Natalia Chumak

Natalia is a partner at Signature’s London office. Having joined Signature in 2013, shortly after its inception, Natalia’s current role is centred on strategic development of the firm’s international arbitration practice across all its offices, as well as on strategic legal innovations including AI. Natalia adds increased focus, depth and coordination to Signature’s international arbitration practice, whilst continuing to act as a senior adviser on selected matters where her sectorial or geographical experience provide valuable input into the case. Known for her forward thinking, she is actively involved in integrating tech and non-tech legal innovations to increase clients’ gains from legal services. With over 20 years of arbitration and litigation experience in complex and high value international disputes often involving a multijurisdictional element, Natalia has significant experience in handling arbitration disputes under the most major arbitration institutions with the primary focus on the LCIA and SCC. Natalia’s experience spans across many industry sectors including energy (oil and gas upstream, electricity/infrastructure), water, mining & natural resources, metallurgical, banking, agrotrading, construction, aviation, automobile, railway, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, manufacturing (plastics) and others. Her legal career has a strong historic foundation in acting for clients from former Soviet Republics (Ukraine, Russia, Central Asian states). Natalia has extensive experience in a variety of commercial disputes including contractual disputes arising out of SPAs and related contractual documentation, shareholders’ agreements, investment agreements, memoranda of understanding, option agreements, debt finance agreements and related security documentation, personal guarantees, partnerships (in relation to offshore private equity structures). Natalia also has extensive experience in disputes concerning asset valuation, oral high level agreements between international high net worth individuals in relation to joint investments, fraud and corruption claims and related asset tracing actions, claims arising out of liquidation of investment funds. Natalia has significant experience in both applying for and opposing the grant of freezing orders and other interim relief, jurisdictional challenges, enforcement of arbitral awards in offshore jurisdictions and related insolvency proceedings. Natalia’s experience spans across many industry sectors including energy (oil and gas upstream, electricity/infrastructure), water, mining & natural resources, metallurgical, banking, argo-trading, construction, aviation, automobile, railway, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, manufacturing (plastics) and others. · Signature Litigation LLP