Galina Zukova has been elected as a Member of the Council of the ICC Institute of World Business Law and as the Vice-Chair of the Russian Arbitration Association, with effect from May 2021. Galina is a dual qualified lawyer in Paris and Latvia with over twenty years of legal experience. In 2019, she set up her independent practice ZUKOVA Legal. She regularly serves as arbitrator and counsel in international arbitration proceedings. She is a Member of the ICC Court, a Board Member of the Finland Arbitration Institute, a Vice-Chair of the Arbitration Council of the Georgian International Arbitration Centre, and Professor of law at Versailles and Riga.