Mrs Olena Perepelynska Attorney at law (Ukraine)

Olena Perepelynska is a Partner and Head of Arbitration at INTEGRITES law firm in Kyiv, Ukraine. Over 20 years of her arbitration carrier she has participated in 200+ arbitrations related predominantly to the CEE and Central Asia regions as an arbitrator, counsel, legal expert and performed administrative functions in various arbitral institutions.

As an arbitrator: Olena Perepelynska has acted in 100+ commercial and investment treaty arbitrations seated in Almaty, Bishkek, Kyiv, London, Minsk, Paris, Montreal, Stockholm and Vienna under the Rules of ICC, LCIA, VIAC, SCC, ICAC at UCCI, IAC at BelCCI, IAC at CCI KR, Atameken as well as UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. The applicable law in these cases included CISG as well as Austrian, Belarusian, Czech, English, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Quebec, Ukrainian and Uzbek law.

As a counsel: she has acted in 100+ international arbitrations under various rules, including ICC, LCIA, SCC, DIS, ICAC and MAC at UCCI, GAFTA, FOSFA, LMAA, CAS, UNCITRAL, Vienna and Swiss Rules.

As a legal expert: Olena has served as an expert on Ukrainian law in investment treaty arbitration and foreign litigation proceedings.

Institutional roles: ICC Court Member (2018-2024), TIAC Court Member (2019-2022) and IAC CCI KR Board Member.

Professional appointments: Olena serves as a Chair of ADR committee of the Ukrainian National Bar Association, UAA Board Member, TAA Board Member, ArbCEE Board Member, Member of the Global Steering Committee of the ERA-PLEDGE, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She served as UAA President in 2016-2024. She is appointed as a Co-chair of the Eastern Europe Group of the IBA Arbitration Committee for 2025-2026.

Panels: she is included in the rosters of arbitrators of various arbitration institutions in Austria, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Poland, Romania, UAE, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

Publications: Ms Perepelynska is author and co-author of more than 150 publications in English, Russian, Ukrainian and Spanish; full list is available at: http://bit.ly/39yhRqL
Olena is also editorial board member of the ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin.

Educational activities: Mentor of the 10th Cycle of the Young ICCA Mentoring Program (2023-2024), Lecturer at the English language Master program “International Litigation”, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the Institute of International Relations (2020), coordinator of the UAA Arbitration Schools (2013-2019), co-chair of the UAA Arbitration Academy (2023-).

Recognitions: Olena is featured by GAR 45 under 45 (2023) among leading arbitration practitioners in the world aged under 45. Olena Perepelynska became the first lawyer in the CEE and FSU regions to have received recognition of that kind. She is also featured by WWL Thought Leaders – Arbitration 2023, WWL Arbitration 2024, WWL Transport - Aviation Contentious 2023