Dmytro Galagan
Associate Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Languages
English, Russian, Ukrainian
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Dmytro Galagan is an Associate in the Hogan Lovells International Arbitration group focusing on public international law and investor-State dispute settlement.
Dmytro acts for States and businesses in international disputes, primarily in investment arbitrations under the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) rules. He has experience of dispute settlement in the oil and gas, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.
Before joining Hogan Lovells, Dmytro worked as a legal counsel at the Trade Law Bureau, Global Affairs Canada, where he represented the Government of Canada in North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Chapter Eleven (Investment) disputes, advised on Canada's international trade and investment law obligations, and assisted with negotiations of free trade agreements.
Representative experience
Acting for Ukraine in an ICSID arbitration under the Sweden-Ukraine bilateral investment treaty
Acting for the Government of Canada in a US$30 million arbitration against two U.S. claimants under the NAFTA Chapter Eleven and the ICSID Arbitration Rules*
Acting for the Government of Canada in a US$121 million arbitration against a U.S. paper producer under the NAFTA Chapter Eleven and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules*
Acting for the Government of Canada in a US$500+ million arbitration concerning seismic data acquired in Canada’s offshore areas under the NAFTA Chapter Eleven and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
- Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Victoria, 2019
- LL.M. in International Business Law, Central European University, 2012
- Postgraduate Degree in Law, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, 2011
- Bachelor's Degree in Law, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, 2010
- Ontario
- Registered Foreign Lawyer, England and Wales
- British Columbia
- MCIArb (Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators)
- DIS40 (German Arbitration Institute)
- HKIAC HK45 (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre)
- LCIA Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) (London Court of International Arbitration)
- Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)
- Young ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes)
- Young ITA (Institute for Transnational Arbitration)