Merited Lawyer of Ukraine, Academician of the Ukrainian National Academy of Law Sciences, Professor, Candidate of Law, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Hague, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador, President of the International Commercial Arbitration Court and the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Formerly: Scientific worker of the State and Law Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Head of the Legal Board of the Government of Ukraine, Deputy Minister and later First Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine; Judge, Deputy Chairman and later Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine in Kazakhstan.

Specialization: public international law, private international law, constitutional law, civil law, commercial law, international commercial arbitration, international trade law, investment law.

Languages: Ukrainian (native), Russian (A), German (B).