Petar Petkov

About

Petar is a Solicitor Advocate with experience in complex, multi-jurisdictional and high-value commercial disputes before the English courts and under a variety of institutional arbitration rules (LCIA, ICC, ICSID, Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL and ad hoc). His work mostly involves a cross-border element, in particular relating to Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan (and other CIS countries) and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining Linkilaw Solicitors Petar worked at commercial litigation boutiques and a US law firm in London (UK) and as an assistant to a prominent Swiss arbitrator in Geneva (Switzerland). Petar holds a Master in international affairs from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland) and a double degree (LLB/Maîtrise) in English and French law from the University of Leicester (UK) and the University of Strasbourg (France). In addition to English, Petar is fluent in Bulgarian, Russian and French.

Experience

• Referee at Hertfordshire Football Association
  Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  Level 7

• Senior Solicitor and Training Partner at Linkilaw Solicitors
  Jan 2024 - May 2026 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  Commercial litigation and international arbitration

• Solicitor at CANDEY
  Oct 2020 - Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  Commercial litigation and international arbitration

• Solicitor at Zaiwalla & Co
  Jan 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

  Commercial litigation and international arbitration

• Grosvenor Law (2 yrs 4 mos)
  • Solicitor
    Oct 2018 - Dec 2018 · 3 mos

    Commercial litigation and international arbitration

  • Trainee solicitor
    Sep 2016 - Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Commercial litigation (20 months) Secondment in corporate and banking at Tulloch & Co (4 months)