Counsel
Head of the International Litigation Department
Education:
Lviv National University, School of Law, Ukraine
American University, Washington College of Law, Washington D.C., USA (LL.M.)
Experience:
Prior to joining AstapovLawyers Mr. Beketov:
- held the position of lawyer with Magisters, one of the major Ukrainian law firms;
- interned for US law firm Alston & Bird;
- held the position of lawyer with Pavlenko, Statsenko & Osinchuk, Ukraine;
- held the position of assistant to the Chair of the Committee of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Legal Policy.
Practice areas:
International commercial arbitration and litigation
Commercial and civil litigation
Trade law
Corporate law
Commercial law
Foreign investments
Ukrainian Association of International Law
Association of Ukrainian Lawyers
Languages:
Ukrainian, Russian, English, Polish
Publications:
- Recognition of foreign money judgments in the United States with a special emphasis on the Ukrainian judgments.
Co - author with Torsten M. Kracht, Partner, Hunton & Williams, Washington D.C. office //International Law Practicum of the New York State Bar Association, Spring 2008 edition (in English). - Recognition and Enforcement of the Ukrainian Monetary Judgments in England.
Co-author with Julia Zagonek, Associate, S.J Berwin, London office // Ukrainian Journal of Business Law, June 2008 (in English). - Refusing recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Ukraine (procedural issues and application of non- arbitrability and public policy grounds).
Co-author with Dmytro Marchukov // Transnational Dispute Management, 2008 (in English). - Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Ukraine.
Co-author with Serhii Sviriba and Dmytro Marchukov // Transnational Dispute Management. December, 2006 (in English). - Mandatory Rules of Law as a Limitation of Party Autonomy in International Commercial Arbitration (Ukrainian prospective) // Transnational Dispute Management, # 5. November, 2005 (in English).
- Legal structures for private equity investment funds in Ukraine // Ukrainian Journal of Business Law, May 2005 (in English).