Dr. Olena Perepelynska is a Partner and Head of International Arbitration at IMPACTA LAW in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is a recognised expert in international arbitration, litigation, and international trade with over 22 years of experience and participation in more than 230 arbitration proceedings across Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia as arbitrator, counsel, legal expert, and in institutional roles.
As arbitrator, Olena has acted in over 120 commercial and investment treaty arbitrations seated in Almaty, Bishkek, Kyiv, London, Lviv, Minsk, Paris, Montreal, Stockholm, and Vienna under ICC, LCIA, VIAC, SCC, ICAC at UCCI, IAC at BelCCI, ICA at CCI KR, Atameken, and UNCITRAL Rules, applying CISG as well as Austrian, English, Ukrainian, Czech, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Quebec, and Uzbek law.
As counsel, she has represented clients in more than 110 international arbitrations under ICC, LCIA, SCC, DIS, GAFTA, FOSFA, LMAA, ICAC, and MAC at UCCI, and the Vienna and Swiss Rules.
Publications
Co-author of the Ukraine chapter in the Arbitration Law Guide , published 3 June 2025 , alongside Krystyna Khripkova and Nadiya Mykiyevych .