Rechtsanwalt Leonid Shmatenko

Leonid Shmatenko specializes in international commercial and investment arbitration. He has been involved as counsel and secretary in over 30 international arbitration proceedings conducted in German, English and French encompassing a variety of sectors, such as energy –including oil, gas and renewables, telecommunication services and infrastructure. Leonid studied law at Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf from 2006 to 2011. He passed his First State examination (Dipl. iur.) in Düsseldorf in 2011 and his Second State examination in 2015. He finished his doctoral thesis and awaits receiving his doctorate from Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf. He currently gives a seminar on investment arbitration at the National Law University "Yaroslav Mudryi". Prior to joining the firm, he worked with international arbitration practices of leading international law firms in Geneva, Munich, Paris, Düsseldorf and Sydney. Leonid is admitted to practice in Germany (2016) and is a registered foreign lawyer with the Geneva Bar (2018).