Oxana Grinberg

Oxana Grinberg is Head of Dispute Resolution in our Moscow office. She is admitted to practice law in the Russian Federation (since 2002) and is a member of the Berlin Bar Association as a Foreign Attorney (since 2023). With more than 20 years of experience, Oxana represents Russian and multinational clients in complex, high-stakes disputes before courts at all levels in Russia and across the CIS, as well as in international arbitration proceedings under the LCIA, ICC, ICAC, and SCC Rules. Her practice spans commercial, corporate, construction and infrastructure, regulatory, tax, and employment litigation.

Oxana Grinberg combines top-tier academic training and has an LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London (2023–2025). Her credentials also include the Negotiation Mastery program at Harvard Business School Online (2022), an LL.M. cum laude from the Russian School of Private Law (2002), and a law degree from Moscow State University (1999).

A native Russian speaker, Oxana is fluent in German and proficient in English, allowing her to seamlessly advise clients across jurisdictions and cultures.

Oxana has been consistently recognized as one of the leading litigators in Russia by The Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, Benchmark Litigation, Who’s Who Legal: Commercial Litigation, and Leaders League. According to The Legal 500, she:

• “has a lot of experience in court; this allows her to look at the situation from the point of view of a judge”;
•  “has exceptional litigation and arbitration expertise. She is a very skilled negotiator and always manages to get the point across to opponents loud and clear”;
•  led an “excellent” team that “maintained the firm’s reputation in high-value disputes” and “represented a Russian company in a multibillion-dollar LCIA arbitration”;
• is “one of the most talented and successful litigators” who “wins those cases which other law firms consider unwinnable.”

Experience

Oxana’s representations include:

• Experience includes representation in high-profile disputes, including sanctions-related proceedings and international arbitration matters.
• Advised a German media conglomerate in numerous litigations concerning currency control regulations and bankruptcy.
• Successfully defended board members of a Russian industrial company in a USD 44 million corporate dispute with minority shareholders.
• Won more than 40 disputes for a leading German food retail group against banks challenging client rights in supermarkets across Russia.
• Represented an Austrian company in multimillion-dollar SCC arbitration against a Russian machine-building corporation concerning nuclear turbine blades.