Partner, Sayenko Kharenko

Olexander Droug is a partner at Sayenko Kharenko, which specialises in international arbitration and cross-border commercial litigation and restructuring.

His experience includes advising local and foreign clients at all stages of complex multi-jurisdictional proceedings involving the BVI, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Ukraine, the UK, and other fora, as well as commercial and investment arbitration under the arbitration rules of all major international arbitration institutions (LCIA, ICC, SCC), CIS-based arbitration institutions, ICSID Arbitration Rules and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Mr Droug also advises clients on obtaining and implementing interim relief, including in support of arbitration proceedings and litigation, as well as on recognition and enforcement in Ukraine of arbitration awards and foreign court judgements.

Mr Droug is recognised in Dispute Resolution by The Legal 500, 2026, Chambers Global 2026 (Band 2) and Chambers Europe 2026 (Band 2), Benchmark Litigation 2025; in arbitration by Lexology Index: Arbitration 2025 and by WWL Thought Leaders 2024: Arbitration 2024; among the leading individuals in International Arbitration and among notable practitioners in Cross-border Litigation by Ukrainian Law Firms 2025