UKRAINE Law and Practice Contributed by: Olena Perepelynska, Krystyna Khripkova, Nadiya Mykiyevych and Anna Kozyrieva, IMPACTA LAW
IMPACTA LAW is a leading Ukrainian full-service law firm with 13 partners and a representative presence in Brussels and Munich. Its International Arbitration practice, consistently ranked in Band 1 by Cham - bers and Partners, provides strategic advice on com - plex commercial and investment disputes involving Ukrainian assets, counterparties and governing law. Working closely with the firm’s litigation, corporate, competition, restructuring, sanctions, regulatory and sector-focused teams, the practice advises clients throughout the dispute lifecycle, from risk assess -
ment and dispute strategy to arbitral proceedings, enforcement and asset recovery. The team acts as counsel, arbitrators and Ukrainian law experts under the ICC, LCIA, SCC, ICSID, VIAC, ICAC (Ukraine), GAFTA and UNCITRAL Rules. Recent mandates in - clude representing Ukrenergo in a EUR527 million investment treaty arbitration against Russia, acting as Ukrainian law experts for the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine in investment treaty arbitration and rep - resenting a Ukrainian defence company in VIAC ar - bitration.
Authors
Olena Perepelynska is a partner and head of international arbitration at IMPACTA LAW in Kyiv, Ukraine. She has over 23 years of experience and has participated in more than 250 arbitration proceedings across
Nadiya Mykiyevych is a senior associate at IMPACTA LAW in Kyiv. She has ten years of experience in international arbitration and dispute resolution, with a focus on investment and commercial arbitration, as well as
Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia as an arbitrator, counsel and legal expert. She served as a member of the ICC Court (2018–2024) and TIAC Court (2019–2022). Olena is liaison officer of the IBA Arbitration Committee’s European Regional Forum, Chair of the ADR Committee of the Ukrainian National Bar Association, board member of UAA and TAA, Fellow of CIArb and Editorial Board Member of ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin.
complex cross-border disputes involving Ukrainian law. Nadiya advises individuals, global corporations and state entities in pre-arbitration negotiations, amicable settlements with the government of Ukraine and ad hoc investment arbitration proceed - ings under the UNCITRAL Rules. She has acted as counsel and advisor in various arbitrations under the rules of UNCITRAL, SIAC, LCIA, ICC, GAFTA and FOSFA, representing clients in high-stakes cases involving foreign jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and the United States.
Krystyna Khripkova is counsel at IMPACTA LAW in Kyiv, focusing on international commercial and invest - ment arbitration, cross-border com - mercial litigation and arbitration-related litigation. She has more than 18 years
Anna Kozyrieva is a senior associate at IMPACTA LAW in Kyiv. She has seven years of experience in interna - tional arbitration and civil and com - mercial litigation, representing private and state-owned companies and
of experience representing sovereigns, state-owned enterprises, corporate investors and private clients in high-value disputes across multiple jurisdictions. Krystyna is a member of the ADR Committee of the Ukrainian National Bar Association and a board mem - ber of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association and the International Commercial Arbitration Law (Stockholm University) Alumni Association. Her cases have included disputes concerning energy sector; miltech and defence sector; banking and finance; interna - tional trade and agriculture; transportation and construction projects.
individuals in disputes involving the international trade, agriculture, aviation and defence sectors. Anna has acted as counsel in institutional and ad hoc commercial arbitrations under LCIA, ICC, SCC, DIS, VIAC, GAFTA, FOSFA, ICAC at the Ukrainian CCI and UNCITRAL Rules, involving the substantive laws of various jurisdictions. Anna is experienced in recognition, enforcement and setting aside of arbitral awards and foreign judgments in Ukraine. She also advised clients in seeking interim measures in support of foreign-seated arbitrations.
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