Pavlo Bogachenko LL.M.

• Advising a provider of insurance and reinsurance in relation to claims brought by Irish aviation lessors following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Litigation has been instigated by policyholders in Ireland, the UK and the US. 
• Representing Ukraine’s leading agricultural group in an international investment arbitration claiming compensation for USD1.2bn in losses caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including advising on third party funding and enforcement proceedings in relevant EU jurisdictions.
• Advised relatives of victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, on Ukrainian law matters related to damages and recovery claims, in a case considered by the Dutch Criminal Court.
• Advised claimants in an ICSID dispute brought under the Azerbaijan-Georgia BIT.
• Represented one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies in contentious and regulatory matters relating to the supply of an innovative healthcare product in several European jurisdictions.
• Advised a Ukrainian energy company on a potential arbitration under the Ukraine-Russia BIT and international litigation strategy following the destruction of the client’s assets caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Advised an international underwriting business regarding multi-million aviation insurance claims arising from alleged aircraft fleet losses due to the war in Ukraine.*
• Represented a pool of international investors acting as claimants in a multi-billion BIT claim brought against an Eastern European state regarding expropriation of client's investments.*
• Advised a global consulting company in a series of complex, multi-faceted and cross-border matters involving multi-billion dollar claims by the executive branches of government and Ukrainian law enforcement authorities.*
• Represented a leading European energy company in a multi-million enforcement proceedings of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Award.*
• Represented a high-profile insurance company and its insured automotive client in a product liability case before Ukrainian courts.*
• Represented clients before the London Maritime Arbitrators Association in a dispute concerning the transfer of shares in shipping companies.*

*denotes experience from previous firms

Pavlo coordinates pro bono projects of AKD Partners's Dublin office and participates in various international pro bono matters of the firm, including: 

• Coordinating AKD Partners's annual Know Your Rights programme in Ireland.
• Organizing and speaking at Ukrainian Business Bootcamp in Ireland to support displaced Ukrainian startups.
• Contributing to the World Bank Group's Women, Business and the Law 2024 report.
• Contributing to the Rule 39 Pro Bono Initiative, led by the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights in collaboration with international law firms, a project under which lawyers and experts provide pro bono assistance to vulnerable foreigners, and to the NGOs working with them, in submitting cases to the European Court of Human Rights.
• Co-organizing Seminar series to support displaced Ukrainians in collaboration with the Irish Legal and NGO community. The project won the PILnet Local Impact Award 2024.
• Providing training on pro bono and public interest law for law students of Uzhorod National University Faculty of Law, a law school in Western Ukraine, to help in setting up a legal clinic to assist Ukrainian small businesses impacted by war.
• Representing a minor displaced author on the protection of intellectual property rights under publishing contracts.
• Advised a leading European renewable energy producer on compensation of damages arising out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and implementation of mechanisms for documentation of war-related damages.*
• Managed full-scale compliance and anti-corruption risks assessment for one of the leading universities in Ukraine.*

• Author, "A step towards justice: The Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine", Law Society of Ireland Gazette, July 2024
• Co-author, "Sanctions – The Edge of War and Beyond", CEE Legal Matters Magazine, March 2023
• Co-contributor to Ukrainian translation of Commentary on the revised text of the 2020 IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration, January 2021
• Co-contributor to Ukrainian translation of "Evaluating Digital Open-Source Imagery: A Guide for Judges and Fact-Finders", published online at www.trueproject.co.uk/osguide, 2024

Pavlo regularly coaches students for and arbitrates in various moot court competitions, including the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court, Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Pavlo also speaks at conferences and events on topics of international dispute resolution and pro bono. Recent examples include:

• Panelist, "The Impact of War in Ukraine on International Arbitration", 10th Dublin International Arbitration Day Conference, Dublin, November 2022
• Panelist, "How the global legal community can support refugees and others affected by crisis and beyond", 15th annual PILnet Global Forum, Dublin, October 2022
• Panel Moderator, Law Society of Ireland Ukraine event, Dublin, November 2023
• Panelist, webinar on "Reconstruction and Market (Re)Entry into Ukraine", the Ukrainian Bar Association, October 2024