Dually qualified in Paris and Latvia, Dr. Galina Zukova is a leading arbitration practitioner with more than twenty years of legal experience. She has served as an arbitrator in more than 70 cases conducted under the most major institutional rules.
Dr. Zukova is a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, a Council Member of the Armenian International Arbitration Centre, a Council Member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, and a Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. Between 2017 and 2024 she was a Member of the ICC Court. In 2022, Dr. Zukova was included in the European Commission’s List of Candidates Suitable for Appointment as Arbitrators in EU trade and investment agreements with third states. She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Versailles.
Dr. Zukova is fluent in English, French, Italian, Latvian, Russian and Spanish. She has a working knowledge of German.
Galina is ranked in: Chambers Global Guide and Chambers France (Band 3: International Arbitration: Arbitrators), Legal 500 (Powerlist Arbitration France), Who’s Legal as Thought Leader, Global Leader and National Leader for France; The Best Lawyers in France and Euromoney’s ExpertGuides Commercial Arbitration. In 2018, ArbitralWomen included Galina in its publication “Women Pioneers in Dispute Resolution”.
