Practices

International arbitration

7

BLN USD

acting for Respondent in two complex investment arbitrations
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About

Any dispute is a stress-test for your business. We are here to help you find the best strategy to overcome it and achieve the result you need. From initial analysis to enforcement of your arbitral award, our team will offer tailored solutions and high-quality service in disputes of any complexity.

At AVELLUM we combine our profound expertise in various practice areas with apt, efficient, and innovative management of procedure. Be it in M&A, construction, investment, sale of goods or other fields, we are ready to help at any stage of your dispute.

We are realistic when assessing the prospects of your case, client oriented when negotiating an amicable settlement, and unyielding when representing you before arbitral tribunals.

We understand financial contingencies the disputes create and ready to work with you to minimise expenditure for your business, be it through special fee arrangements or assistance with securing third-party funding.

We are ready to represent you in arbitrations under any arbitration rules. Our standing relations with leading law firms in different countries significantly broaden the geography of jurisdictions we are ready to assist our clients with.

Our attorneys are active participants of various professional communities (ICC, UAA, UBA, CIArb, IBA) and are always on top of recent trends, prospective legislative changes and most innovative solutions in the field.

Key highlights:

  • more than 20 years of experience in international arbitration
  • more than 50 arbitral proceedings, including 10 investment treaty arbitrations
  • team of 10+ dedicated dispute resolution associates, recognised in international rankings (Chambers, Legal 500, Who is Who Legal/Lexology)
  • know-how under leading arbitration rules, including LCIA, ICC, SCC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICAС at UCСI, FOSFA, GAFTA
  • full-circle law firm with expertise in all practice areas and industries

We will assist you with:

  • representing you in arbitrations under any arbitration rules
  • providing expert opinions on Ukrainian law before arbitral tribunals and foreign courts
  • representing you before Ukrainian courts in any arbitration-related proceedings (interim measures in support of arbitration, recognition and enforcement, set aside)
  • representing you in mediation and other ADR proceedings
  • advising on arbitration clauses and assessing prospects of potential disputes
  • assisting with securing third party funding

Key experience

Our partners provided expert evidence on Ukrainian law in

8

investment treaty arbitrations

Represented in an arbitration under the IFTA Rules over a game development agreement in dispute

1

Mln USD

Legal advisor to a game development company

Successfully represented in Ukrainian court proceedings on recognition and enforcement of an LCIA award

Legal advisor to a global educational loans provider

Represented in ICC arbitration arising out of a bank guarantee

3

Mln EUR

Legal advisor to a major industrial manufacturer

Successfully represented in a post-M&A dispute

60

Mln USD

Legal advisor to a major agricultural holding

Successfully represented in FOSFA arbitration arising out of delivery of sunflower oil seeds

1

Mln EUR

Legal advisor to a major Ukrainian agricultural trader

Advising in a post-M&A dispute involving a potential arbitration and numerous court proceedings

8

Mln USD

Legal advisor to a major mining investor

Representing in two milestone investment treaty arbitrations in dispute

8

Bln USD

Legal advisor to the State of Ukraine

Successfully represented in a large multijurisdictional shareholders’ dispute, involving an LCIA arbitration with parallel court proceedings in Panama, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Belize and the UK

20

Mln USD

Legal advisor to the client

Successful in recognition of an LCIA Award before Ukrainian courts despite complicated arbitrability issues

Counsel to an international financial services provider

Represented its client in an ICC Arbitration arising out of a security

3

Mln EUR

Co-counsel to an Asian manufacturing company

Obtained Awards for its client in four parallel arbitrations before the ICAC at UCCI

4

Mln USD

Counsel to a major CEE mining machinery manufacturer

Represented its client in an LCIA arbitration resulting in an Award on agreed terms

2.2

Mln USD

Counsel to an international investment company

Obtained a FOSFA Award for its client in a sale of goods dispute

1

Mln EUR

Lead counsel to major agricultural and trading group

Defeated a complex LCIA arbitration claim arising out of a shareholders dispute

20

Mln USD

Lead counsel to a high-net-worth individual

Represented the state of Ukraine in two investment arbitrations

7

Bln USD

Co-counsel to Respondent (Ukraine)

Represented its client in an extremely complex post-M&A LCIA arbitration

70

Mln USD

Legal advisor to a major Ukrainian agricultural company

Defeated a challenge to a USD20 million LCIA Award with the UK High Court

20

Mln USD

Legal advisor

Hard-fought LCIA arbitration being the part of multi-hundred USD shareholders dispute in 6 jurisdictions

20

Mln USD

Legal advisor

Acting as experts on Ukrainian law in 8 landmark investor-state arbitrations

2+

Bln USD

Legal Advisor to Claimants and Respondents in various arbitrations

Four disputes with a Hong Kong company before the ICAC at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

4

Mln USD

Legal advisor to a major CEE-based mining machinery producer

Dispute with client’s international customer related to operation of sophisticated industrial equipment

18

Mln USD

Legal advisor to a major German industrial group

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Recognitions

Chambers and Partners

Chambers Europe: Recommended in Dispute Resolution (Ukraine) since 2020

Chambers Global: Recommended in Dispute Resolution (Ukraine) since 2014

Legal 500

Tier 1 in Dispute Resolution (Ukraine)

Related materials

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AVELLUM promotes Oleksii Maslov to Partner, strengthening its Dispute Resolution practice

AVELLUM promotes Oleksii Maslov to Partner, strengthening its Dispute Resolution practice

Posted on September 9, 2022

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Register of Damages for Ukraine published claim forms and rules for additional categories of damages

On 23 December 2024, the Register of Damages for Ukraine caused by the aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine (the “Register”) published the forms and rules for submitting claims for compensation in newly opened categories of claims. This will allow individuals and legal entities, as well as the state of Ukraine, to start preparing […]

Posted on September 9, 2022

News

AVELLUM successful in FOSFA Arbitration

AVELLUM acted as a lead counsel to a major Ukrainian agriculture trader in FOSFA arbitration with over EUR1,2 million in dispute. The dispute concerned the buyers’ default under the contract for sale of oilseeds. The parties based their cases on various concepts of English law, such as repudiation, declaration of default, acceptance by conduct, amendment […]

Posted on September 9, 2022

News

AVELLUM lawyers published in ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin

AVELLUM is pleased to announce that Oleksii Maslov, counsel, and Illia Ivanusa, associate, from our Dispute Resolution practice contributed to the ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin (ICC Arbitration). Their article, “BPP v Grain Power — Supreme Court Tackles Outdated Restriction of Subjective Arbitrability and Effect of Arbitration Agreements on Third Parties” covers a significant decision by […]

Posted on September 9, 2022

News

AVELLUM acted as a lead counsel in an extremely complex LCIA arbitration

Our arbitration team acted as a lead counsel in a multiparty LCIA arbitration, representing a major Ukrainian business. The dispute arose out of an extremely complex M&A transaction with the amount in dispute estimated in the region of USD70 million. The dispute involved complex issues of English, Ukrainian and Cypriot laws. Our team won a […]

Posted on September 9, 2022

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AVELLUM lawyers published in The American Review of International Arbitration

Oleksii Maslov and Mariana Antonovych set to write this piece for The American Review of International Arbitration at Columbia Law School. Russia’s full-scale aggression rocked the already strained international legal order. It accentuated the unpleasant truth about the limits of the United Nations (UN) system of conflict resolution and brought to light the lack of […]

Posted on September 9, 2022

Key contacts

KOSTIANTYN LIKARCHUK

Senior Partner

klikarchuk@avellum.com

OLEKSII MASLOV

Partner

omaslov@avellum.com

Team

VADIM MEDVEDEV

Partner

vmedvedev@avellum.com

ANNA VLASENKO

Managing Associate

avlasenko@avellum.com

ROMAN SYNIUTA

Managing Associate

rsyniuta@avellum.com

KRISTINA MYSENKO

Senior Associate

kmysenko@avellum.com

ILLIA IVANUSA

Senior Associate

iivanusa@avellum.com

TETIANA ZAVALKO

Associate

tzavalko@avellum.com

OLEKSANDR STADNYK

Associate

ostadnyk@avellum.com

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