Taras Dragan

Interlegal Shipping digest Q4 2023

Interlegal Shipping digest Q4 2023 Charting Uncharted Legal Seas: The Afra Oak Verdict and Its Implications for the Application of Hague Visby Article IV(2)(a) in Navigational Disputes In the intricate tapestry...подробнее

Recognition of foreign judicial & arbitration awards in Ukraine

Arthur A. Nitsevych, partner, and Taras Dragan, lawyer, Interlegal Ukraine Ukraine has long been an active party to international business relations; therefore, the issue of recognizing foreign judicial and arbitratio...подробнее

Welcome to the jungle or What should be watched out in Ukraine

We've got fun 'n' games We got everything you want It looks like Guns N' Roses created their eternal single with the exact purpose of displaying bothering cases usually lurking foreign investors in Ukraine. The...подробнее

A victim of fraud: how to avoid it?

Fraud is one of the worst problems for any businessman, since the incurred net loss should be reimbursed, funds should be either invested in turnover or paid in favor of other counteragents within the chain of commercial...подробнее

Ship arrest in Ukraine: new approaches

The concept of one shipowner – one vessel The concept of one shipowner – one vessel arose due to shipowners’ reasonable desire to secure their business against ship arrest. Today the shipowner, having understood the p...подробнее

US and EU sanctions for vessel passing the Kerch Strait

Based on our practice for the recent years, we decided to draft a review upon standard issue being studied for many times, namely: EU and US sanctions imposed on Russia due to the latter’s aggression against Ukraine, but...подробнее

Collecting bunker debt - when urgency matters

Task The Client – large bunkering company making business in Black Sea Region – applied to Interlegal for debt recovery for bunker supply from the Shipowner amounting to 50,000 USD. With regards to the Client’s marit...подробнее