Andrii Chornous

Personal Bio

Job Title: Partner, Head of International Dispute Resolution

Areas of Expertise:

Andrii leads the International Dispute Resolution team at Hillmont Partners. He handles complex high-value cases and specializes in sophisticated litigation, commercial and investment arbitration, and regularly advises international tech companies and startups on various legal matters.

Andrii represents domestic and international clients in cross-border commercial disputes across various industries, including banking and finance, FMCG, aviation, retail, energy, infrastructure, real estate, Fintech and IT. His expertise includes local and foreign investors’ representation in complex corporate, tax and criminal proceedings, as well as regulatory advising on settling disputes with supervisory authorities. He has vast experience representing clients’ interests jointly with foreign counsel from England, Gibraltar, the U.S., Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, Cyprus and Moldova.

Andrii has hands-on experience in the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICAC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) and Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) arbitration and award enforcement proceedings. Relevant cases include Komaksavia Airport Invest Ltd. v. Republic of Moldova, SCC EA 2020/130 (Emergency Award on Interim Measures successfully granted).

Professional experience

Before joining Hillmont Partners, Andrii worked as a litigation lawyer in one the international law firms and as an Investigator at the Business Ombudsman Council, a consultative and advisory body under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, where he dealt with business complaints on unfair behaviour of governmental agencies and municipal authorities in Ukraine.

Education

• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Master of Laws;
• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, PhD in Law, IT and Administrative Law;
• University of Oxford (New College), Magister Juris, 2022-2023.
• Stanford Law School, LL.M. (International Economic Law, Business and Policy), 2023-2024.

Bar Admission:

• Ukraine, 2019.

Awards and Recognition

• The Legal 500 EMEA, edition 2021 – featured as a recommended practitioner in Dispute Resolution and Private Client practice
• The Legal 500 EMEA, edition 2022 – Rising Star in Dispute Resolution
• FCDO Chevening Scholarship Award, 2022/2023 cohort (Ukraine)