Julia Popelysheva

Julia Popelysheva, FCIArb, currently serves as the Head of the Legal Department at Yandex since August 2018. Prior to this role, Julia held the position of Counsel in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution department at Clifford Chance from September 2012 to January 2018, following a tenure as a Lawyer at the same firm from 2003 to 2012. Julia possesses a Master of Laws (LLM) from Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia and a Bachelor's Degree in Law from the same institution. Additional qualifications include an ICA Advanced Certificate in Business Compliance from the International Compliance Association (2019) and participation in the ICC CIArb Advanced Arbitration Academy in 2015.