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Dr. Eveli Lume
Partner
Dr. Eveli Lume is a partner in the International Dispute Resolution Practice. She is an international arbitration specialist with a practice focused on complex international disputes. Eveli is regularly involved in high-stakes international arbitrations, including both investor-state and commercial international arbitrations. An Estonian national, admitted to practice in Estonia and Germany and regularly working in English, German, Russian, and Estonian, her practice is uniquely international in the German market. She acts for clients with a broad geographic scope, including Eastern European, Central Asian and African states and state-owned entities, as well as private sector companies throughout Europe and beyond. Clients direct Eveli to act for them in arbitrations across a broad range of sectors, including in the energy, water, construction, mining, telecommunications, food and ceramic sectors. She has extensive experience litigating cases under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, the rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), as well as the rules of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS).
Eveli also provides assistance in commercial law matters, including negotiation in contentious matters, and she has an extensive experience in cross-border merger and acquisition transactions.
In addition to her practice, Eveli is a guest lecturer for the International Dispute Resolution LL.M. programme at the Humboldt University and a lecturer at the Tartu University in Estonia, where she teaches international arbitration and investment law.
- Representing ČEZ, a.s. (Czech Republic), the largest utility company in the CEE region, in a commercial arbitration (ICC) against Gazprom export LLC (Russia) arising out of a gas supply contract.
- Representing the Republic of Latvia in an UNCITRAL arbitration filed by RSE Holding AG (Switzerland) under the Energy Charter Treaty in connection with the sale of electricity by cogeneration plants.
- Representing the State of Libya in a pending €52 million arbitration relating to a construction project filed by the company Nurol Insaat ve Ticaret before the ICC under the Turkey-Libya BIT.
- Representing the State of Libya in a pending US$61 million arbitration related to a construction project filed by the company Ustay Yappi Taahhut ve Ticaret before the ICC under the Turkey-Libya BIT.
- Representing a state-owned company in a US$250 million commercial construction arbitration.
- Advising a Central Asian state in a US$1.5 billion ICSID Additional Facility (AF) arbitration rules relating to telecommunication.
- Represented Estonia in an ICSID arbitration arising under the Netherlands-Estonia BIT in connection with regulation of water tariffs in the Estonian capital Tallinn (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/24). All of the claimants’ claims were rejected and Estonia was awarded more than US$750,000 of fees and costs it incurred by defending the claim.
- Represented the State of Libya in a €183 million arbitration relating to a construction project filed by the company Guris Insaat ve Muhendislik before the ICC under the Turkey-Libya BIT. All of the claimant's claims were rejected and Libya was awarded €1.46 million of fees and costs it incurred by defending the claim.
- Advised the Estonian government with respect to the risks of a potential investment claim related to planned regulatory changes.
- Advised a multinational sanitary ware producer in a post M&A arbitration under DIS rules in relation to the antitrust infringements (circa €62 million claim).
- Advised an international distributor in an ICC arbitration in relation to €68 million compensation claims under the distributorship agreement.
- Advised a leading international chemicals and biotechnology company on the settlement with its suppliers.
- Advised an Estonian-based international bioenergy company on the acquisition and conversion of a power plant.
- Ongoing commercial advice to international clients with a focus on companies from Baltic States.
Education
- University of Bielefeld, Ph.D., 2015
- University of Tartu, M.A., (Law), 2011
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, LL.M., 2008
- University of Tartu, B.A. (Law), 2006
- University of Tartu, B.A., (Government & Politics), 2006
Admissions
- Germany, 2021
- Estonia, 2018
Memberships and Affiliations
- DIS – Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V.
- DIS40 – Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V.
- Estonian Arbitration Association, Member of the Board
Languages
- German
- English
- Russian
- Estonian
- Speaker, ICC YAF Networking Breakfast on Career Transitions in the ADR, Riga, 12 June 2022.
- Speaker, “Post-Brexit Investment Protection in Europe”, Baltic Arbitration Days 2021, 13 August 2021.
- Panel moderator, “Investment Arbitration Update”, Baltic Arbitration Days 2019, 14 June 2019.
- Speaker, “Investment Arbitration After the Achmea Judgment of the CJEU”, Baltic Arbitration Days 2021, 15 June 2018.