Education

• Kyiv Institute of Law at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2011, Diploma cum laude

• Institute of philology at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Specialist’s Diploma in Philology, Translator from English and Arabic, 2005 

Professional experience

Oleksandr Gubin started his career in AGA Partners law firm just after he graduated from the university. He has been a practicing lawyer since 2011 and was admitted to the bar in 2018.

He currently holds the position of Counsel, specializing in international family law and private projects.

Oleksandr's main spheres of expertise include legal relations between spouses, children's issues (collection of alimony, establishing child's place of residence, establishing the procedure for parents' participation in the upbringing of children), the use of assisted reproductive technologies, etc.

One of the most important areas of Oleksandr's practice is the application of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the Hague Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children.

In addition, Mr. Gubin specializes in family law matters involving a foreign element, including matters relating to the recognition of foreign court orders in Ukraine.

An exclusive part of Oleksandr's professional expertise is a deep understanding of private international law and the ability to build a successful strategy even in the most complex cross-border disputes involving two or more jurisdictions at the same time.

However, Mr. Gubin's expertise also includes pre-trial and out-of-court settlement of various issues that may arise in a family, starting with a marriage contract and ending with an agreement between parents regarding the place of residence, maintenance, and upbringing of children.

Membership in professional associations

• Member of the Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA)
• Member of the Board of the Committee on Civil, Family and Inheritance Law of the Ukrainian Bar Association

Awards and Recognition

• Next Generation Lawyer - The Legal500 2019
• Rising star for the private client practice - The Legal500 2020-2024
• Leading lawyer in Ukraine for International Arbitration, Best Lawyers 2022
• Leading lawyer in Ukraine for family law practice, Ukrainian Law Firms, 2022

Languages

Ukrainian, English, elementary level of Arabic.

• Providing advice and legal support to spouses on the issue of obtaining travel documents and citizenship for a child born in Ukraine using ART.
• Representing the interests of a client, the ex-wife of a wealthy Ukrainian businessman, in a court case with a foreign element on establishing the child's place of residence, which simultaneously concerns Ukraine and England.
• Advising a client, the wife of a Ukrainian businessman who died in a car accident, on wealth management and tax planning for the international shipping business.
• Representing a client, a British citizen, in the Supreme Court in a dispute regarding the return of a child to England in accordance with the 1980 Hague Convention.

• Representing the interests of a client, a citizen of England, in the courts of Ukraine in cases of recognizing a foreign court's decision on the return of children to England and on determining the place of residence with their mother based on the 1996 Hague Convention.

• Advising and providing legal assistance to a client, a foreign citizen, on existing civil status acts in Ukraine, which relates to divorce and the relevant court decision of 1995.
• Representing the interests of a client, a foreign citizen, in the Ukrainian process for the recovery of child support.
• Providing advice and preparation of procedural documents for a client in a divorce case with a foreign element.
• Representing the interests of a client, a mother of four children, in numerous litigations against her ex-husband over the division of the spouses' property, determination of the place of residence, and maintenance of the children.

• Representing the interests of a client in the case of debt collection under the Child Support Agreement.

• Representing the interests of a client, a foreign citizen, in a dispute over the return of a child to Poland under the 1980 Hague Convention.
• Representing the interests of a client, the wife of a well-known Ukrainian political scientist, in the case of the division of the Ukrainian assets of the parties at the suit of the ex-husband.
• Representing a client, the ex-wife of a wealthy Ukrainian businessman, in the case of recovering from her a joint debt under a loan agreement in the total amount of USD 2 million.
• Representing the interests of a client, the ex-wife of a wealthy Ukrainian businessman, on amending the provisions of a marriage contract.

• Advising a client, a foreign national, in a dispute over the return of a child to England under the 1980 Hague Convention.

• Providing advice to spouses on issues of inheritance law and the procedure for judicial appeal of a will in Ukraine.