Olga Boltenko

Ms. Boltenko is a dispute resolution partner with Fangda Partners in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Fangda Partners in 2018, Ms. Boltenko practised with leading arbitration teams in Paris and Singapore. Ms. Boltenko is an investment and trade lawyer with over ten years of experience in public international law, investor-State dispute resolution, and commercial arbitration. She has acted as legal counsel in investor-State disputes under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the ICSID, the SCC, the ICC, the LCIA, and as a tribunal secretary in dozens of commercial disputes in a wide array of industries including oil and gas, mining, infrastructure, construction, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals, across Asia and beyond. Ms. Boltenko teaches a master of laws degree in arbitration and ADR with a focus on Belt & Road investment law at The University of Hong Kong. She is also a professor of law at the Royal University of Law and Economics in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where she teaches a course in investment law at the dual degree program with the Free University of Brussels. Ms. Boltenko is one of the longest-serving editors for the Investor-State Law Guide, where she contributes to the ongoing review and population of one of the leading investor-State databases. Ms. Boltenko is listed as an arbitrator on the following panels:

• Singapore International Arbitration Centre (reserve) (SIAC)
• AIAC
• CIETAC
• Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA)
• Xi’An Arbitration Commission (XAAC)
• Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
• Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA)
• Tashkent International Arbitration Center (TIAC)
• Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC)
• British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre (BVIIAC)
• Beihai Asia International Arbitration Centre (BAIAC)

Areas of Expertise

• Public international law and investor-State dispute resolution
• Commercial disputes in a wide array of industries including telecommunications, oil and gas, construction, shareholders, and supply chains

Education

• Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: specialist in public international law, cum laude, 2005
• Paris-1 Pantheon-Sorbonne: LLM in French and EU Law, 2006
• Beijing Language and Culture University: Mandarin Chinese studies, 2014

Professional Qualifications

• Admitted to practice law in the Russian Federation, 2009
• Admitted to the roll of solicitors in Hong Kong SAR, 2020
• Registered as a foreign lawyer (Hong Kong SAR and the Russian Federation) with the Singapore International Commercial Court, 2022