Sayenko Kharenko is pleased to announce that Tatyana Slipachuk and Olexander Droug, partners in the firm’s International Arbitration practice, have been recognised as Thought Leaders in the Lexology Index: Arbitration 2026, prepared in collaboration with Global Arbitration Review.
The Thought Leader status is reserved for practitioners whose experience and ideas shape how complex cross-border disputes are run and resolved. For businesses, it is a clear marker that their disputes are handled by advisers who think not only in terms of cases, but in terms of risk, value and stakeholders.
Together, Tetyana’s government-relations and institutional background and Olexander’s disputes and restructuring expertise allow Sayenko Kharenko to:
- Coordinate multi-front disputes – arbitration, court proceedings, regulatory processes and talks with public authorities and international financial institutions (IFIs)
- Design enforcement-driven strategies from day one, including asset tracing, interim measures and restructuring options to actually recover value
- Manage sanctions-, war- and regulation-related risk as part of the overall dispute strategy
- Be a single entry point for international investors and lenders with Ukraine and CEE exposure, working in sync with global counsel and other advisers
“Today’s legal landscape demands multidimensional perspectives. Disputes no longer arise in vacuum – they intersect with regulatory framework, sanction regimes, public policy considerations and restructuring dynamics,” comments Tatyana Slipachuk, Partner. “Our task is to assist clients stay compliant, safeguard value and enable to act swiftly when opportunities emerge.”
“Clients come to us when the case is high-value and complex,” adds Olexander Droug, Partner. “We are used to working with different stakeholders on the clients’ side across several jurisdictions at once – aligning them around a single, coherent dispute and enforcement strategy.”
About Sayenko Kharenko
Sayenko Kharenko is a leading Ukrainian law firm with an internationally oriented full-service practice. Founded in 2004, we are currently among the two largest law firms in the country, with 20 partners and more than 100 lawyers. The firm specialises in complex cross-border and local matters and regularly handles the largest and most challenging transactions involving Ukraine.
