SerhiiSviriba, Managing Partner, Head ofInternational Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation Practice at EgorovPuginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine, has recently been appointed to thepanel of arbitrators and mediators of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre forArbitration (KLRCA). Mr. Sviriba has been empanelled for the term 2014 – 2017.

The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centrefor Arbitration (KLRCA) was established in 1978 under the auspices of theAsian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO). KLRCA was the firstregional centre established by AALCO in Asia to provide institutional supportas a neutral and independent venue for the conduct of domestic andinternational arbitration proceedings in Asia. It was also the first centre inthe world to adopt the UNCITRAL Rules for Arbitration as revised in 2010. The Centre provides institutional support for domestic andinternational arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedingsin Asia. There are 1,128 arbitrators from 58 foreign jurisdictions inthe present KLRCA Panel of Arbitrators.

Currently, Mr.Sviriba is the only representative from Ukraine empanelled bothas an arbitrator and a mediator. Further information