CV
Oksana Riabinina
Helsinki, Finland
+358 46 555 9468
oksana.riabinina@giselaknuts.com
Nationality: Ukrainian
Career
Knuts & Hirn Ab: Senior Associate (since May 2022), counsel and administrative secretary to arbitral tribunals in international arbitration proceedings under a variety of institutional arbitration rules, as well as in ad hoc proceedings, applying various substantive rules of law
Integrites: Associate in the Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Practice (2017 – 2022)
Other Associate positions (2014 – 2017)
The High Commercial Court of Ukraine: Legal Intern (March 2014 – May 2014)
Education
National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, IBM (2018)
Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, LL.M (2014)
Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, LL.B (2013)
Civil society engagement (apart from work experience)
Contributions to the processing of evidence of war crimes in Ukraine (since September 2022)
Assistant to Roman Tytykalo, Deputy of the Kyiv Region Council (Honoured Lawyer of Ukraine) (March 2021 – today)
Assisted with Integrites’ War Help Desk (February 2022 – April 2022)
Assistant to Oleksandr Linchevskyi, Deputy of the Kyiv City Council (former Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine 2016 – 2019) (December 2020 – March 2021)
Pro bono advised former President of the Notary Chamber of Ukraine on a wrongful dismissal claim (2014 – 2015)
Publications
Article on “Review of Arbitration Proceedings in Ukraine” for the Singapore Law Gazette (2021) https://lawgazette.com.sg/practice/regional-news/a-review-of-arbitration-proceedings-in-ukraine/
Article on “Reimbursement of attorney fees in Commercial Courts” for “Yuryst & Zakon” (2018)
https://www.integrites.com/uk/publications/kompensaciya-vitrat-na-profesijnu-yuridichnu-dopomogu-v-gospodarskomu-procesi-dumkoyupodililasya-oksana-kovtun/
Article on “Transaction or Legal Fact” for “Yurydychna Praktyka” (2017)
https://pravo.ua/articles/sdelka-ili-fakt/
Membership in professional associations
Admitted to the Ukrainian Bar (since 2017)
Member of the Young Arbitration Club Finland (since 2022)
Member of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association (since 2018)
Member of the Ukrainian Bar Association (member of Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and Procedural Law Committee) (since 2014)
Other professional activities
As a member of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association working group, contributed to an Amicus Curiae Brief submitted to the Supreme Court of Ukraine (2022)
Participated in the Junior Arbitration League (Kyiv, Ukraine) (2021)
Attended the Ukrainian Arbitration School (Kyiv, Ukraine) (2019, 2021)
Attended the Dispute Resolution in CIS-Related Business Transactions Forum (Frankfurt, Germany) (2019)
Attended the Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum (Minsk, Belarus) (2018)
Attended the Litigation School (Kyiv, Ukraine) (2018)
Attended the Insolvency Forum (Kyiv, Ukraine) (2017)
Languages
Mother tongue: Ukrainian
Fluent: English, Russian
Elementary knowledge: Finnish