Khrystyna Khanas
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Biography
Khrystyna is a dual-qualified English solicitor and Ukrainian advocate, specialising in cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration, with a particular focus on civil fraud disputes. Khrystyna worked on some of the leading high-profile cases in the UK concerning asset tracing and recovery, often involving freezing injunctions, disclosure orders and other forms of interim relief. She has also worked on major fraud disputes relating to crypto assets.
Khrystyna has acted for both Claimants and Defendants in large and complex commercial disputes in the High Court of Justice and arbitration proceedings under the LCIA rules. She has experience in dealing with disputes throughout all stages of proceedings leading up to and including trials, as well as various interim applications and, in particular, complex disclosure exercises.
Khrystyna has deep knowledge and understanding of the political and legal environments in Ukraine and Eurasia more generally. She is a regular contributor to Astraea’s thought leadership work on the region.
Khrystyna completed a PhD in Criminal Justice from Ivan Franko National University in Lviv (Ukraine) in 2013. She is fluent in Ukrainian and Russian and can read Polish in a professional context.