Theo is an associate in the Dispute Resolution practice based in Düsseldorf.
Theo specialises in complex cross-border dispute resolution, with a particular focus on commercial arbitration, investor-state arbitration, and public international law. He has been involved in arbitrations under different rules including ICC, UNCITRAL, DIS, and ICSID.
He has experience with disputes in the construction, energy, mining, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors.
He is a member of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association, DIS40, and ASA Below 40.
Background
Theo graduated from the universities of Cergy-Pontoise (Licence), Durham (LL.M.), and Düsseldorf. He has been admitted to the German bar in 2024. During his legal traineeship, he had seats at HSF in Frankfurt and London, and at the German embassy in Lithuania.
Theo is also a lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
A native French speaker, Theo is fluent in English and German, and proficient in Ukrainian.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- a multinational company in court proceedings regarding defects of busses
- QazaqGaz NC JSC in investment arbitration proceedings against Kyrgyzstan in relation to an investment in a major transborder midstream energy project under the Energy Charter Treaty and Kazakh-Kyrgyz BIT
- an Eastern Asian state in ICSID arbitration over a dispute surrounding gold mining
- a multinational company in an ICC arbitration in London concerning damage claims under an EPC contract for a fertiliser plant
- a multinational company in an ICC arbitration regarding damage claims for defects of network facilities in the TMT sector
