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Volodymyr Yaremko

Construction & Engineering, International Arbitration

London +44 20 3130 3270

VYaremko@mayerbrown.com

“Volodymyr Yaremko … draw strong praise this year from international sources who laud his “knowledge of the market, responsiveness and professionalism in difficult circumstances,” as well as his “creative problem solving”.

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Volodymyr Yaremko is a dual-qualified senior lawyer who advises clients in their business activities in various regions, including Central-Eastern Europe, Turkey, and Central Asia. He also advises clients on large construction projects in the Middle East.

Volodymyr focuses on providing legal support in multi-jurisdictional disputes in national courts and in international commercial and investment arbitration. He has 15 years of experience representing clients in arbitration proceedings of various arbitral institutions, including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, SCC, SCCA and VIAC, as well as the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICAC). Volodymyr also advises clients on various matters in large-scale infrastructure projects, including those implemented based on PPP/concession schemes. He gained particular experience in projects implemented under the FIDIC forms of contracts with the assistance of international financial organizations including EBRD, EIB, IFC and World Bank.

Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2022, Volodymyr worked in leading Ukrainian law firms, where he gained significant unique experience of advising Ukrainian and international clients in contentious cross-border matters, as well as in infrastructure, energy investment projects, and government contracts. He has been involved in Littop Enterprises Limited, Bridgemont Ventures Limited and Bordo Management Limited v. Ukraine (SCC Arbitration No. V 2015/092) in which he helped Ukraine to win its largest investment arbitration case. In this arbitration, the State of Ukraine defeated the Energy Charter Treaty claim with value of more than $6 billion filed by the minority shareholders of PJSC Ukrnafta, one of Ukraine’s largest oil and gas producers.

Volodymyr used to be a co-chair of the infrastructure committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine in 2021-2022, and is the only Ukrainian who is certified by the FIDIC as an Adjudicator and included in the FIDIC Presidents List (2022-2028). He was admitted to the Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2015 and was subsequently added to the approved faculty list in 2019.

Volodymyr also acts as arbitrator or adjudicator in international disputes.

He is qualified in Ukraine as attorney at law (advocate) and is admitted to practice as a solicitor in England & Wales.

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Listed as a key lawyer for International Arbitration. Legal 500 2024.
Volodymyr Yaremko … draw strong praise this year from international sources who laud his “knowledge of the market, responsiveness and professionalism in difficult circumstances,” as well as his “creative problem solving”. Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration 2023 – Future Leaders – Non-Partners
Recommended in Commercial Litigation as Global Leader by Who's Who Legal 2022-2023
Ranked by Lexology: Global Elite Thought Leader in Client Choice – Commercial Litigation 2024-2025
Ranked by Lexology in Arbitration Future Leaders - Non-Partners 2024-2025
Recognised among the notable practitioners in Energy and Infrastructure, Project Development, Restructuring and Insolvency by IFLR1000, 2021
“I enjoy cooperation with Volodymyr Yaremko, who handles ICC arbitration matters. He is creative, fast and results focused.” The Legal 500, Ukraine, 2020
Recognized among leading practitioners in Arbitration Powerlist 2020: CIS and Caucasus, The Legal 500

Formação Acadêmica

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine)
Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, European and German Law Summer Course
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Poland) / Chicago-Kent College of Law (USA), School of American Law

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