List of arbitrators

The list of the UMAC recommended arbitrators includes 30 arbitrators from from Austria, the United Kingdom, Armenia, India, Moldova, Turkey and Ukraine who are the leading practitioners and most respectful scientists.

Each arbitrator in the list has an indication of: (1) mother tongue of the arbitrator; (2) foreign languages according to the level of knowledge: A – able to take part in the proceedings and in preparation of the procedural documents in the corresponding language; B – able to estimate written materials in corresponding language.

BABADJANIAN Norair

BABADJANIAN Norair

BABADJANIAN Norair

Citizenship of Armenia//Citizenship of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales.

Formerly: Law firm LEBOEUF LAMB GREEN & MACRAE, company INCE & CO, Law firm in the field of maritime law HEALY & BAILLIE.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways.

Languages: Armenian, Russian (native), English (А), German, Latvian (В).

BAJREKTAREVIC Anis H.

BAJREKTAREVIC Anis H.

BAJREKTAREVIC Anis H.

Citizenship of Austria

Acting-Dean of the Law Faculty, Swiss University Geneva, Switzerland.

Formerly: Editor of the Addleton Academic Publishers, New York.

Specialization: collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; marine and river insurance and reinsurance; raising of vessels and other property sunk; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; towing, towing support of vessels or other floating objects, transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports, use of vessels and other floating objects for carrying out scientific research, extraction of minerals, hydrotechnical or other work.

Languages: South Slavic languages (native), German, English, French (А), Italian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Slovak, Russian (B).

Balobanov Oleksandr

Balobanov Oleksandr

Balobanov Oleksandr

Citizenship of Ukraine

Candidate of Law, Professor of maritime law department of Odesa National Maritime University.

Formerly: Head of the Department of Maritime Law of Odesa National Maritime University., leading specialist of the legal department of State Enterprise «Commercial Sea Port of «Chornomorsk».

Specialization: towing, towing support of vessels or other floating objects, use of vessels and other floating objects for carrying out scientific research, extraction of minerals, hydrotechnical or other work, general average and salvage of vessels, marine and river insurance and reinsurance; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports; repair, maintenance of vessels and other floating objects, technical supervision of vessels; affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways.

Languages: Ukrainian (native), English, French (В).

BAHADIR TONGUÇ

BAHADIR TONGUÇ

BAHADIR TONGUÇ

Citizenship of Republic of Turkey

Managing Director of Supramar Shipping & Trading Ltd., Managing Director of Martred Consultancy & Training Ltd., Chairperson of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS) – Turkey Branch, Lecturer and Member of Advisory Council Piri Reis University – Maritime Faculty, Member of the Documentary Committee Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO), Chairperson of the Shipbrokers Committee Board Turkish Chamber of Shipping (IMEAK DTO), Head of Foreign Relations Shipbrokers Association of Turkey (GBD).

Formerly: Ship Broker at Kalkavan Altindeniz S/A, Ferroship Foreign Trade Ltd., Head of Chartering at Medcargo Shipbrokers Ltd., Force Twins Shipping Ltd.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports.

Languages: Turkish (native), English, French (А).

BERESTENKO VIKTOR

BERESTENKO VIKTOR

BERESTENKO VIKTOR

Citizenship of Ukraine

President of the Association of International Freight Forwarders of Ukraine (AIFFU), Director of the Limited Liability Company “ITL GROUP”.

Formerly: Director of development of the Limited Liability Company “INTER TRANS LOGISTICS”, CEO of the Association of International Freight Forwarders of Ukraine (AIFFU).

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports.

Languages: Ukrainian (native), English (В).

WHITEHURST IAN JOHN

WHITEHURST IAN JOHN

WHITEHURST IAN JOHN

Citizenship of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Barrister at Exchange Chambers, Liverpool & Guernica 37 Chambers, Honorary Assistant Professor, Nottingham University & Honorary Lecturer, Aberdeen Universit.

Specialization: collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; towing, towing support of vessels or other floating objects; use of vessels and other floating objects for carrying out scientific research, extraction of minerals, hydrotechnical or other work.

Languages: English (nаtive).

VOLKOV Artem

VOLKOV Artem

VOLKOV Artem

Citizenship of Ukraine

Director of “ANK. MARITIME LEGAL PRACTICE” Bar Association, attorney, head of maritime and transport law practice at ANK Law Firm.

Formerly: senior counsel, lawyer at ANK Law Firm ».

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; towing, towing support of vessels or other floating objects; marine and river insurance and reinsurance; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports.

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian (nаtive), English (A).

 

GOLIKOVA Svitlana

GOLIKOVA Svitlana

GOLIKOVA Svitlana

Citizenship of Ukraine

Arbitrator of the International Maritime and Inland Navigation Arbitration Court BINSA in Varna (Bulgaria), Member of the Presidium of the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, senior expert of the Energy Security Project USAID.

Formerly: Chief of the Consulting Law Firm «TransEnergoKonsulting», Chief of the Law Department of the Joint-Stock Navigable Company «Ukrrichflot», engineer at the Danube Steamshipline.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; repair, maintenance of vessels and other floating objects, technical supervision of vessels; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports.

Languages: Russian, Ukrainian (native), English (A).

DUBYNSKYY OLEG

DUBYNSKYY OLEG

DUBYNSKYY OLEG

Citizenship of Ukraine

Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Education Worker of Ukraine.

Vice-rector for scientific and pedagogical work, economic, legal and social issues of the National University of Shipbuilding named after Admiral Makarov.

Formerly: Dean of the Faculty of Maritime Law.

Specialization: general average and salvage of vessels; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; marine and river insurance and reinsurance; affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways.

Languages: Ukrainian (native).

YEMELYANOVA Inna

YEMELYANOVA Inna

YEMELYANOVA Inna

Citizenship of Ukraine

Vice President of the Ukrainian Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vice President of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Merited Lawyer of Ukraine.

Formerly: Deputy Minister and First Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Union of Lawyers of Ukraine.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; repair, maintenance of vessels and other floating objects, technical supervision of vessels; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports.

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian (native), English (В).

ZAHARIA IGOR

ZAHARIA IGOR

ZAHARIA IGOR

Citizenship of Republic of Moldova

Director of Naval Agency of Republic of Moldova.

Formerly: Head of Naval Transport Devision of Ministru of Transport and Road Infrastructure, Deputy Harbour Master of Port of Giurgiulești.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports; towing, towing support of vessels or other floating objects.

Languages: Romanian (native), Russian (А), English (В).

ZAKHARCHENKO Tetiana

ZAKHARCHENKO Tetiana

ZAKHARCHENKO Tetiana

Citizenship of Ukraine

Member of the Presidium of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Merited Lawyer of Ukraine.

Formerly: Vice President of the International Commercial Arbitration Court and the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, attorney.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; repair, maintenance of vessels and other floating objects, technical supervision of vessels; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports.

Languages: Russian, Ukrainian (native), English (B).

KARAMAN Igor

KARAMAN Igor

KARAMAN Igor

Citizenship of Ukraine

Doctor of Law (National University of Athens, Greece), employee of the Council of Europe, lawyer of the ECtHR Secretariat.

Formerly: Coordinator of the Ukrainian National Bar Association on issues of improving the qualifications of lawyers, Vice-rector for international cooperation of the Higher School of Advocacy of the Ukrainian National Bar Association, diplomatic service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; use of vessels and other floating objects for carrying out scientific research, extraction of minerals, hydrotechnical or other work; causing damage to fishing nets and other fishing gear, as well as causing other damage sustained in the conduct of fishing.

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English (А), French, Greek, German, Spanish (В).

KOVAL VOLODYMYR

KOVAL VOLODYMYR

KOVAL VOLODYMYR

Citizenship of Ukraine

CEO of the Limited Liability Company “MARKO LTD”, President of the Ukrainian National Ship Suppliers Association, Vice-President of Association of Shipbuilders of Ukraine ‘’Ukrsudprom’’.

Formerly: Executive Vice President of ISSA.

Specialization: pilotage, escorting through ice, bunkering of vessels, agency or other servicing of seagoing vessels; raising of vessels and other property sunk; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; repair, maintenance of vessels and other floating objects, technical supervision of vessels.

Languages: Ukrainian, English (native).

KORMYCH BORYS

KORMYCH BORYS

KORMYCH BORYS

Citizenship of Ukraine

Doctor of Law, head of the Department of Maritime and Customs Law of the National University “Odesa Law Academy”.

Specialization: towing, towing support of vessels or other floating objects; general average and salvage of vessels; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; pilotage, escorting through ice, bunkering of vessels, agency or other servicing of seagoing vessels; affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways.

Languages: Ukrainian (native), English, Russian (А).

KOSTYTSKY VASYL

KOSTYTSKY VASYL

KOSTYTSKY VASYL

Citizenship of Ukraine

Professor of the Department of Theory and History of Law and the State of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Formerly: People’s deputy of Ukraine of I, II, III convocations, Deputy Minister of Finance in Ukraine.

Specialization: use of vessels and other floating objects for carrying out scientific research, extraction of minerals, hydrotechnical or other work; general average and salvage of vessels; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; violation of environmental safety requirements by vessels.

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English (А).

KRUPKO PETRO

KRUPKO PETRO

KRUPKO PETRO

Citizenship of Ukraine

Vice President of the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Member of the Presidiums of the Maritime Arbitration Commission and of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Merited Lawyer of Ukraine.

Formerly: Chief of the Law Department of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Deputy, First Deputy of Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, First Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; repair, maintenance of vessels and other floating objects, technical supervision of vessels; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports; container transportation.

Languages: Ukrainian (native), Russian (А), French (B).

KUZNETSOV IEVGEN

KUZNETSOV IEVGEN

KUZNETSOV IEVGEN

Citizenship of Ukraine

Director of Marine Department of Bureau Veritas Ukraine.

Formerly: Lloyd’s Register inspector, USSR inspector.

Specialization: towing, towing support of vessels or other floating objects; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; repair, maintenance of vessels and other floating objects, technical supervision of vessels; general average and salvage of vessels; classification and international conventions.

Languages: Ukrainian, English (native).

LANDER IGOR

LANDER IGOR

LANDER IGOR

Citizenship of Ukraine

Candidate of economic, General Director of Limited Liability Company “SMT Yuzhny Ltd”.

Formerly: President of the Maritime Agencies of Ukraine, Manager of the branch of JV “Sovmortrans” in Yuzhny port.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; pilotage, escorting through ice, bunkering of vessels, agency or other servicing of seagoing vessels; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports.

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian (native), English (В).

MELNYKOV MYKOLA

MELNYKOV MYKOLA

MELNYKOV MYKOLA

Citizenship of Ukraine

Partner at «Interlegal» international law firm.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; towing, towing support of vessels or other floating objects; pilotage, escorting through ice, bunkering of vessels, agency or other servicing of seagoing vessels; repair, maintenance of vessels and other floating objects, technical supervision of vessels; general average and salvage of vessels.

Languages: Russian (native), Ukrainian, English (A).

NESTYRENKO LYUBOV

NESTYRENKO LYUBOV

NESTYRENKO LYUBOV

Citizenship of Ukraine

Legal Advisor to the Office of the President of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Member of the Presidium of the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, representative of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Working Group 3 of the Ukrainian side of the Civil Society Platform in the Ukraine-EU Agreement (USPGS).

Formerly: Chief of the Law Department of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Principal Specialist of the Pension Provision Department of the Donetsk Regional Executive Committee.

Specialization: sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; marine and river insurance and reinsurance; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports; container transportation.

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian (native), English (В).

RADZYVILIUK VALERIIA

RADZYVILIUK VALERIIA

RADZYVILIUK VALERIIA

Citizenship of Ukraine

Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of Economic Law and Economic Justice of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Formerly: assistant of Business Law department of Faculty of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports; insolvency of transport entities.

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian (native), English (В).

SAGAYDAK OLEKSANDR

SAGAYDAK OLEKSANDR

SAGAYDAK OLEKSANDR

Citizenship of Ukraine

Senior lecturer at the Department of Sea Navigation and Ship Management of Odesa National Maritime University, member of the Ukrainian delegation to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

Formerly: Commercial Director of Olvia Maritime Limited Liability Company, Director of Equinox Limited Liability Company, Director of Formag Agencies Limited Liability Company, General Director of Greenport Limited Liability Company.

Specialization: pilotage, escorting through ice, bunkering of vessels, agency or other servicing of seagoing vessels; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; repair, maintenance of vessels and other floating objects, technical supervision of vessels; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports.

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian (native), English (А), Bulgarian (В).

SARAVANAN DHANDAPANI

SARAVANAN DHANDAPANI

SARAVANAN DHANDAPANI

Citizenship of India

Chairman, Council For National and International Commercial Arbitration (CNICA), advocate, Senior Partner – PASS Associates.

Specialization: marine and river insurance and reinsurance; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports; towing, towing support of vessels or other floating objects.

Languages: Tamil (native), English (А).

SELIVON MYKOLA

SELIVON MYKOLA

SELIVON MYKOLA

Citizenship of Ukraine

Academician of the Ukrainian National Academy of Law Sciences, Candidate of Law, President of the Maritime Arbitration Commission and the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Hague, Merited Lawyer of Ukraine.

Formerly: Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine in Kazakhstan, Head of the Legal Board of the Secretariat of of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, First Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Specialization: afreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; marine and river insurance and reinsurance; pilotage, escorting through ice, bunkering of vessels, agency or other servicing of seagoing vessels; repair, maintenance of vessels and other floating objects, technical supervision of vessels; general average and salvage of vessels.

Languages: Ukrainian (native), Russian (А), German (B).

SERGIEIEV IURII

SERGIEIEV IURII

SERGIEIEV IURII

Citizenship of Ukraine

Candidate of Law, associate professor at the Department of Maritime and Customs Law of the National University “Odesa Law Academy”, managing partner of the Bar Association ‘’Sergeyevs’ Law Office’’, Chairman of the Committee on Maritime Law of the Association of Bar Associations of Ukraine, the Member of the Bar Council of the Odesa Region.

Specialization: general average and salvage of vessels; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; marine and river insurance and reinsurance; affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways.

Languages: Ukrainian (native), Russian, English (А).

SOURJIKOVA-GIEBNER VALENTINA

SOURJIKOVA-GIEBNER VALENTINA

SOURJIKOVA-GIEBNER VALENTINA

Citizenship of Ukraine

Merited Lawyer of Ukraine, arbitrator of the ICAC and MAC at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) – MCIArb.

Formerly: advocate at “Harald Giebner & Coll.” (Munich), Representative of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine (UCCI) in Germany and in the EU, member of the Council and Presidium of the UCCI.

Specialization: Civil law, international trade law, maritime and aviation law, banking, international commercial arbitration, investment law.

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian (native), English, German (A).

PANCHENKO SERGII

PANCHENKO SERGII

PANCHENKO SERGII

Citizenship of Ukraine

Managing partner of the Law Firm ‘’Panchenko And Partners’’, senior lecturer at the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding.

Formerly: Director of ‘’Terra Lex’’ Marine Law Company’’ Limited Liability Company, Director of legal issues of ‘’Ocean’’ Shipyard’’ Limited Liability Company, Director of legal issues of ‘’Asket Shipping’’ Limited Liability Company.

Specialization: towing, towing support of vessels or other floating objects; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports; raising of vessels and other property sunk.

Languages: Ukrainian, Russian (native), English (В).

HORTON DANIELLA

HORTON DANIELLA

HORTON DANIELLA

Citizenship of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

London Association of Maritime Arbitrators Full Member, Fellow of CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators).

Formerly: Honorary Secretary of the London Association of Maritime Arbitrators, barrister, adviser in the field of international maritime merchant shipping.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; pilotage, escorting through ice, bunkering of vessels, agency or other servicing of seagoing vessels; sale and purchase, mortgage of seagoing vessels and other floating objects; transshipment, storage, loading/unloading operations in ports.

Languages: English (native), Russian, French (В).

KHREBTOV BORYS

KHREBTOV BORYS

KHREBTOV BORYS

Citizenship of Ukraine

Director of «Maxmarine» Limited Liability Company.

Formerly: Director of the Limited Liability Company “Ukrainian Maritime Agency”, sea captain.

Specialization: affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea and the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (river-sea) and be inland waterways; towing, towing support of vessels or other floating objects; pilotage, escorting through ice, bunkering of vessels, agency or other servicing of seagoing vessels; collision between vessels as well as damage caused by a vessel to port, wharf, shipping hydrotechnical structures, bridges, means of navigation and other objects; general average and salvage of vessels.

Languages: Ukrainian (native), English, Russian (B).


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