Olga Shenk > CMS > Kyiv, Ukraine > Lawyer Profile

Olga Shenk

+380 44 391 33 77 olga.shenk@cms-cmno.com

Work Department

Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Compliance, White-Collar crime

Position

Counsel, Disputes Resolution practice Coordinator

Career

Olga Shenk is a Counsel in the Commercial, Regulatory and Disputes practice group in Kyiv office of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang. Olga’s expertise includes representing local and international clients in dispute resolution and litigation, investment and international commercial arbitration, bankruptcy, criminal proceedings and compliance. 

Olga has more than 15 years’ experience in highly complex litigation and arbitration proceedings in Ukraine and abroad, including in international investment and commercial arbitrations (under ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICC, SCC, VIAC, ICAC rules), enforcement of arbitral awards in Ukraine and abroad, and cross-border litigations. Olga is efficiently handling all kinds of disputes, from straightforward claims to complex, high-value, challenging ones in a way that meets clients’ commercial objectives, whether that is to litigate aggressively or otherwise, arbitrate, or employ mediation.

With domestic litigations, Olga has not only in-depth experience in commercial dispute resolution cases but also specialist knowledge of such sectors as IT, agribusiness, pharmaceuticals, insurance, energy and banking.

Olga’s practice also covers tax and compliance; Olga has conducted numerous compliance investigations of alleged/reported corrupt practices and regularly delivers anti-corruption trainings for management and compliance officers of top-ranked international businesses.

Olga is a recommended lawyer in the field of International Arbitration and Litigation by Best Lawyers 2021 rankings. In the recent Legal 500 submission, one of the clients remarked Olga for being ‘brilliant at presenting our position in court, fighting for us with guts and determination.’

Languages

Ukrainian, Russian, English, French

Memberships

Ukrainian Arbitration Association member
American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
(Member of Anti-Corruption Working Group, Compliance Club)
Graduated from ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy for Central and Eastern Europe

Education

2006 – diploma cum laude of the specialist in law, Academy of Labour & Social Relations of Federation of Professional Unions of Ukraine, Faculty of Law
2005 – diploma cum laude of the bachelor in law, Academy of Labour & Social Relations of Federation of Professional Unions of Ukraine Faculty of Law
2002 – diploma cum laude of the specialist of foreign languages (English and French) of, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Lviv National University Ivan Franko, Faculty of Foreign Languages