AI-Native Legal Practice

The law firmrebuiltfor the next decade.

A boutique international practice for cross-border disputes, arbitration and sanctions. Built AI-native from the first day, with a qualified attorney accountable for every word that leaves the firm.

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General Partner

Dr. Sergey Milutin

General Partner

Irina Chebotareva

International arbitrationCommercial litigationSanctions & export controlsCross-border enforcementAttorney-in-the-loopEnglish · German · Russian · Cypriot lawPowered by Bernio
01The thesis

Velocity from the machine.Judgmentfrom the lawyer.

Traditional firms were built for a different era. Slow by structure, opaque by habit, and priced by the hour rather than the outcome.

We start from the opposite premise. Intelligent systems carry the velocity: research, review, chronologies, monitoring and first drafts at machine speed. A senior attorney carries the standard of care: strategy, advocacy and the final word on every matter.

This is not automation of legal advice. It is the production layer of complex disputes, rebuilt so that human judgment is spent only where human judgment belongs.

Powered by Bernio · secure legal infrastructure
02How we operate

Not a directory of offices.An operatingmodel.

Most firms hand you a map of branches. We run a single architecture that turns a cross-border instruction into one accountable engagement. Four moves explain how.

  1. 01

    Global coverage

    Four legal systems, held under one bar.

    English, German, Russian and Cypriot law, carried inside the firm rather than outsourced down a referral chain. The reach is real, not a list of addresses.

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  2. 02

    Partner-led execution

    A named partner owns every matter.

    Each legal system is led by a dedicated partner attorney qualified in that jurisdiction. The person accountable for the outcome is the person doing the work, never a delegated associate behind a brand.

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  3. 03

    AI-native delivery

    Velocity from the machine, judgment from the lawyer.

    Research, review, chronologies, sanctions screening and first drafts are produced at machine speed, then handed up. A qualified attorney reviews, approves and signs everything that leaves the firm.

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  4. 04

    Cross-border coordination

    Many jurisdictions converge on one engagement.

    Every legal system points to a single file, a single point of contact and one fixed engagement. Coordinating across borders is our work, not a cost we pass to the client.

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The practices this model runs on

  • 01

    International Arbitration

    Institutional and ad hoc proceedings across European, CIS, Middle East and cross-border seats.

    ICC · LCIA · SCC · VIAC · DIAC

  • 02

    Commercial Litigation

    High-stakes commercial disputes where the matter crosses borders and the margin for error is zero.

    Multi-jurisdictional

  • 03

    Sanctions & Compliance

    Exposure analysis, licensing, asset tracing and enforcement defence across all major regimes, with particular depth in Russian sanctions: EU, UK and US measures, blocking statutes, secondary sanctions exposure and de-risking strategy.

    OFAC · EU · UK · SECO · Russian sanctions

  • 04

    Corporate & Commercial

    Cross-border transactional work for matters carrying genuine geopolitical complexity.

    M&A · Contracts · Restructuring

03Why us

Beyond the billable hour.Beyondlegacy counsel.

The market offers software that cannot be held accountable, or firms that bill by the hour and answer in weeks. We are built as a third thing.

Legacy model

Traditional firm

  • Priced by the billable hour
  • Availability measured in days and weeks
  • AI bolted onto a legacy workflow
  • Deep judgment, slow production

Software only

AI legal tools

  • A subscription, not a law firm
  • Fast, but no one is accountable
  • Output on open cloud models
  • No advocacy, no final responsibility

AI-native firm

This is us

Bernima Law

  • Fixed and outcome-based fees
  • First response in hours, not weeks
  • AI-native, with a lawyer in the loop
  • A qualified attorney owns every output
04The operating model

One platform.Threefoundations.

Every matter runs through the same architecture, so the standard does not depend on which lawyer happens to pick up the file.

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AI carries the velocity

Document review, multi-jurisdictional research, chronologies, sanctions screening and first drafts are produced at machine speed, then handed up for review.

02

An attorney owns the judgment

A qualified attorney reviews, approves and signs every output. Strategy, advocacy and final advice remain entirely human. Nothing leaves the firm unsupervised.

03

Bernio holds the perimeter

Client communications and privileged materials run on Bernio's secure infrastructure: air-gapped from open cloud models, end-to-end encrypted, and independently audited. Confidentiality is an architectural requirement, not a policy statement.

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05Reach

Four legal systems.Oneintegrated counsel.

The firm does not maintain branch offices. Each legal system is covered by a dedicated partner attorney qualified in that jurisdiction, coordinated under one standard of care and a single engagement.

Arbitral institutions

ICC · LCIA · SCC · VIAC · DIAC

Sanctions expertise

OFAC · EU · UK · SECO · Russian sanctions · Secondary sanctions · Blocking statutes

Practice

International arbitration · Commercial litigation · Sanctions & compliance

  • UK

    English law

    England & Wales
  • DE

    German law

    Rechtsanwalt
  • RU

    Russian law

    Russian Bar · CIS
  • CY

    Cypriot law

    Cyprus Bar
06Founding partners

The judgmentbehindthe firm.

Dr. Sergey Milutin
General Partner

Dr. Sergey Milutin

Disputes & International Arbitration

Former Senior Associate at Hogan Lovells Munich. Ranked by Best Lawyers as one of the leading litigators in Russia and Germany, Sergey has represented Fortune 500 and DAX 40 companies in complex commercial litigation before Russian and German courts. Dr. jur. from the University of Regensburg; author of over 30 publications. Fluent in five languages, with 13+ years of cross-border practice spanning litigation, compliance, white collar defence and dispute resolution.

Best Lawyers ranked · Hogan Lovells · Dr. jur. Regensburg · Five languages

Irina Chebotareva
General Partner

Irina Chebotareva

Commercial Practice & Sanctions Compliance

Attorney, lecturer and public speaker. LL.B. University of London; law degree from Lomonosov Moscow State University. Has led and advised on transactions exceeding USD 1.5 billion, including multijurisdictional deals, asset protection and investment structuring in complex sanctions environments. Advises technology ventures on international structuring, fundraising and market entry.

USD 1.5bn+ transactions · International arbitration · Sanctions structuring · Tech ventures

07Insights

Perspectives onlaw'snext decade.

Our thought-leadership program launches with the firm. A preview of the questions we are writing about.

Sanctions

Asset tracing when the counterparty is sanctioned

Forthcoming 2026

Read when published →

ArbitrationForthcoming 2026

What AI can and cannot do inside an ICC arbitration

EnforcementForthcoming 2026

Enforcing awards across fragmenting jurisdictions

Legal AIForthcoming 2026

Attorney-in-the-loop: where judgment stays human

The full program publishes at launch. Join the waitlist to receive it first.

08Clarity

Questions, answeredplainly.

  • By a lawyer. Intelligent systems carry the production work, research, review, chronologies and first drafts, but a qualified attorney reviews, approves and signs everything that leaves the firm. Strategy and advocacy are entirely human. Nothing is delivered unsupervised.

Pre-launch · 2026

Be firstin line.

We are opening to a select group of clients ahead of public launch. Leave your details for priority access and a personal introduction from a founding partner.

Selective admission · Personal introduction · Strictly confidential