Alexey Kravtsov

Alexey Vladimirovich Kravtsov (; born 28 July 1978) is a Russian jurist, Chief Judge of the Moscow Court of Arbitration, and a member of the Expert Council of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. He is considered to be one of the founders of the current arbitration court system in Russia.

Biography

Alexey Kravtsov was born in Volgograd on July 28, 1978, to Vladimir Ivanovich Kravtsov and Tatyana Yegorovna Kravtsova.

Up to 1995, he studied at the Volgograd Law School of the Higher Investigative School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

He graduated from the Higher Investigative School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (now Volgograd Legal Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs) in 1999, with a degree in jurisprudence. Four years later, Kravtsov also received a degree in economics from Moscow University of Consumer Cooperatives. where he earned the title of "Military Veteran" and the "Combatant" award. In 2002, he was transferred to the Main Economic Crime Investigations Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in Moscow. He left the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2008 with the rank of major of the militia.

From 2008 to 2010, Kravtsov was the CEO and co-owner of a mining company that he founded.

In 2010, he founded the Moscow Court of Arbitration, where he still serves as Chief Judge (in 2013).

In 2012, Kravtsov defended his doctoral thesis in jurisprudence. and led a legislative initiative to improve the legislation on arbitration courts, which was publicized in the media.

In 2012, Russian arbitration courts joined the Union of Arbitration Courts, and Kravtsov was elected president. He also headed the Union's Non-Governmental Center for Free Legal Aid. He is a member of the "Comfort Law Environment" work-group of the Liberal platform of the "United Russia" political party.

Legislation

On Kravtsov's initiative, changes were made in the process of registration of real estate rights in Russia. A bill granting this authority was approved by the Government and State Duma of the Russian Federation and will enter into force on January 1, 2014.

Kravtsov has also been involved in a large number of amendments to the law and various regulatory documents governing the work of arbitration courts in Russia. For example, he was the initiator of development of the methodical recommendations about the dispute resolution on state contracts in courts of arbitration; he made c.50 changes in the arbitration laws for the latest arbitration law reform in Russia.