Roman Marchenko
About
Provided by Roman Marchenko
Practice Areas
Roman Marchenko, a Senior Partner at Ilyashev & Partners, heads the Dispute Resolution practice. Roman specialises in Litigation, International Arbitration, ECHR, Restructuring and Insolvency.
Career
Ilyashev & Partners, founded in 1997.
Professional Memberships
Vice-president of the Ukrainian Law Firms Association, a Chairman of the Constantly Operating Court of Arbitration at Ukrainian Law Firms Association. Awarded as an Honored Lawyer of Ukraine by the Decree of the President of Ukraine (2017).
Publications
Author of more than 100 publications in leading legal and business magazines, including international publications, top speaker at many leading conferences and discussion events in Ukraine and abroad targeted at Ukraine’s legislation improvements.
Personal
Graduated from the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, International Law Faculty (Master of International Law).
Working languages: English, Ukrainian, Russian.
Roman Marchenko is recommended as one of Ukraine’s leading individuals in Dispute Resolution (Chambers Global 2012 – 2022, Chambers Europe 2012 – 2022, The Legal 500 – EMEA 2009 – 2022). Inducted into The Legal 500 Hall of Fame among leading lawyers in Dispute Resolution in Ukraine. Listed in "Client’s Choice 2021: TOP-100 Best Lawyers of Ukraine".
Chambers Review
Europe
Senior partner Roman Marchenko is a market-leading litigator handling disputes in Ukrainian courts who is described as an"endless source of ideas." He also has a notable presence in international arbitration, representing clients from the banking, aviation and energy sectors. "Roman Marchenko was truly excellent. He gave some excellent expert advice, and was really dynamic and able to adjust to the case really well," reports an interviewee.
Roman Marchenko is a well-established litigator who has significant expertise in insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings.
Senior partner Roman Marchenko is a market-leading litigator handling disputes in Ukrainian courts who is described as an"endless source of ideas." He also has a notable presence in international arbitration, representing clients from the banking, aviation and energy sectors. "Roman Marchenko was truly excellent. He gave some excellent expert advice, and was really dynamic and able to adjust to the case really well," reports an interviewee.
Articles, highlights and press releases
23 items provided by Ilyashev & Partners
Ilyashev & Partners Assist Global Agricultural Trader to Release the Cargo from Ukrainian Port
A team of maritime lawyers from Odesa Office of Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm, assisted one of the world’s largest traders in agricultural products to resolve a dispute with a shipowner and bring out export cargo from a Ukrainian port within the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Ilyashev & Partners Defend the Interests of a Turkish Shipowner in Ukrainian Port
Ilyashev & Partners successfully defended the interests of a Turkish shipowner in a legal dispute with a charterer and a cargo owner and managed to settle a dispute in the out-of-court manner against a fair amount of compensation due to the actual termination of the charter.
Ilyashev & Partners Represents SE Antonov to Size Russian Aircrafts
By the decision of the investigating judge of the Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv of March 21, 2022, twelve An-124-100 Ruslan transport aircrafts of the Russian Volga-Dnepr Airlines were arrested in the framework of criminal proceedings opened at the request of the State Enterprise Antonov.
Ilyashev & Partners Supports the Signing of the First 5-year Contract of Antonov with EU and NATO
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm accompanied the signing of the first 5-year contract of State Enterprise Antonov within the framework of the Strategic Airlift International Solution (SALIS) program. According to the contract, Antonov gives NATO and EU the right to use their planes.
Ilyashev & Partners Wins in Supreme Court for Ukroboronprom’s Enterprise
On 29 June 2021, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Northern Economic Court of Appeal issued in favor of the state-owned strategic enterprise Plant 410 Civil Aviation in a dispute with Aviabudprogres LLC regarding the supply of defective spare parts for the repair and upgrading of An-32.
Roman Marchenko – Arbitration Lawyer of the Year in Ukraine
Roman Marchenko, Senior Partner of Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm, won the nomination for the Lawyer of the Year in Arbitration. The winners of Legal Awards 2021 were announced on 4 June 2021.
Criminal Proceedings Launched in Ukraine Against Severstal
The National Police of Ukraine in Odessa launched criminal proceedings under Article 366(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (forgery by an official, which caused severe damage) pertinent to dealers of Severstal-Metiz, Russian group of companies.
Ilyashev & Partners Defends Ukroboronprom’s Subsidiary in a Legal Dispute
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm has successfully defended interests of state-owned strategic enterprise Plant 410 Civil Aviation that is part of the State Concern Ukroboronprom in a legal dispute wregarding the supply of defective spare parts for maintenance and upgrade of the An-32 aircrafts.
Chambers Global 2021: Ilyashev & Partners — No. 1 for Domestic Dispute Resolution in Ukraine
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm headed the Chambers Global 2021 rating in the field of Dispute Resolution: Domestic – Ukraine, becoming the only Band 1 firm in this practice.
Supreme Court of Ukraine Ruled to Recover over USD 5 Million in Favor of a Chinese Company
On 10 December 2020, the Supreme Court granted to one of the largest Chinese machinery manufacturers – J.S. Corrugating Machinery Co., Ltd – permission to enforce the arbitral award issued by the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC, Shanghai).
Ilyashev & Partners Among Top-3 Ukrainian Law Firms
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm has been ranked third in 50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine 2020, a Ukrainian nationwide law firm ranking.
Benchmark Litigation Europe 2021 Recommends Ilyashev & Partners for Work in Ukraine and Russia
An international research Benchmark Litigation Europe recommends Ilyashev & Partners as a leading law firm in Dispute Resolution in Ukraine and Russia.
Ilyashev & Partners Proved the Illegal Nature of Claims Filed by Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority
The team of Ilyashev & Partners has successfully defended the interests of Danube Shipping and Stevedoring Company LLC in a dispute with the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority over the use of berth and berthing infrastructure of Mykolaiv Sea Port.
Ilyashev & Partners Is Top-Ranked in Ukrainian Law Firms 2020
According to the results of a research Ukrainian Law Firms 2020. A Handbook for Foreign Clients, published July 28, 2020 Ilyashev & Partners ranked 1st in Litigation for Ukraine. Ilyashev & Partners heads the ranking for the sixth year in a row.
Ukrainian Legal Awards 2020: Ilyashev & Partners – Law Firm of the Year in Cross-Border Litigation
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm won the Legal Award in the nomination “Law Firm of the Year in Cross-Border Litigation”. The award in this category was bestowed for the first time in the 14-year history of the prestigious professional award in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Manufacturing Company to Reimburse over USD 5 mln to Chinese Engineering Company
Kyiv Court of Appeals upheld the motion filed by the firm’s attorneys for the recognition and provision of the permission for the enforcement in Ukraine of the award of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC, Shanghai) issued against LLC SOUTH CARDBOARD UKRAINE.
Ilyashev & Partners is Recognized as the “Law Firm of the Year” in Litigation for Ukraine
Further to the research carried out by international rating Best Lawyers 2021 Ilyashev & Partners was ranked as the Ukrainian “Law Firm of the Year” in Litigation for Ukraine. The results of the research were published on 09 June 2020.
Ilyashev & Partners Secured Introduction of Provisional Anti-Dumping Duty on Steel Fasteners
The International Trade Practice team of the well-known Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm, headed by Partner Olena Omelchenko, has secured the introduction – for the first time in the last 20 years – of provisional anti-dumping duties on imports to Ukraine of steel fasteners originating in China.
Ilyashev & Partners Defends the Interests of a Greek Company Bilked in the Medical Mask Scam
Ilyashev & Partners represents the victim, a Greek supplier of medical equipment and goods, in the high-profile criminal proceeding instituted by the Main Department of the National Police in Odesa Region into the medical masks supply scam.
Chambers Europe 2020 Recommends Ilyashev & Partners as a Leading Law Firm
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm headed the Chambers Europe rating in the field of Dispute Resolution in Ukraine, becoming the only Band 1 firm in this practice for 3 years in a row.
Chambers Global 2020: Ilyashev & Partners — No. 1 for Domestic Dispute Resolution in Ukraine
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm headed the rating in the field of , becoming the only Band 1 firm in this practice. According to the survey conducted by Chambers Global 2020, published on 13 February 2020, the Senior Partner is the only Band 1 practitioner within the practice.
Market Snapshot: Cross-border Litigation
Both 2018 and 2019 have seen an increasing number of high-value litigations involving parties from Ukraine.
Supreme Court Upheld the Decision on Recovery of USD 12 mln in Favor of JKX Oil & Gas Plc
On 21 November 2019 the Supreme Court upheld on recognition and enforcement in Ukraine of the Arbitral Award of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in London dated 6 February 2017 on the recovery by Ukraine of losses exceeding USD 12 mln in favor of JKX Oil & Gas Plc.
Ilyashev & Partners Assist Global Agricultural Trader to Release the Cargo from Ukrainian Port
A team of maritime lawyers from Odesa Office of Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm, assisted one of the world’s largest traders in agricultural products to resolve a dispute with a shipowner and bring out export cargo from a Ukrainian port within the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Ilyashev & Partners Defend the Interests of a Turkish Shipowner in Ukrainian Port
Ilyashev & Partners successfully defended the interests of a Turkish shipowner in a legal dispute with a charterer and a cargo owner and managed to settle a dispute in the out-of-court manner against a fair amount of compensation due to the actual termination of the charter.
Ilyashev & Partners Represents SE Antonov to Size Russian Aircrafts
By the decision of the investigating judge of the Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv of March 21, 2022, twelve An-124-100 Ruslan transport aircrafts of the Russian Volga-Dnepr Airlines were arrested in the framework of criminal proceedings opened at the request of the State Enterprise Antonov.
Ilyashev & Partners Supports the Signing of the First 5-year Contract of Antonov with EU and NATO
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm accompanied the signing of the first 5-year contract of State Enterprise Antonov within the framework of the Strategic Airlift International Solution (SALIS) program. According to the contract, Antonov gives NATO and EU the right to use their planes.
Ilyashev & Partners Wins in Supreme Court for Ukroboronprom’s Enterprise
On 29 June 2021, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Northern Economic Court of Appeal issued in favor of the state-owned strategic enterprise Plant 410 Civil Aviation in a dispute with Aviabudprogres LLC regarding the supply of defective spare parts for the repair and upgrading of An-32.
Roman Marchenko – Arbitration Lawyer of the Year in Ukraine
Roman Marchenko, Senior Partner of Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm, won the nomination for the Lawyer of the Year in Arbitration. The winners of Legal Awards 2021 were announced on 4 June 2021.
Criminal Proceedings Launched in Ukraine Against Severstal
The National Police of Ukraine in Odessa launched criminal proceedings under Article 366(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (forgery by an official, which caused severe damage) pertinent to dealers of Severstal-Metiz, Russian group of companies.
Ilyashev & Partners Defends Ukroboronprom’s Subsidiary in a Legal Dispute
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm has successfully defended interests of state-owned strategic enterprise Plant 410 Civil Aviation that is part of the State Concern Ukroboronprom in a legal dispute wregarding the supply of defective spare parts for maintenance and upgrade of the An-32 aircrafts.
Chambers Global 2021: Ilyashev & Partners — No. 1 for Domestic Dispute Resolution in Ukraine
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm headed the Chambers Global 2021 rating in the field of Dispute Resolution: Domestic – Ukraine, becoming the only Band 1 firm in this practice.
Supreme Court of Ukraine Ruled to Recover over USD 5 Million in Favor of a Chinese Company
On 10 December 2020, the Supreme Court granted to one of the largest Chinese machinery manufacturers – J.S. Corrugating Machinery Co., Ltd – permission to enforce the arbitral award issued by the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC, Shanghai).
Ilyashev & Partners Among Top-3 Ukrainian Law Firms
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm has been ranked third in 50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine 2020, a Ukrainian nationwide law firm ranking.
Benchmark Litigation Europe 2021 Recommends Ilyashev & Partners for Work in Ukraine and Russia
An international research Benchmark Litigation Europe recommends Ilyashev & Partners as a leading law firm in Dispute Resolution in Ukraine and Russia.
Ilyashev & Partners Proved the Illegal Nature of Claims Filed by Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority
The team of Ilyashev & Partners has successfully defended the interests of Danube Shipping and Stevedoring Company LLC in a dispute with the State Enterprise Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority over the use of berth and berthing infrastructure of Mykolaiv Sea Port.
Ilyashev & Partners Is Top-Ranked in Ukrainian Law Firms 2020
According to the results of a research Ukrainian Law Firms 2020. A Handbook for Foreign Clients, published July 28, 2020 Ilyashev & Partners ranked 1st in Litigation for Ukraine. Ilyashev & Partners heads the ranking for the sixth year in a row.
Ukrainian Legal Awards 2020: Ilyashev & Partners – Law Firm of the Year in Cross-Border Litigation
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm won the Legal Award in the nomination “Law Firm of the Year in Cross-Border Litigation”. The award in this category was bestowed for the first time in the 14-year history of the prestigious professional award in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Manufacturing Company to Reimburse over USD 5 mln to Chinese Engineering Company
Kyiv Court of Appeals upheld the motion filed by the firm’s attorneys for the recognition and provision of the permission for the enforcement in Ukraine of the award of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC, Shanghai) issued against LLC SOUTH CARDBOARD UKRAINE.
Ilyashev & Partners is Recognized as the “Law Firm of the Year” in Litigation for Ukraine
Further to the research carried out by international rating Best Lawyers 2021 Ilyashev & Partners was ranked as the Ukrainian “Law Firm of the Year” in Litigation for Ukraine. The results of the research were published on 09 June 2020.
Ilyashev & Partners Secured Introduction of Provisional Anti-Dumping Duty on Steel Fasteners
The International Trade Practice team of the well-known Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm, headed by Partner Olena Omelchenko, has secured the introduction – for the first time in the last 20 years – of provisional anti-dumping duties on imports to Ukraine of steel fasteners originating in China.
Ilyashev & Partners Defends the Interests of a Greek Company Bilked in the Medical Mask Scam
Ilyashev & Partners represents the victim, a Greek supplier of medical equipment and goods, in the high-profile criminal proceeding instituted by the Main Department of the National Police in Odesa Region into the medical masks supply scam.
Chambers Europe 2020 Recommends Ilyashev & Partners as a Leading Law Firm
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm headed the Chambers Europe rating in the field of Dispute Resolution in Ukraine, becoming the only Band 1 firm in this practice for 3 years in a row.
Chambers Global 2020: Ilyashev & Partners — No. 1 for Domestic Dispute Resolution in Ukraine
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm headed the rating in the field of , becoming the only Band 1 firm in this practice. According to the survey conducted by Chambers Global 2020, published on 13 February 2020, the Senior Partner is the only Band 1 practitioner within the practice.
Market Snapshot: Cross-border Litigation
Both 2018 and 2019 have seen an increasing number of high-value litigations involving parties from Ukraine.
Supreme Court Upheld the Decision on Recovery of USD 12 mln in Favor of JKX Oil & Gas Plc
On 21 November 2019 the Supreme Court upheld on recognition and enforcement in Ukraine of the Arbitral Award of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in London dated 6 February 2017 on the recovery by Ukraine of losses exceeding USD 12 mln in favor of JKX Oil & Gas Plc.