Inly’s Partner Olesia Kryvetska is one of the few practitioners in Ukraine possessing hands-on experience in the
WTO dispute settlement. During her tenure at the WTO Legal Affairs Division, she assisted the WTO Panel with legal, factual and administrative aspects of a WTO dispute at the panel (first instance) proceeding.
Olesia’s
Ph.D thesis, successfully defended, is the first comprehensive work in Ukraine to explore the issues of
multiple proceedings in investor-state dispute settlement. A key contribution of her research is the development of proposals for Ukraine’s Model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to address multiple proceedings in disputes brought against the country, based on advancements in investment arbitration and treaty practices.