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Partner
Tel: +38 044 498 7383
Fax: +38 044 498 7385
Email: dsd@engarde-attorneys.com
Overview
Dmytro specialises in complex cross-border commercial litigation, international commercial arbitration, and investment arbitration. He has been involved in high-profile matters concerning corporate governance, M&A transactions, fraud allegations and asset tracing, contractual disputes, and the validity of commercial instruments. He also represents clients in national court proceedings.
Dmytro has coached student moot court teams at the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University and at Kyiv International University, and has served as arbitrator at the Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot (Vienna) and the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot (Frankfurt).
He is a long-standing contributor to the organisation of the Kyiv Arbitration Days conference (2011–2018).
Representative experience
- Representing the State of Ukraine in a multi-million dollar dispute before ICSID
- Acting as co-arbitrator in ICC arbitration proceedings (amount in dispute approx. EUR 12 million)
- Representing a major Ukrainian industrial and financial group in ICC arbitration arising from an M&A transaction involving the acquisition of shares in a Ukrainian bank (amount in dispute approx. USD 400 million)
- Representing a Ukrainian businessman in ICC arbitration concerning the corporate governance of a large Ukrainian agricultural company (amount in dispute approx. USD 20 million)
- Representing a US investor in proceedings for the enforcement of an ICC arbitral award against a Ukrainian company (USD 145 million)
- Representing a Ukrainian businessman in Cypriot court proceedings over metallurgical assets (amount in dispute approx. USD 2 billion)
- Representing a Swiss-based individual in LCIA arbitration concerning the hostile takeover of a major Ukrainian bank (amount in dispute approx. USD 400 million)
- Representing a Ukrainian agricultural group in LCIA arbitration over the performance of an investment agreement (amount in dispute approx. USD 40 million)
- Representing a client in settlement negotiations on the enforcement of an LCIA arbitral award (amount in dispute approx. USD 20 million)
- Representing an Italian investor in proceedings for the enforcement of an SCC arbitral award against a Ukrainian company (amount in dispute approx. USD 20 million)
- Representing a Ukrainian oil and gas company in SCC arbitration arising from the annexation of Crimea (amount in dispute approx. USD 8 million)
Related practices
Languages
- English
- Ukrainian
- Russian
Professional associations and activities
- Ukrainian Bar Association
- LCIA Young International Arbitration Group
- ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
- Willem C. Vis Alumni Association
- Co-organiser, Kyiv Pre-Moot of the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot
- Co-organiser, Kyiv Arbitration Days conference (2011–2018)
- Translator of the ICC Rules of Arbitration into Ukrainian
Recommended arbitrator
- Ukrainian Arbitration Association
- Caspian Arbitration Society
- Arbitration Court at the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic
- Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce
- International Arbitration Court “IAC” of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Education
- Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Institute of International Relations, LLM in Private International Law (Ukraine, 2011)
Admitted to bar
- Ukraine
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