Bychkov Andriy
E-mail: [email protected]
Born in 1984
Citizenship: Ukraine
Education:
National University Odesa Maritime Academy, Maritime Law Faculty, 2006
Languages:
- Ukrainian
- Russian
- English
Specialization:
International arbitration, cross-border dispute resolution, maritime law, international trade, energy and natural resources
Professional experience:
- 2022 – present: Humphries Kerstetter LLP, London
- 2017 – 2022: Ilyashev & Partners, Kyiv
- 2006 – 2017: Guelder Rose Consultants Ltd, Odesa
Current place of employment - Humphries Kerstetter LLP
Position - Of Counsel
Arbitration experience
Number of arbitrations: 35+
LCIA, LMAA, ICC, SCC, UNCITRAL, Swiss Rules, ICAC at the UCCI and other
arbitration rules
Membership in other professional associations
Admissions
- Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
- Advocate, Ukraine (non-practising)
- Rights of audience before the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) Court
Memberships
- The Law Society of England & Wales
- Kyiv Bar Association
- Turkic Arbitration Association
Public Speaking
- Kazakhstan Legal Forum (KLF2025), English Law Day, Almaty, Sept 2025
Topic: ‘International Arbitration and Consumer Protection: Enforcement Pitfalls’
- II Ukrainian Arbitration Forum, Kyiv, Dec 2021
Topic: ‘Challenge of Arbitral Awards in National Courts: Limits of Judicial Control’
- Lecture at the Institute of International Relations, T. Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Apr 2019
Topic: ‘International Civil Procedure’
- Kyiv Legal Readings, T. Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Mar 2019
Topic: ‘Different Approach in Ukrainian and English Arbitrations to Reasoning in
Arbitral Awards’
- Lecture at the Institute of International Relations, T. Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Sept 2018
Topic: ‘Institutional or Ad Hoc Arbitration: Which Is Quicker and More Cost
Effective?’
- Organizing and Speaking at Annual Maritime Law and Marine Insurance Seminar, Odesa, Nov 2014
Topic: ‘Quick and Cost-Effective Arbitration: LMAA or LCIA?’
Publications
Articles
‘No scope for balancing between public policies of arbitral award enforcement and
consumer protection’, Humphries Kerstetter LLP website, 13.08.2024;
‘Crypto Disputes and Public Policy: English Court Refuses to Enforce Arbitral
Award’, Humphries Kerstetter LLP website, 23.08.2023;
‘Enforcement of Foreign Interim Measures in Ukraine’, Ukrainian Journal of Business Law, No. 9-10, Sept-Oct 2021, pp. 20-22;
‘Emergency Arbitrator Awards’, Yurydychna Praktyka, 10.03.2021;
‘The New Concession Law and Its Impact on Attracting Investments and Infrastructure Development in Ukraine’, Ukrainian Law Firms annual journal, 2020;
‘Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Ukraine: Foreign Investor's Perspective’, Ukrainian Law Firms annual journal, 2019, pp. 98-99;
‘Ship Arrest: on the Path of Research’, Yurydychna Praktyka, No. 36 (1132), 03.09.2019, p. 17;
‘Institutional or Ad Hoc Arbitration: Which Is Quicker and More Cost-Effective’, Liga Zakon, 16.02.2018;
‘Balance of Interests’, Yurydychna Gazeta, No. 48 (598), 28.11.2017;
‘Battle Between Gas Monopolists: First Outcomes’, Liga Zakon, 13.06.2017.
Legal Commentaries
‘Arbitration Watch’, commentary for Yurydychna Praktyka, No. 49-50 (1250-1251), 14.12.2021;
‘Alternative Reality’, commentary for Top 50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine 2020, Yurydychna Praktyka;
‘Maritime Investor for Ukraine: How Ukraine Can Integrate into Trans-European
Transport Network’, commentary for Yurydychna Gazeta, No. 43-44 (697-698), 22.10.2019;
‘Releasing Ukrainian Seafarers through International Court: Lawyers' Opinions’,
commentary for Crimea.Realities (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty), 18.04.2019;
‘PrivatBank Forensic Audit: Risks for the State in the Wake of Kroll and AlixPartners
Scandals’, commentary for Finbalance, 11.12.2017;
‘Both Ways. Who Has Benefitted from the Stockholm Arbitration Award in the
Dispute Between Naftogaz and Gazprom’, commentary for Focus, 02.06.2017;
‘Naftogaz vs Gazprom. What is the Outcome of the Stockholm Battle’, commentary
for Ekonomichna Pravda, 01.06.2017;
‘Interim Order of the UN International Court of Justice Does Not Provide for
Compensation to Ukraine, Long Process Is To Follow – Lawyer’, commentary for
Interfax-Ukraine, 20.04.2017;
‘Award of Arbitration in The Hague on Ukrainian Assets in Crimea is Binding on
Russia – Lawyer’, commentary for Unian, 14.03.2017.