Oleh Beketov, Partner of ETERNA LAW, acted as an expert in the case of PrivatBank

ETERNA LAW is pleased to announce that the firm’s Senior Partner, Mr. Oleh Beketov, acted as an independent expert in case No: BL-2017-000665 “JSC Commercial Bank “PrivatBank” & Igor Kolomoisky, Gennadiy Bogolyubov, and others”.

Oleh Beketov was instructed by Hogan Lovells on behalf of Claimant in these proceedings – the Bank and provided written and oral evidence on key aspects of Ukrainian law that were the subject of the dispute. According to the Judgment in this matter (issued by the English Court on July 30, 2025) his expert opinion helped the court to form an objective view on applicable principles of Ukrainian law as well as complex legal issues on which the experts appointed by the parties disagreed.

Mr. Beketov was assisted by ETERNA LAW team who worked with him over several years on this large-scale project, including Lidiia Zhovtiak (Counsel), Kristina Shapovalova (Counsel), Anna Polishchuk (Senior Associate), Oleksii Metel (Senior Associate) and Artur Koval (Senior Associate).

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