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Provided by Avellum

We provide a broad spectrum of legal services in the areas of commercial and investment international arbitration, cross-border and domestic litigation, fraud investigation, and asset tracing and recovery.

Our team is globally trusted in the sphere of international trade and commodities, often dealing with complex maritime&shipping cases. We advise clients on deals reflecting about 30% (USD10 billion) worth of Ukrainian agricultural commodity exports. AVELLUM remains the first and the only law firm in Central and Eastern Europe engaged as speakers and coordinators of GAFTA learning courses.

The profound knowledge of English law allows us applying it in all our GAFTA, FOSFA and LMAA cases without special involvement of counsels from England. Our clients regularly rely on us with enforcement of arbitral awards in various jurisdictions, including Switzerland, Hong Kong, Egypt, Turkey, Russia, etc.

We also specialise in family DR and tax DR.

Recently we have represented:

  • several litigants in the High Court of Justice, with the total amount in dispute reaching USD1.13 bln
  • the state of Ukraine in USD300 mln investment arbitration and acted as experts on Ukrainian law in 8 landmark investment arbitrations of total value exceeding USD2 bln
  • LSE listed Ferrexpo Plc in the litigations between its subsidiaries concerning the claims in the amount of over USD150 mln

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What the team is known for

Avellum's team is well regarded for handling a range of cross-border disputes, including both cross-border litigation and international arbitration. The law firm's clientele comes from a range of industries including banking, energy and commodities. The legal practice represents high net worth individuals in shareholder disputes. Avellum's lawyers also act as experts in a wide array of investment arbitrations.

Work Highlights

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  • Avellum advised Volt Resources in relation to the preparation of set-off claims under the SPAs. Volt paid the sellers the first instalment of the purchase price of USD3.8 million in July 2021 and a second and final deferred payment of USD3.8 million was to be paid in July 2022.

Notable Practitioners

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Kostiantyn Likarchuk
Kostiantyn Likarchuk
Head of Dispute Resolution
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Kostiantyn Likarchuk is regarded for his experience representing high net worth individuals and corporations in international arbitration proceedings. He is also visible acting as a Ukrainian law expert.

Oleksii Maslov
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Oleksii Maslov assists with a range of international arbitration and cross-border litigation matters.

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Dispute Resolution

Kostiantyn Likarchuk
Kostiantyn Likarchuk
Head of Dispute Resolution
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Oleksii Maslov
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Members

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Andriy Fortunenko

Andriy Kuleba

Anna Vlasenko

Kostiantyn Likarchuk

Kostiantyn Likarchuk

Head of Department

Mariana Anonovych

Vadim Medvedev

Head of Department

Clients

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ADM

Astarta

COFCO Agri

Centrenergo PJSC

Fergus Kazakhstan

Ferrexpo Group

Louis Dreyfus Company

Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP)

NCH Capital Inc.

Noteholders’ Committee of Mriya Agro Holding plc

Smart Trade

Société Générale

State Food Grain Corporation of Ukraine

Syngenta

Top Grain LTD

Ukrlandfarming Group

Česká exportní banka, a. s.

Industries

Provided by Avellum

Agribusiness

Banking and Financial Services

Commercial & Professional Services

Energy

Food & Beverages

IT

Industrial Engineering

International Trade & Commodities

Maritime & Shipping

Private Clients

Real Estate

Real Estate