Dmytro Shemelin

Experience

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  Grischenko and Partners, Law and patent offices

  Feb 2006 - Oct 2013

  Senior Associate

  Counsel for Ukraine in several investment arbitrations:- OAO Tatneft v Ukraine (Energy Charter Treaty, UNCITRAL Rules)- AMTO v. Ukraine (Energy Charter Treaty; Stockholm Rules); - Alpha Projektholding GmbH v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/16); - Inmaris Perestroika Sailing Maritime Services GmbH et al. v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/08/8);- Remington Worldwide Limited v. Ukraine (Energy Charter Treaty; Stockholm Rules).In 2013 we have initiated Energorynok v Moldova, the first ever investment arbitration case brought by a Ukrainian claimant (Stockholm Rules). Show less

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  Ilyashev & Partners

  Nov 2013 - Dec 2016

  Associate

  In 2015 the Firm was shortlisted for the "Arbitration Practice of the Year" and I was nominated for "Arbitration Lawyer of the Year"Key projects in arbitration:- acting for a Ukrainian agricultural group in a set of related arbitrations under LCIA, ICC and Ukrainian ICAC rules against an international syndicate of banks;- acting for a Ukrainian shipowner in a LMAA arbitration in London concerning the violations of time charterparties in respect of 8 vessels;- acting for a Ukrainian contractor in a AAA arbitration in Texas concerning an oil well stimulation project;- acting for a foreign bank in a set of arbitrations in the International commercial arbitration court in Kyiv concerning the enforcement of pledges in Ukraine;- Acting for Ukrainian industrial group in a LCIA arbitration against foreign investment companies concerning a partnership agreement.Litigation:- acting for a major mobile operator in Ukraine, in the case concerning a challenge to the particulars of mobile number portability system in Ukraine;- acting for a Kazakh creditor in an administrative case at the Seychelles Supreme court on restoration of a fradulently liqudated company;- acting for a major investment company in a court case against a Ukrainian state enterprise to recognise and enforce in Ukraine a Stockholm Emergency Award;- acting in several cases for international insurers seeking to recover assets lost in the occupied territory of Crimea and in the war zone of Donbas. Show less

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  Asters

  Dec 2016 - Jun 2022

  Counsel

  In 2019 admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Since 2018 ranked in Dispute Resolution International: Ukraine in Chambers and Partners Global and Europe.Acting for Privatbank in a complex set of arbitrations and litigations in the UK, the US, Israel, Cyprus and several other jurisdictions, originating from the nationalization of the bank and the pursuit of its former beneficiaries for fraud. The sum in dispute exceeds several USD billion.

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  Omni Bridgeway

  Jun 2022 - now

  Investment Manager, Senior Legal Counsel