Sergyi Voitovich

Year of birth

1959

Place of residence

Nationality

  • Ukrainian

Languages

  • English
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian

Specializations

  • business law
  • civil law and civil contracts
  • commercial law and commercial contracts
  • company law
  • competition law (antitrust)
  • construction law
  • energy law
  • finance
  • finance, banking
  • infrastructure projects
  • international arbitration
  • international commercial contracts
  • international commercial la
  • investment arbitration
  • mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
  • real estate, construction
  • tax law
  • telecommunications and it law
  • transport law

Professional certification

advocate

Website

Education

  • 1976 – 1981, Diploma in international law, Kyiv State University
  • 1984, Candidate of Science in International Law, Kyiv State University
  • 1991, Associate Professor, Kyiv State University
  • 1990, LL.M. in International and Comparative Law, European University Institute (Florence)
  • 1993, Ph.D. in International and Comparative Law, European University Institute (Florene)

Professional career

  • July 2022 – Independent arbitrator and consultant, Kyiv
  • 1993 – 2022 – Partner & Head of the Arbitration Practice, Law and patent firm „Grischenko & Partners”, Kyiv
  • 1993 – 1994 – Part-time consultant on te investment law of some member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Kyiv
  • 1997 – 2001 – Member, participated in the capacity of a member of the expert panel in four investment disputes (mediation), Chamber of Independent Foreign Investment Experts at the President of Ukraine, Kyiv
  • 1981 – 1994, Assistant Professor; 2020, Associate Professor, Kyiv State University, Kyiv

Arbitration experience

  • From 1998, Dr. Voithovic has served as a leading counsel, co-counsel and consultant in 12 investor-state arbitration proceedins under ICSID, CDSID Additional Facility, UNCITRAL and SCC Rules, including 3 ECT cases.
  • Mr Voitovich acted as an arbitrator, sole arbitrator and presiding arbitrator in more than 30 commercial cases, including proceedings under the UNCITRAL Rules and ICAC Proceedings.

Członkostwo w organizacjach i stowarzyszeniach zawodowych

  • Kyiv Regional Bar, Ukraine
  • Ukrainian Association of International Law, Ukraine
  • Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR), Malaysia

Publications

  1. „International Investment Law in the Arbitration Process” (2019), author.
  2. „International Investment Arbitration: Certain Tendencies and the Experience of Ukraine” (2012, in Russian), general editor and co-author.
  3. „International Economic Organizations in the International Legal Process” (Martinus Nijhoff, 1994, in English), author.
  4. „The International Law. Basic Areas” (część pt. „International Economic Law”, (2004, in Ukrainian), co-author.
  5. „The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID): Some Issues of Jurisdiction and Arbitration Proceedings” (2005, in Russian), współautor.
  6. „The Principles of International Legal Regulation of Interstate Economic Relations” (1988, in Russian), author.