performance and anti-sanction regulation under the Russian law
• Issued a number of legal opinions in respect of interpretation of various reinsurance clauses under the Russian law (for insurance and reinsurance of major energy plant, hydroelectric power station, metallurgical enterprise, for an aircraft manufacturing enterprise, for the operation of aircraft, and others)
• Issued a legal opinion for the pool of international reinsurers with respect to the interpretation of certain provisions and clauses of the original insurance contract and the reinsurance contract in the context of the qualification of an insured event that occurred at a major energy facility
… totally 60+ cases
Areas of Expertise – Career Summary
Ms. Klochenko’s areas of expertise include:
• corporate law and corporate governance
• contract law including international contracts
• civil law and civil procedure
• international arbitration and mediation law and proceeding
• investment law and regulation
• antitrust law and regulation
• financial and tax law
• bankruptcy law and regulation
• administrative law and regulation
• labor law, migration and integration regulation
• family law with foreign element(s)
• private international law
• public international law
Ms. Klochenko has also special sectoral law competences such as
• insurance and reinsurance law and practice
• maritime law
• construction law and others
with deep knowledge of legal and industrial technicalities. For example:
• for maritime cases the experience covers whole range of aspects: general average, demurrage, charter party, built/construction/operation of vessels, sale and purchase of vessels, insurance, P&I Club aspects, and other related issues;
• in reinsurance industry the experience widens in all kind of forms of reinsurance and reinsurance contracts and treaties for most kind of industries with knowledge of industries and/or matters such as transport, industrial or other property, engineering, marine, nuclear energy, casualty matters, environmental losses, cyber losses, allocation of costs or technical reserves, set-off issues, etc.
Career summary:
1991 – 2000: leading international insurance and reinsurance companies with such areas of competences and responsibilities as underwriting, legal support, claims settlement, including complex losses, litigation, arbitration.
2000-2025: private international law practice as legal advisor, attorney at law, representative in dispute cases with wide range of law matters for the companies in various fields of activity, industries and jurisdictions.
Education – Qualification – Certification – Languages
Ms. Klochenko graduated cum laude from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Faculty of International Law, degree in international private law | 1992 | diploma on private law matter (with focus on the types of international reinsurance contracts, their legal nature, legal technicalities, jurisdictional and claims settlement issues) and diploma on international public law (with focus on international trade organisations and in particular various GATS issues regulation).
Ms. Klochenko holds PhD jur. degrees from International Law Faculty of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations | 2007 | PhD jur. Dissertation on the topic “Legal regulation and models of comprehensive environmental impact liability insurance: a comparative analysis (USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan)”.
Both degrees are confirmed by NARIC Nostrification System in Austria.
Lilia is Russian qualified attorney at law (Moscow Region Bar admission).
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Fellow at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) | Education course 2011-2013. Qualification since 2014
ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy | Education course 2011-2013 | Certified for international arbitration
Regent University (London) | Certification course 2016 | Qualified for international mediation advocacy
BRDGES Academy (USA) | Certification course in modules 2018-2020 | Certified for Intercultural Mediation and Emotional Intelligence
International Islamic Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (IICRA) | Certification course 2021 | Certified as arbitrator and expert in Islamic law and arbitration
UNCTAD Digital Identity for Trade and Development Program | 2021 | certified
CIETAC Program for the Application of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Trade of Goods (CISG) | 2022
Program for the Islamic Finances and Islamic contract law | 2022-2023
UNCTAD International Merchandise Trade Statistics 2023 (IMTS) | 2023 | certified
DIAC Investment/ICSID Arbitration Training Course | 2025
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UNOV-UNODC Language Programme in Mandarin Chinese | 2023, followed by the Language course at the China Language and Business Institute (Vienna) | 2024-2026
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Fluent in English, German, Russian, and Ukrainian | Working French and Polish | Basic knowledge in Mandarin Chinese and Arabic
Membership – List/Panels of Arbitrators
Ms. Klochenko is a member of the following professional associations:
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow
• American Bar Association (ABA, member of the Construction Law and Dispute Resolution Sections, Ethic Committee, IT Technology Committee)
• International Bar Association (IBA, member of the Arbitration Committee, Insurance Law Committee, Banking Law Committee, Professional Ethics Committee)
• International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
• Austrian Arbitration Association (AUAA)
• Swiss Chinese Law Association (SCLA)
• Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage (ASA)
• International Islamic Centre for Reconciliation and Arbitration (IICRA)
• Russian Arbitration Association (Member of the Board since 2015 until 2023)
• ArbitralWomen.
Ms. Klochenko has an honor and privilege to be listed as an arbitrator on the following lists/panels of arbitrators (mediators):
• Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC), list of arbitration practitioners/mediators
• German Institution for Arbitration (DIS), list of arbitrators
• Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage (ASA), list of arbitrators
• Delos Arbitrators Database
• China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), panel of foreign arbitrators
• Dubai International Arbitration Court (DIAC), panel of arbitrators
• International Islamic Centre for Reconciliation and Arbitration (IICRA), list of arbitrators/experts in Islamic law and arbitration
• Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA)
• Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the Russian Federation
• Chamber of Arbitrators, list of arbitrators (Belarus)
• ArbitralWomen Arbitrators Data base
• International Mediation Institute (IMI, London), mediation advocacy list
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Ms. Klochenko is a member of the Adjudication Committee of the Russian Arbitration Center.
Arbitration-Related Initiatives and Activities
Ms. Klochenko is signatory of the Equal Representation In Arbitration Initiative ERA Pledge.
Since 2017, as a member of independent NGO observers, Ms. Klochenko participates in the work of Working Group II “Arbitration and Conciliation” and Working Group III “Settlement of Disputes between Investors and States” of UNCITRAL.
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Ms. Klochenko was an Editorial Board member of Arbitration.ru since its foundation until 2022.
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Since 2015, Ms. Klochenko supports Vis Moot Competition, FDI International Arbitration Moot, RAA Online Arbitration Moot and other international arbitration competitions as an arbitrator as well as mentoring to engage the young generation of the arbitration practitioners in routing to their career.
