Vitaliy Pogoretskyy

Dr. Pogoretskyy (Ukrainian lawyer and national) joined the ACWL as Counsel in May 2013. During his tenure at the ACWL, he has advised governments of developing countries and least-developed countries on most aspects of WTO law. In addition, he has regularly represented ACWL Members at different phases of the WTO dispute settlement proceedings, including in particularly large and complex disputes.  

He is nominated to the roster of panelists under: the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement; the UK-Ukraine Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement; and Annex D to the Energy Charter Treaty.

Previously, from January 2012 to May 2013, he worked as a dispute settlement lawyer and intern at the WTO Secretariat, Rules Division, where he assisted WTO panels in disputes involving anti-dumping and countervailing-duty matters.

He also worked as a private lawyer in a Brussels-based law firm (2008-2009), and civil servant of the Government of Ukraine (2005-2006).

He authored a monograph on the regulation of gas transit under WTO law, which was published by CUP in 2017, and numerous articles and book chapters on various aspects of WTO law and international law, which were published in Journal of International Economic Law, World Trade Review, Journal of World Trade, and other leading international law journals. He teaches frequently and speaks publicly on various WTO-related subjects.

Dr. Pogoretskyy graduated in law with distinction in 2005 from the National Law Academy of Ukraine (Kharkov, Ukraine). In 2007, he obtained an LL.M. degree in International Commercial Arbitration Law from Stockholm University; and, in 2009, he obtained a Master's degree in International Law and Economics from the World Trade Institute (Bern, Switzerland), summa cum laude. In January 2015, he successfully defended his PhD thesis at the CEPMLP, the University of Dundee (UK).

He speaks English (primary fluency), Ukrainian (native), Russian (native), and French (professional working proficiency).