Andriy Kostin

Andriy Kostin

Expert of the “Tomorrow’s Lawyer” Program, Deputy Head of the Bar Council in Odessa region, member of the International Bar Association, recommended arbitrator of the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the UCCI, Director at “Provo” Attorneys-at-Law (Odesa).

SPECIALIZATION:  commercial law and procedure, civil law and procedure, corporate law, maritime law, the organization and activities of the Bar, legal ethics.

EDUCATION:

  • Legal Faculty of Odesa State University after I.Mechnykov (Odesa National University, Odesa), “Jurisprudence”, 1990-1995

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

  • Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Union of Advocates of “Odessa Regional Bar Association” (Odesa), 2013 – present
  • Deputy Chairman of the Bar Council of Odesa Region (c. Odessa), 2012 – present;
  • Head of South Branch at Arzinger (Odesa), 2010 – 2012
  • Lawyer, Deputy Director, Director at “Pravo” Attorneys-at-Law (Odesa), 1998 – present;
  • Attorney at Polonsky & Partners (Odesa), 1995 – 1998
  • Admitted to the Bar – 1995
  • Associate at Odessa Regional Environmental Center (Odesa), 1994 – 1995
  • Associate at Odessa Branch of Ukrainian-German Fund (Odesa), 1993

ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Member of the International Bar Association), 2000 – present
  • Deputy Chairman of the Subcommittee on Land Transportation at the Committee on Maritime and Transport Law of the International Bar Association, 2006 – 2007
  • Member of the supreme body of the International Bar Association (IBA Council) delegated by the Union of Advocates of Ukraine, 2013 – 2015
  • Spoke at the sessions of the IBA Committee on Maritime and Transport Law, IBA conferences in St. Petersburg (2002), Durban (2002), San Francisco (2003), Dublin (2012) and Vienna (2015)
  • Spoke at the IBA Bar Leaders Conferences in Brussels (2014) and Barcelona (2016)
  • Member of the Board, Council Member, Chairman of the Commission of International Relations of the Union of Advocates of Ukraine, 2007 – 2016
  • Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the National Bar Association of Ukraine, 2013 – 2016
  • Member of the editorial board of the Odessa Bar Bulletin, 2012 – 2016
  • Chief editor of the Odessa Bar Bulletin, 2016 – present
  • Co-author of the Maritime Law Handbook, published by Kluwer Law International, 2007 – present
  • Lecturer on constitutional, budgetary, tax and customs law, the European Convention on Human Rights at the training for lawyers preparing to pass the Bar exam at Odessa Regional Bar Association, 2007 – present
  • Recommended arbiter of the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, 2016 – present
  • One of the founders and Board Member of the NGO “Odessa Diplomatic Club”, 2011 – present

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