Governing Board of the Solis Mediation Center

Daria Zhdan-Pushkina
CEO
dz@solismediation.ru
+7 (926) 912 54 08

YOB: 1983
Nationality: Russia
Working languages: Russian, English
Mediator Status: Professional Russian mediator since 2021 (Professional Mediation Course at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
Qualifications: Lawyer (2005), Translator (2022)
Awards: the Alumni Community Leader award from the Faculty of Law of the National Research University Higher School of Economics for conducting educational events on mediation, negotiations and legal ethics.
Daria is the head of the law firm Zhdan-Pushkina Law Office and the Executive Director at the Mediation Center "Solis".

Daria works with legal issues in trade, transport (sea and aviation), insurance, real estate, construction and telecommunications. Over the past ten years, Daria has specialized in cooperation issues arising between Russian and foreign organizations, and in the resolution of disputes out of court: in arbitration (commercial arbitration) or through mediation.

Daria is appointed as an arbitrator and a mediator in commercial disputes.

Daria is a member of the following organizations: London Maritime Arbitrators Association, German Maritime Arbitration Association, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, Young International Arbitration Group; included in the list of reporters of the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, in the list of members of the Maritime Law Association (Russia), in the list of experts of the Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP (Russia), recommended by the Russian Arbitration Center as a specialist in resolving international commercial disputes, transport and insurance disputes and as a mediator.

In 2007, Daria participated in the preparation of a national research project for the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia. Daria is the author of over 30 scientific publications on insurance, transport law, arbitration and mediation.
Since 2022, Daria has been involved as an expert of the Russian Government on mediation of investment disputes discussed at the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Daria teaches mediation at the Higher School of Economics.

Education

The Law Faculty of the Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia), 2005.
Master of Laws (LLM), the University of Connecticut School of Law in the United States, 2014.
MCiarb arbitration course at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the UK, 2021.
Translator in the Professional Communication (English-Russian), the Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia), 2022.
Daria Zhdan-Pushkina
CEO
dz@solismediation.ru
+7 (926) 912 54 08

YOB: 1983
Nationality: Russia
Working languages: Russian, English
Mediator Status: Professional Russian mediator since 2021 (Professional Mediation Course at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
Qualifications: Lawyer (2005), Translator (2022)
Awards: the Alumni Community Leader award from the Faculty of Law of the National Research University Higher School of Economics for conducting educational events on mediation, negotiations and legal ethics.

Daria is the head of the law firm Zhdan-Pushkina Law Office and the Executive Director at the Mediation Center "Solis".

Daria works with legal issues in trade, transport (sea and aviation), insurance, real estate, construction and telecommunications. Over the past ten years, Daria has specialized in cooperation issues arising between Russian and foreign organizations, and in the resolution of disputes out of court: in arbitration (commercial arbitration) or through mediation.

Daria is appointed as an arbitrator and a mediator in commercial disputes.

Daria is a member of the following organizations: London Maritime Arbitrators Association, German Maritime Arbitration Association, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, Young International Arbitration Group; included in the list of reporters of the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, in the list of members of the Maritime Law Association (Russia), in the list of experts of the Institute of Air and Space Law AEROHELP (Russia), recommended by the Russian Arbitration Center as a specialist in resolving international commercial disputes, transport and insurance disputes and as a mediator.

In 2007, Daria participated in the preparation of a national research project for the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia. Daria is the author of over 30 scientific publications on insurance, transport law, arbitration and mediation.

Since 2022, Daria has been involved as an expert of the Russian Government on mediation of investment disputes discussed at the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Daria teaches mediation at the Higher School of Economics.

Education

The Law Faculty of the Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia), 2005.
Master of Laws (LLM), the University of Connecticut School of Law in the United States, 2014.
MCiarb arbitration course at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the UK, 2021.
Translator in the Professional Communication (English-Russian), the Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia), 2022.
Natalia Frolova
Governing Council
nf@solismediation.ru
+7 (903) 708 54 65

Natalia has two higher educations - in 2001 she graduated from the law faculty of the Moscow Institute of Internal Affairs of the Federal Border Guard Service of the Russian Federation in Moscow, in 2005 she graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. This largely determined the sphere of Natalia's professional interests - jurisprudence in the financial field.
Natalia is a practicing lawyer with many years of experience in large international companies in the financial sector of various fields: international investment banking groups, retail banking, the financial block of the world's largest auto concern.

In 2021, Natalya completed the mediator training course at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

For over 20 years Natalia has specialized in the field of finance, works with legal issues and disputes in banking, leasing, the field of personal data, of which more than 15 years - in international companies. Natalia effectively uses methods of resolving disputes between participants of different nationalities.

Significant work experience and leadership in the area of internal control (compliance) helps Natalya to take a balanced approach to resolving controversial issues.
Natalia Frolova
Governing Council | Mediator "Solis"
nf@solismediation.ru
+7 (903) 708 54 65

Natalia has two higher educations - in 2001 she graduated from the law faculty of the Moscow Institute of Internal Affairs of the Federal Border Guard Service of the Russian Federation in Moscow, in 2005 she graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. This largely determined the sphere of Natalia's professional interests - jurisprudence in the financial field.

Natalia is a practicing lawyer with many years of experience in large international companies in the financial sector of various fields: international investment banking groups, retail banking, the financial block of the world's largest auto concern.

In 2021, Natalya completed the mediator training course at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

For over 20 years Natalia has specialized in the field of finance, works with legal issues and disputes in banking, leasing, the field of personal data, of which more than 15 years - in international companies. Natalia effectively uses methods of resolving disputes between participants of different nationalities.

Significant work experience and leadership in the area of internal control (compliance) helps Natalya to take a balanced approach to resolving controversial issues.
Veronika Demidova
Governing Council
vd@solismediation.ru
+7 (916) 808 63 07

In 2004, Veronika graduated with honors from the Law Faculty of the Moscow Academy of Enterprise under the Moscow Government. In 2021, she received the status of a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the UK (MCIArb). In 2022, she completed a mediator training course at the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL).

Veronika has 18 years of experience as a lawyer, for 13 of which she has worked for the litigation and arbitration group of an international law firm.
Veronika's practice focuses on dispute resolution in a number of areas including commercial, corporate, real estate, and regulatory, including cases concerning administrative law and IPT disputes. She also represents clients in domestic and international arbitrations.

She is currently a practicing arbitrator of the Russian Arbitration Center and is included in the database of specialists in the field of corporate disputes. Veronika is also a Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) listed arbitration practitioner.

Veronika is also a member of a Commission on development of arbitration and other forms of ADR of Moscow branch of the Association of lawyers of Russia. She is also an author of publications on arbitration and corporate disputes.
Veronika Demidova
Governing Council | Mediator "Solis"
vd@solismediation.ru
+7 (916) 808 63 07

In 2004, Veronika graduated with honors from the Law Faculty of the Moscow Academy of Enterprise under the Moscow Government. In 2021, she received the status of a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the UK (MCIArb). In 2022, she completed a mediator training course at the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL).

Veronika has 18 years of experience as a lawyer, for 13 of which she has worked for the litigation and arbitration group of an international law firm.

Veronika's practice focuses on dispute resolution in a number of areas including commercial, corporate, real estate, and regulatory, including cases concerning administrative law and IPT disputes. She also represents clients in domestic and international arbitrations.

She is currently a practicing arbitrator of the Russian Arbitration Center and is included in the database of specialists in the field of corporate disputes. Veronika is also a Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) listed arbitration practitioner.

Veronika is also a member of a Commission on development of arbitration and other forms of ADR of Moscow branch of the Association of lawyers of Russia. She is also an author of publications on arbitration and corporate disputes.