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Anna Kovalenko Verified profile

Anna Kovalenko

Accepting appointments

FCIArb · Kyiv

Experience
15 yrs
Appointments
80
As presiding
12
Seat
Kyiv
Law
Ukraine England & Wales
Focus
Construction & Infrastructure Energy Grains & Oilseeds
Rules
Ad-Hoc ICC LCIA GAFTA
Langs
Ukrainian — native Russian — fluent English — fluent Polish — working

01Biography

Updated Oct 2026

Kyiv arbitrator in agricultural commodities, energy infrastructure and Ukrainian-law construction disputes.

Anna has handled more than eighty appointments, many of them GAFTA grain and oilseed quality and default disputes between Black Sea exporters and European buyers. Since 2022 she has sat mostly from Warsaw and online.

02Representative matters

Confidential · party names withheld

  • Grains & Oilseeds 2023

    Quality and shipment dispute under a grain supply string contract; damages and rejection of goods.

    Sole arbitrator GAFTA · England & Wales
    $18M

  • Energy 2021

    Solar park EPC dispute over grid-connection delays and performance-guarantee shortfalls.

    Co-arbitrator ICC · Ukraine Kyiv seat
    €27M

03Qualifications & memberships

Admissions & appointments

  • 2009 Advocate, Ukrainian National Bar Association
  • 2017 FCIArb

Education

  • 2008 LLM — Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Professional memberships

Ukrainian Arbitration Association GAFTA Arbitrator