Oleg Shaulko
Profile
Oleg Shaulko is a partner in our London office, specialising in international dispute resolution, with a particular focus on international arbitration. He has acted in a broad range of arbitration proceedings under the LCIA, SIAC, UNCITRAL, and other leading arbitral rules, with matters seated in jurisdictions ranging from London, Geneva and Kyiv to Singapore and Bangkok. Oleg’s practice includes the oil and gas, commodities, and financial services sectors, and he has notable experience advising on disputes involving digital assets, including cryptocurrencies.
Oleg is also regularly involved in national court proceedings related to all stages of the arbitration process, including jurisdictional challenges, applications for interim relief, and the enforcement of arbitral awards. His court experience extends across a range of jurisdictions, including England, USA, Cyprus, Switzerland, Ukraine, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and the UAE.
In addition to his arbitration practice, Oleg advises private clients and family trusts on fraud and asset recovery matters, often handling high-value, complex disputes with international or cross-border elements, including issues involving conflicts of laws.
Oleg serves as the Head of the Representative Office of the Ukrainian National Bar Association in the United Kingdom, is a member of the Ukrainian Desk at Kennedys, and is a founding member of SPILKA, a Ukraine-focused legal community,
Qualifications:
- Solicitor of England & Wales
- Ukrainian Advocate
Work highlights
- Represented an Estonian oil trader in an LCIA arbitration over a multimillion-dollar breach of contracts, involving issues of sanctions and concealment of assets by the debtor.
- Defended the Ukrainian GNT Group, which operates one of the largest grain ports in the Black Sea and participates in Ukraine’s critical UN Grain Corridor Initiative, against US-based creditors enforcing a US$118 million loan facility. The representation included defending the beneficial owners of GNT Group in the English High Court against a worldwide freezing order granted against them.
- Represented a Swiss-based private investor in arbitration and cross-border civil action supported by U.S. discovery measures in a dispute against Soneva, a real estate developer, over a multimillion-dollar investment into a property development project in Thailand.
- Represented a UHNWI in the English High Court in complex proceedings involving unjust enrichment claims stemming from the termination of a partnership valued at approximately US$950 million between three Ukrainian businessmen.
- Represented PrivatBank, the largest Ukrainian bank, in a dispute concerning the fraudulent misappropriation of over US$1.9 billion by its former owners domiciled in Switzerland, with the assistance of English and BVI companies through which the Bank alleged that misappropriated monies were laundered.
- Represented an Israeli-based digital assets trader in a dispute over a multi-million dollar cryptocurrency transaction, which involved tracing and ringfencing cryptocurrency for judgement enforcement purposes.