Sergei Makarchuk

Sergei Makarchuk

Rok urodzenia

1977

Nationality

Belarusian

Languages

English,

German,

Russian, Polish

Specializations

Agency, Distribution, Franchising, Commercial agreements in general, Competition, Corporate law, Intellectual property, Labour law, management contracts, Mergers and acquisitions (M&A), Antimonopoly law

Professional certification

 

Website

 

 

international legal consultant (Austria)

 

 

https://www.cerhahempel.com/

Education

  • University of Michigan Law School, 2005, LLM;
  • Worldwide Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization (Switzerland), 2003;
  • Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Faculty of Laws (Belarus), 1999, LLB, honors

Professional career

  • CERHA HEMPEL, Of Counsel, Vienna, 2022 – present;
  • CERHA HEMPEL, Managing Partner Belarus, Minsk, 2007 – 2022;
  • Designated Legal Counsel of the Austrian Embassy in Belarus, Minsk, 2020 – 2022;
  • Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP, Trainee, New York, 2005;
  • Advocate, Grodno, Belarus, 2001 – 2007.

Arbitration Experience

  • Counsel to an advertising company in investor-state ad hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules against an Eastern European state concerning claims exceeding € 50 million, arising from an alleged breach of a public-private partnership contract;
  • Counsel to a Swedish manufacturer of refractory materials in VIAC arbitration proceedings against a Russian steel producer in € 6 million euro dispute arising from the refurbishment of large-scale industrial installations in Russia;
  • In addition to these matters, Sergei is a member of the CERHA HEMPEL arbitration team, which has experience in numerous arbitration proceedings conducted in accordance with the rules of VIAC, ICC, LCIA, DIS, SCC and other institutions, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations throughout Europe. The firm’s established practice covers investment and shareholder disputes, post-M&A matters, joint ventures, construction projects and commercial contracts in sectors such as energy, manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals and technology.

Membership in professional organizations and associations:

  • International Bar Association | Arbitration Committee.

Publications

  1. „Grandma’s capital” and debt stockholding: legal aspects, JURIST legal magazine, 1/2020 issue;
  2. Parallel import and counterfeit products: problems and methods of struggle, JURIST legal magazine, 4/2017 issue;
  3. Horizontal, vertical and other agreements: niceties of Belarusian antimonopoly law, JURIST legal magazine, 4/2017;
  4. Application of UN Convention 1980 to distribution agreements, the Industrial-Trade Law legal magazine, 11/2013 issue;
  5.  Antimonopoly regulation in Belarus and Austria, published in the electronic legal data base Consultant Plus, Minsk 2009;
  6.  International influences, the International Financial Law Review: The 2008 Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions, Belarus chapter.