Irina Tymczyszyn
Irina Tymczyszyn is an English Solicitor-Advocate and a well-known international arbitration specialist. Over the last 20 years, Irina has acted as counsel and arbitrator in multiple international commercial arbitration proceedings seated around the world. She has considerable experience in multi-jurisdictional cross-border disputes specialising in investment and post-M&A disputes, shareholders’ disputes, commodity trading, construction, energy and natural resources disputes.
Ms. Tymczyszyn was born in Ukraine and having obtained university degrees in modern languages, political science and economics in Ukraine and UK, she successfully pursued a legal career in the City of London, qualifying as an English solicitor in 2001 and becoming a partner of a global US law firm in 2011.
Irina Tymczyszyn retired from the partnership of a leading global law firm in February 2019 firm and set up Tymczyszyn Arbitration to focus on her career as a full-time international arbitrator in a conflict-free environment.
Ms. Tymczyszyn received her first appointment as arbitrator in 2007 and to date has sat on arbitral panels in a number of international commercial arbitrations under the ICC Rules, LCIA Rules and the SCC Rules.
Irina Tymczyszyn is fluent in English, Ukrainian and Russian, has working knowledge of German, and speaks basic French and Polish.
Ms. Tymczyszyn is a published writer and a regular speaker on international arbitration, English contract law and legal career development. She conducts legal masterclasses and seminars for practitioners and in-house lawyers in English, Russian and Ukrainian.
Irina Tymczyszyn is listed in the 2019 edition of "Who's Who Legal: Arbitration".
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2001
Membership
- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
- Law Society of England and Wales
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
Education
- Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine 1996)
- Combined Bachelor/Master of Arts in Russian and English Languages (National Pedagogical Drahomanov U
- Master of Arts in Economic and Social Studies (University of Manchester 1996)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law (London Guildhall University 1998)
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PRACTICE NOTES
Capacity to arbitrate: natural and corporate persons, states and insolvency: applicable law and consequences
This Practice Note closely examines the capacity of parties to conclude an arbitration agreement and to participate effectively in arbitral proceedings. It should be borne in mind that an arbitration clause may continue to operate even where the principal contract in which it sits is invalid—see Practice Notes: Arbitration agreements—the doctrine of separability (England and Wales) and Separability of arbitration agreements in international arbitration. From a capacity standpoint, this implies a party might lack capacity to enter the main contract yet still have capacity to agree to arbitrate as a matter of law.
Consequences of incapacity
Both parties entering into an agreement must possess the necessary legal capacity to do so, failing which the agreement is void. An agreement to arbitrate is in absolutely no way different in this respect from any other type of contract—see Practice Note: Forming enforceable contracts—capacity...
Arbitration
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