About
Tetiana Bersheda is a dual-qualified lawyer with over 15 years of experience in international arbitration and cross-border dispute resolution. She is the founding partner of Bersheda Law, a boutique practice focused on complex commercial disputes, private client matters and international enforcement strategy. She is admitted to practise in Switzerland and in England & Wales.
In the field of international commercial arbitration, Tetiana regularly appears as counsel and arbitrator across a broad range of institutional and ad hoc proceedings. Additionally, Tetiana acts as counsel in complex, cross-border disputes, including high-stakes divorces, inheritance matters, trusts and banking disputes. She is also widely recognised for her expertise in the enforcement of arbitral awards, including asset freezing and enforcement under the New York Convention.
Tetiana regularly sits in arbitrations involving international contract, corporate and construction disputes, including matters with links to Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the US.
Tetiana has acted in over 20 arbitration proceedings, including under ICC, Swiss Rules, UNCITRAL and ICAC- MKAS (Ukraine), and is regularly appointed by and is on the list of arbitrators of the following institutions:
- Swiss Arbitration Centre
- ICC National Committee, Switzerland
- VIAC – Vienna International Arbitral Centre
- VCCA – Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration.
Tetiana has served as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and secretary to tribunals chaired by leading figures such as Prof. Pierre Tercier, Dr. Laurent Lévy and Prof. Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler.
Tetiana holds a PhD in law summa cum laude from the University of Fribourg and an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge. She previously taught company law at the University of Geneva’s Faculty of Economics and has published widely in Swiss and international journals on arbitration, company law, banking and insolvency.
Recent cases
As arbitrator
Served as sole arbitrator in a commercial dispute between parties from Canada and Belize under the Swiss Rules, seated in Geneva, with Swiss law as the applicable law.
Served as co-arbitrator in a commercial dispute between parties from Hong Kong and the BVI under the Swiss Rules, seated in Geneva, with Swiss law as the applicable law.
Served as sole arbitrator in a commercial dispute between parties from Ukraine and India under the ICAC – MKAS Rules, seated in Kyiv, with Ukrainian law as the applicable law.
As counsel
Counsel for a Cypriot company in a commercial arbitration under the ICC Rules, seated in Zurich, against another Cypriot company, including representation in appeal proceedings before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court.
Counsel for a family-owned Iraqi company in ICC commercial arbitration proceedings seated in Geneva, successfully securing a settlement.
Counsel for a Monaco-based defendant in a construction arbitration initiated by a Turkish company under the Swiss rules, seated in Geneva, including representation in subsequent appeal proceedings before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court.