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ANK
9 Lanzheronovskaya Street, Odessa, 65026, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 482 348 703
Fax: +380 482 348 716
E-mail: office@ank.odessa.ua
www.ank.odessa.ua
The ANK law firm is one of the leading Ukrainian law firms. Its practice is based mainly in Southern Ukraine but the firm also works in other regions through a developed network of affiliated lawyers. The firm is ranked at the top of the legal profession in Ukraine. Since 1998 the firm has been included in the list of the best Ukrainian law firms compiled by the professional legal newspaper Yuridicheskaya Practika. The firm is the only law firm located in Southern Ukraine to be on the list of the top 20 Ukrainian law firms. The ANK law firm is a member of the EuroAsian Legal Partnership, a network of law firms of the former Soviet Union and Baltic countries, and of UkrLex, the Ukrainian national network of law firms. The ANK law firm has had various publications in the newspapers Yuridicheskaya Practika and Yuridicheskaya Gazeta and the journals Biznes, Bukhgalteria and Sudohodstvo.
Areas of practice: company and corporate law, regulatory issues, general commercial work (drafting of contracts and other formal documents), litigation and arbitration, enforcement of foreign awards and judgments in Ukraine and of Ukrainian ones abroad, tax and customs issues, including disputes with tax authorities and litigation, tax consulting and planning, various services in the field of accounting, transportation, telecommunications, admiralty and maritime law, arrest of ships, intellectual property, incorporation and registration, banking and exchange control issues, real estate and construction law, insurance law, investments, insolvency, labor and employment law.
Languages: English, Ukrainian, Russian, German.
Clients: investment companies, seaports, forwarding companies, stevedoring companies, marine agents, construction companies, nonprofit organizations, banks, representative offices of international companies.
Leading lawyers: Alexander Kifak, Denis Stadnichenko, Andrey Selyutin, Andrey Smityukh, Nadezhda Sofronkova, Victoria Tarasenko, Artyom Volkov, Yelena Puschenskaya, Maksim Kirilyuk, Nikolay Sorochinskiy, Dmitriy Krupko, Lesya Kovtun, Elena Polischyuk, Maksim Karpenko.
B.C. Toms & Co
18/1 Proreznaya Street, Suite 1, Kiev, 01034, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 278 1000, 490 6000
Fax: +380 44 278 6508, 490 6001
E-mail: Kyiv@bctoms.net
www.bctoms.net
B.C. Toms & Co is a leading law firm in Ukraine having handled a significant proportion of major transactions in Ukraine in a variety of areas for over 16 years. We were the first Western practice to establish an office in Ukraine. Examples of some of our recent transactions include advising a syndicate of major international banks on the providing of a USD 200 million loan to a leading Ukrainian telecommunication company; advising western banks on the trade financing of several large Ukrainian industrial and agricultural companies; representing major investment funds for the acquisition of land plots in Kiev and Kiev Region (including through corporate acquisitions with significant real estate holdings), structuring real estate development projects, including to handle the corporate, tax and financial aspects, advising a major shopping mall chain on the construction of a shopping mall in Lvov under a FIDIC model construction agreement; and advising major multinational oil and gas and mining companies on their projects in Ukraine.
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Beiten Burkhardt
38 Turgenevskaya Street, Kiev, 01054, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 494 0400
Fax: +380 44 494 0401
E-mail: bblaw-kiew@bblaw.com
www.beitenburkhardt.com
Beiten Burkhardt is an independent commercial law firm, that has 370 attorneys and tax advisers working in six countries in Europe and Asia, which makes Beiten Burkhardt an international law firm with European traditions. Beiten Burkhardt is present in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Nuremberg, Beijing, Brussels, Hong Kong, Kiev, Shanghai, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Warsaw.
Beiten Burkhardt provides a wide scope of legal services pertaining to issues of national and international law. The firm’s main practice areas include: foreign investments, corporate and commercial law (mergers and acquisitions), real estate law, banking and finance, tax, customs and litigation, labor and employment law, competition law, intellectual property and information technology.
Beiten Burkhardt has proven experience in various sectors including the automotive, brewing, chemical, electronics and financial service sectors, as well as in civil and mechanical engineering, metallurgy, life sciences, media, healthcare and pharmaceutical, retail, telecommunications, tourism, publishing and sports.
Beiten Burkhardt’s Kiev team unites lawyers from various backgrounds, all of whom are multilingual, have been educated abroad and are excellent professionals in their chosen practice areas. Having highly experienced German, American and Ukrainian attorneys and state-of-the-art facilities, Beiten Burkhardt ensures top quality for firms’ legal work.
In view of Beiten Burkhardt impressive performance, in 2007 the firm’s Kiev office was recognized as Foreign Law Firm of the Year in Ukraine by Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing.
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
11 Mikhaylovskaya Street, Floor 4, Kiev, 01001, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 270 7205, 230 2534
Fax: +380 44 270 7206, 230 2535
E-mail: Kyivoffice@chadbourne.com
www.chadbourne.com
Founded as a solo practice in 1902, today Chadbourne &
Parke LLP has evolved into an international law firm with
10 offices located in New York, Washington, Los Angeles,
Houston, London, Moscow, Tashkent, Kiev, Warsaw and Beijing.
Chadbourne is among the leading U.S. law firms in the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and was one
of the first foreign law firms to open in Moscow in 1990. Our
Russia and CIS practice is based out of our Moscow, London,
Tashkent and Kiev offices, and we work together with a network
of affiliated firms in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and
Kyrgyzstan. Our lawyers not only have an in-depth knowledge
of the region, but also a significant amount of experience on
both complex transactions and day-to-day legal issues that
arise for companies doing business in the region, which enables
us to anticipate and solve problems in this dynamic legal
environment. Our Kiev office consists of Ukrainian and expatriate
lawyers with extensive experience of transaction, who
have worked together as a unified team for many years (and
who joined Chadbourne in 2003 from the former Kiev office
of Altheimer & Gray). The Kiev office, as well as our three Kiev
office partners, have consistently received high rankings from
Chambers and Partners, in their publication The World’s Leading
Lawyers, as well as from Global Counsel 3000. Thoroughness,
practicality, responsiveness, promptness — these are
the principles that guide us in our delivery of services. These
are the reasons why our clients keep coming back to us. In
Ukraine, Chadbourne provides a full-range of legal services to
clients on a variety of matters including mergers and acquisitions,
joint ventures, foreign investments, anti¬trust/competition
law, corporate law, commercial law, telecommunications,
banking, securities and finance, project finance, corporate
finance, secured lending, real estate development, labor issues,
privatization, taxation, bankruptcy and others.
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Ernst & Young LLC
19A Khreschatyk Street, Kiev, 01001, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 490 3000
Fax: +380 44 490 3030
E-mail: kyiv@ua.ey.com
www.ey.com/Ukraine
Ernst & Young has been operating in Ukraine since 1991. It is the largest professional services firm in the country with twelve partners and more than 500 staff. We are a global firm with more than 130,000 specialists delivering integrated services over 140 countries. We combine the strength of our global network with our breadth of local knowledge and technical competence to deliver practical, commercially driven and integrated tax and legal advice, which includes:
- M&A, including tax and legal due diligence, acquisition structuring, contract drafting, negotiation, and legal support throughout implementation;
- tax and legal structuring for inbound and outbound investments, including structuring to raise capital/financing on international financial markets;
- tax and legal structuring of joint ventures, including drafting and negotiation of contracts;
- real estate advice including acquisition, development, and disposal/operation;
- corporate structuring and restructuring, company incorporation, and advice on corporate and commercial law issues;
- corporate and personal tax planning and structuring, including international tax structuring, cross-border transactions, and transfer pricing;
- customs and indirect taxation;
- administrative litigation, including tax disputes;
- drafting and reviewing legal and tax aspects of commercial transactions and agreements;
- assistance with regulatory and currency control issues;
- labour and immigration law;
- competition (antitrust) law, including M&A clearance
Ernst & Young Ukraine has three tax and legal partners and over 70 tax and legal professionals, including more than 30 lawyers.
Gide Loyrette Nouel
56A Bogdana Khmelnitskogo Street, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 206 0980
Fax: +380 44 206 0981
E-mail: gln.kyiv@gide.com
www.gide.com
Gide Loyrette Nouel is one of the premier international law firms worldwide with 700 lawyers and legal consultants drawn from over 30 nationalities. Operating out of 21 offices, the firm offers some of the most respected specialists in each of the various sectors of national and international finance and business law.
The Kiev office offers the services of 30 Ukrainian, French and German lawyers and legal consultants organized into 4 departments:
- Mergers & Acquisitions;
- Real Estate and Public/Private Partnerships;
- Taxation advice;
- Banking and Finance in collaboration with the firm’s specialist legal teams in London, Paris and New York.
The Kiev team advises both investors wishing to set up business in Ukraine and companies that are already established.
Golovan & Partners
143A Borschagovskaya Street, Kiev, 03056, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 457 6861 <br> +380 44 457 6862
Fax: +380 44 457 6863
www.golovan.com.ua
The Golovan & Partners law firm is an association of advocates registered by the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice in 1996. Since that time our advocates have worked as reliable advisers and protectors of clients interests initially as the PRAVIS law firm. In 2007 the name of PRAVIS was changed to the Golovan & Partners law firm. At present it has offices in Donetsk and Kiev.
Golovan & Partners is the leading law firm in Eastern Ukraine and a member of the European Business Association (EBA).
The quality of our work in the field of economic activities, corporate disputes, tax, contract, corporate law, representation in courts, etc., is highly regarded by both Ukrainian and foreign clients.
We offer clients not only our professionalism, but also strict adherence to high ethical standards (Regulations of advocate’s ethics were approved by the Supreme qualification commission of advocacy of Ukraine on 1 October 1999). Strict confidentiality of our communication with clients is protected by legislation (Articles No. 9, 10 of the On Advocacy Act of Ukraine).
In our work we are guided by the most important principle of professional advocacy – the supremacy of the client’s interests, while using our experience and comprehensive knowledge of law, in-depth understanding of Ukrainian business and the field of government.
We always act effectively and make every effort to solve a set task within a short period of time and by incurring the least possible expenses for the client.
We are constantly improving and make every effort for our new clients to feel themselves to be regular clients, while the clients with whom we have worked for many years continue to confide in us.
Gramatskiy & Partners
16 Mikhaylovskaya Street, Suite 7, Kiev, 01001, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 581 1551
E-mail: office@gramatskiy.com.ua
www.gramatskiy.com.ua
Gramatskiy & Partners is known as a trustworthy firm which is successful in providing legal assistance in various areas since the time of its establishment. The extremely intensive evolution of benefits received from its services meant leading rates for Gramatskiy & Partners from the very beginning of its work. Now we are a firm with a well known name, its own traditions, which is highly respected in the legal community.
The secret of the firm’s success consists of strategic planning of service development, a modern HR policy and highly qualified staff. Our clients are sure to receive professional legal assistance with everything necessary for the best result in any complicated situation. We are proud to provide a complete legal service for every single client of ours.
One of our best features is the flexible and unorthodox way in which we look at a typical situation which involves the possibi lity of solving insolvable problems and guarantees the grea test level of security for our client’s activities.
Grischenko & Partners
37-41 Artema Street, Floor 3, Kiev, 04053, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 490 3707 <br> +380 44 490 3708
Fax: +380 44 490 3709
E-mail: adm@gp.ua
www.gp.ua
In the course of its 15 years of operation, the firm has gained substantial experience, earning a reputation for being a reliable and trustworthy partner. The lawyers at Grischenko & Partners received their legal training at the most prominent educational institutions of Ukraine, the United States, Great Britain, Italy, and the Netherlands.
Grischenko & Partners are highly recommended by local and international legal directories, including Chambers Global, PLC Which Lawyer?, IFLR 1000 and other professional publications.
Grischenko & Partners is able to provide its clients with high-quality professional services – an important quality that guarantees resourceful legal consultation and reliable information. We assist clients in preparing and conducting litigation and international arbitration. We advise them on contractual rights and obligations, insolvency and bankruptcy issues, as well as issues related to taxation, unfair competition, intellectual property rights, and many other matters.
Our lawyers have represented the interests of Ukrainian and foreign clients in dozens of court and arbitration cases and in international arbitration institutions like the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
Guaranty
7 Georgievskiy Lane, Kiev, 01034, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 288 0888
Fax: +380 44 288 0887/89
E-mail: lawfirm@guaranty.com.ua
www.guaranty.com.ua
The Guaranty law firm is a Ukrainian company that provides services in the sphere of legal consulting and specializes in resolving the entire range of legal problems, which arise in the process of business activity in Ukraine.
The firm brings together professional lawyers and consultants and leading specialists in trade and investment issues. Established at the start of 2005, Guaranty occupied 8th place in the 50 Leading Ukrainian Law Firms ranking.
Our company was described as the most rapidly growing law firm in Ukraine. The firm’s approach is to take responsibility to resolve a client’s problems rather than to merely provide the ways for resolving them. This feature sets us apart from other law and consulting companies.
Areas of practice: Privatization of communal property, lawmaking, corporate disputes, litigation, contracting, logistics, accounting support, regulatory affairs and licensing.
Languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian.
Clients: Ukrzaliznitsa, West Oil Group (WOG), Inter-regional Academy of Personnel Management, Tekerekoglu Textiles A.S., Aydinli Group (Pierre Cardin, Cacharel, US Polo), T.E.L.S. Transeuropean Logistic Services Ltd, API Invest.
Leading lawyers: Dmitriy Kreynin, Alena Litvin, Nazar Bench, Igor Opadchiy, Eugeniy Ogarkov, Ruslan Tkachenko, Artem Atepalikhin, Roman Larchenko, Alexei Nikishin, Igor Polonskiy, Oleg Yuzkov.
Integrites
Bashnya-Plaza Business Centre, 22 Rybalskaya Street, Kiev, 01011, Ukraine
Tel.: + 380 44 391 3853
Fax: + 380 44 391 3854
E-mail: info@integrites.com
www.integrites.com
Founded in 2005, Integrites has managed to gain top positions on the Ukrainian legal market, at the same time enhancing its activity around the world.
Today the company is well known, reputable and highly recognized locally and internationally– a fact supported by such global law guides and legal networks as Legal 500, the IFLR1000, HG.org. The company is also an active member of the following international organizations and associations – AmCham, the EBA, ACA International, LIC and UBA.
Since it opened its first office in Kiev, Integrites’ practice has seen dynamic growth, which has lead to the creation of an extensive representative network. The company now has a total of 12 offices in CIS states, official proxyships in the Baltic States and 2 offices in Kiev.
The key areas of the company’s legal practice are: Litigation and International Arbitration, International Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, IT, Telecommunications and Media, Tax, Banking and Finance, M&A, Oil and Gas, International Trade & Antimonopoly, Insurance, Project Finance, Real Estate & Construction, etc.
Since it is a full-service international legal company, Integrites also offers clients highly qualified services in risk management consulting, IPO consulting and due diligence procedures. Besides, the company provides clients with debt recovery and information services.
Particular onus is put on the collaboration with foreign and multinational business groups, insurance corporations, banks and financial institutions etc. Integrites also extends its cost-effective and comprehensive legal solutions to Ukrainian leading companies.
Inyurpolis
14A Skrypnika Street, Kharkov, 61057, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 57 714 0626
Fax: +380 57 714 0628
E-mail: office@inyurpolis.com
www.inyurpolis.com
I nyurpolis was founded in 1994 as a general practice law firm. The major areas of our practice include corporate law, banking law, M&A, securities, commercial law, privatization and investments, taxes, construction, land law, land development and real estate, unfair competition and antitrust law, labor law, intellectual property law, private international law, litigation and arbitration, constitutional law and elections, bankruptcy law and debt collection.
Our clientele consists predominantly of national and international corporations, but also includes non-profit organizations and government institutions. We often act as a correspondent law firm to a number of international law firms and represent individuals residing in Ukraine and abroad. Inyurpolis is also an official foreign correspondent of the Eurojuris International Network of Law Firms.
Proficiency in foreign languages and numerous international contacts have helped us to become experts in various legal matters. We assist our foreign clients in purchasing real estate and enterprises, launching business activities and non-profit undertakings. Inyurpolis also provides permanent legal assistance to subsidiaries of foreign companies. We place special emphasis on optimal tax solutions and provide our foreign clients with potentially beneficial connections in the Ukrainian business community.
The company’s team consists of over twenty highlyqualified lawyers and paralegals, one patent attorney and five tax advisors. The company’s lawyers are members of prestigious national and international associations like the Ukrainian Bar Association, Association of Patent Attorneys, European Business Association and others.
Konnov & Sozanovsky
23 Shota Rustaveli Street, Suite 3, Kiev, 01019, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 (0) 44 490 5400
Fax: +380 (0) 44 490 5490
E-mail: info@konnov.com
www.konnov.com
Established in 1992, Konnov & Sozanovsky is one of Ukraine’s leading law firms, with offices in Kiev, Chernovtsy, London, Moscow and Nicosia. Konnov & Sozanovsky advises national and international clients as well as private business owners, represents them in court and in other state agencies, providing full-service legal support in the following major corporate areas of practice: copyright and media law, antitrust law, corporate law, real estate, construction and land law, litigation, industrial property law, commercial and contract law, securities and financial institutions, tax law.
Konnov & Sozanovsky also acts as Ukrainian legal counsel for a number of international and foreign law firms and represents their clients in Ukraine. The firm’s lawyers are dynamic specialists with good knowledge of current law, enhanced by scrupulous research into the latest changes in Ukrainian as well as foreign legislation. Konnov & Sozanovsky and its lawyers are members of various professional and business associations, including the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ACC), Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA), European Business Association (EBA, Ukraine), Association of European Businesses (AEB, Russia), International Trademark Association (INTA), Cypriot-Russian Business Association, Cypriot-Ukrainian Business Association, American Bar Association (ABA), International Fiscal Association (IFA), Inter-American Bar Association (IABA), International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), International Bar Association (IBA), Association of International Tax Consultants (AITC), Ukrainian Patent Attorney Association, Law Society of Upper Canada, Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Ukrainian Advocate’s Association (UAA) and others. Moreover, Konnov & Sozanovsky is the only Ukrainian member of the international legal network First Law International (FLI), which consists of law firms in large global centers, allowing us to render superior legal assistance to clients abroad in more than 30 countries. The firm is ranked among the top ten Ukrainian law firms according to annual surveys carried out by Yuridicheskaya Practika (The Practice of Law) in 1997-2007. The firm is also recognized in The Legal 500, IFLR 1000, Global Counsel 3000, Chambers Global and other professional publications.
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Lavrynovych & Partners
14/24 Klovskiy Spusk, Suite 101, Kiev, 01021
Tel.: +380 44 494 2727
Fax: +380 44 492 9997
E-mail: office@lp.ua
www.lp.ua
The Lavrynovych & Partners law firm has significant experience in providing legal services in Ukraine and overseas.
Lavrynovych & Partners is focused on building long-term partnership with its clients. Our project teams carefully work out every project detail and we provide efficient advice at every stage of a project’s implementation. Whilst implementing a project, our attorneys adhere strictly to the following principles:
- partnership with our clients
- permanently high quality services
- flexible approach to task resolution
- industrial specialization
- high standards of professional ethics and conduct
- efficiency and reliability
Staff. Our firm employs more than 30 employees, all of whom have a high professional background and extensive experience in leading international and Ukrainian firms. The cornerstone of the quality of services provided by Lavrynovych & Partners’ specialists is a thorough and tailored understanding of client needs, comprehensive knowledge of legislation and a profound and creative approach to problem solving.
Practices. We provide a wide range of legal services and adjust our specialization to each client’s activity. In our activities we model ourselves on the best practices and experiences of our Western colleagues.
Our employees have in-depth knowledge in financial law (both Ukrainian and international), constitutional and administrative laws, civil and business laws, laws on securities and exchange regulations, tax laws (both domestic and international), etc.
Clients. Based on a vast intellectual resource, experience of legal practice and state-of-the-art techniques, Lavrynovych & Partners effectively implements comprehensive programs of legal support to operations in a variety of domestic and international businesses.
We are proud of the fact that the following major companies trust our services: Lasca Leasing, McDonald’s, Cersanit, Colliers, Barlinek, Louis Dreyfus, Saturn, Aluprof S.A., Procter & Gamble, Roskleboprodukt-Ukraine, Esso (Exxon Mobil), Echo Investment, Pan Am Pharmacuticals, as well as Ukrainian companies like Interpipe Inc., NNEGC Energoatom, Germanos Telecom Ukraine, Ukroboronoservis, SAMS technologies, Ukravtoresursy and others.
Legal Advisers
9 Tarasovskaya Street, Floor 4, Kiev, 01033, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 288 0526
Fax: +380 44 537 0718
E-mail: info@legad.com.ua
The Legal Advisers law firm (formerly called Pukshyn & Partners) was established in 2004.
The firm’s general practice covers commercial & corporate law, taxation, privatization, finance, investment, securities, land law, insolvency and electoral legislation. Our main clients are leading companies in business areas like oil & gas mining & transportation, real estate, construction, agriculture, banking & trade, etc.
We provide a wide scope of legal services, though our main area is litigation. The lawyers of Legal Advisers have valuable experience of representing clients in courts of general jurisdiction of all levels, including the High Commercial Court of Ukraine, the High Administrative Court of Ukraine and the Supreme Court of Ukraine. We are proud of the fact that partners of our firm have represented the Ukrainian Government in a privatization lawsuit and took part in the election dispute heard by the Supreme Court of Ukraine during the 2004 Presidential Election.
Lexwell & Partners
28/19 Lyuteranskaya Street, Office 2, Kiev, 01024, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 496 2655 <br> +380 44 496 2656 <br> +380 44 496 2657
Fax: +380 44 496 2658
E-mail: kolupaev@lexwell.com.ua
Lexwell & Partners is a full-service professional law firm dedicated to providing efficient, innovative, and commercially driven legal solutions. The firm’s experience, outstanding team and language capacity have enabled it to deliver comprehensive corporate and commercial legal services to leading multinational and domestic companies.
The firm is strong across a wide range of practice areas, particularly in investments, securities, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, litigation and arbitration, labor and employment, antitrust and competition law, taxation, privatization, transportation, real estate, oil and gas issues, intellectual property. The litigation practice of our attorneys includes all phases of trial and appellate litigation, as well as domestic and international arbitration, in diverse areas of the law.
Lexwell & Partners is a value-driven law firm guided by the principles of highest standards of service, excellent reputation and an individual approach to every client.
Salkom
12 Khreshchatyk Street, Kiev, 01001, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 279 6176, 537 3941
Fax: +380 44 279 0900, 537 3955
E-mail: salkom@salkom.kiev.ua
www.salkom.ua
Salkom law firm was founded in 1990, just as the market economy was beginning to take hold in Ukraine. Salkom quickly built a reputation for honest and efficient counsel, and is now recognized as one of the leading providers of legal services in Ukraine.
Salkom stands for quality and professionalism – starting from the first consultation through to each written document. The firm provides straight-forward, cost-effective and accurate advice, delivered to the highest standards of ethics and confidentiality.
The company’s experts offer proactive and preventive advice to their clients, and provide an insight into upcoming trends and issues before they become a problem. We put great onus on confidentiality and remain very loyal to our customers, even beyond a particular assignment.
As it is an international legal services company, Salkom thinks and acts across national boundaries and is open to all nations and cultures. Its clients benefit from a truly international depth and range of expertise. Salkom’s experts have worked in consortium with reputable worldrenowned law firms and consulting firms in the UK, USA, Russia, Austria, France, Cyprus, Italy and Australia.
Since it was founded 17 years ago, Salkom’s list of clients has grown to include large multinational corporations, Ukrainian branches of foreign concerns, foreign governments and supranational organizations.
Salkom is a member of European Business Association (EBA), British-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce (BUCC), American Chamber of Commerce (ACC) in Ukraine, the International Bar Association, the Ukrainian Bar Association.
Sayenko Kharenko
10 Muzeynyy Pereulok, Kiev, 01001, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 537 1000
Fax: +380 44 537 1133
E-mail: info@sk.ua
www.sk.ua
Sayenko Kharenko is a Ukrainian business law firm which is known for its ability to handle the most sophisticated and innovative transactions involving Ukraine. The firm’s clients include many of the largest multinational corporations and financial institutions, including Fortune 500 and Forbes International 500 companies, international public organizations, and individual investors. The firm also works closely with and regularly acts as local counsel to major US and European law firms.
Sayenko Kharenko is highly regarded by local and international legal directories, including The Legal 500, Chambers Global, PLC Which Lawyer?, International Financial Review 1000, and Euromoney Expert Guides. The firm’s lawyers are educated at the top law schools in Ukraine, USA and England, and have diverse experience working at the leading international law firms and multinational corporations. Apart from being qualified to practice law in Ukraine, they are admitted in the State of New York.
The firm provides sophisticated legal advice in competition law, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and tax planning. It has special industry expertise in oil and gas, electricity, te lecommunications, media and finance sectors.
Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners
2A Konstantinovskaya Street, Kiev, 04071, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 230 6000 <br> +380 44 492 9292
Fax: +380 44 230 6001
E-mail: lawfirm@shevdid.com
www.shevdid.com
Founded in 1995, Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners is one of the leading law firms in Ukraine. It is the first Ukrainian law firm to receive the International Law Office Client Choice Award in 2007. It is highly recommended in corporate, commercial and finance areas of practice by such international legal research publications as Chambers Global - the World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, IFLR 1000, and The Legal 500. The firm is also rated No.1 among all, international and local, law firms in M&A by Ukrainian Law Firms 2007, the research publication covering the Ukrainian legal market.
The firm’s clients include major international corporations in many industries, such as Coca-Cola, Toshiba Corporation, News Corp., General Electric Energy, Boeing Company, Marathon Oil Company, Nokia Corporation, Adidas, Nissan Motor, Mitsubishi Corporation, Renault Ukraine, Damen Shipyards Group, Telenor ASá and the world’s leading financial institutions, including IFC, EBRD, Barclays Capital, ABN Amro, Morgan Stanley, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, ING Bank N.V., WestLB, Lehman Brothers, SEB Group, Merrill Lynch, UBS Investment Bank, Swedbank AB and others.
We regularly serve as local counsel to leading multinational law firms, including Allen & Overy; Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; Clifford Chance; Eversheds; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Hogan & Hartson; Jones Day; LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae; Lovells; Linklaters; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; White & Case and others.
Spenser & Kauffmann
3 Panfilovtsev Street, Kiev, 01015, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 288 8383
Fax: +380 44 288 6707
E-mail: office@sklaw.com.ua
www.sk-law.com.ua
Spenser & Kauffmann entered the Ukrainian legal market in 2006 and since that time it has experienced strong growth and earned a reputation as a reliable legal partner.
At the present time the company brings together about 30 law professionals, who previously held key positions in leading Ukrainian law firms, international corporations and investment funds, and specialized in different areas of law. The company’s main profiles are structuring of cross-border transactions in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), direct investments, setting-up and structuring foreign and domestic investment funds, as well as providing legal services in the area of corporate and antimonopoly law, banking and finance, real estate, insurance law, tax law, litigation and arbitration, state and administrative law.
The company’s typical clients are foreign investment funds and other institutional investors, insurance companies, banks, asset management companies, real estate developers, industrial enterprises and private companies. The company’s lawyers work without language barriers, providing clients with legal advice not only in Ukrainian and Russian, but in English and French too.
The Legal Alliance Company
12 Panasa Mirnogo Street, Office 25, Kiev, 01011, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 569 1582
E-mail: office@legalalliance.com.ua
www.legalalliance.com.ua
The Legal Alliance Company was established in 1995. During this period we have acquired experience and skills which enable us to meet the most deman ding requirements made by our clients. The Legal Alliance Company is one of the leading Ukrainian law firms and has a recognized reputation in the legal fields of medicine and pharmaceuticals.
The major areas of our practice include company and corporate law, drafting of contracts and other formal documents, litigation and arbitration, tax and customs issues, tax consulting and planning, intellectual property, incorporation and registration, banking and exchange control issues, real estate and construction law, insurance law, investments, labor and employment law and the conducting of due diligence.
Leading lawyers: Illya Kostin, Dmitry Aleshko, Yuri Sharatov, Irina Pustovitenko, Anatoliy Menshikov.
Trident
1 Panasa Mirnogo Street, Kiev, 01011, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 501 7917
Fax: +380 44 254 3969
E-mail: office@tridentlaw.kiev.ua
www.tridentlaw.kiev.ua
The Trident law firm was established in February 2004. Despite the short period of time since its creation, the firm has proved to be a dynamic business organization, offering a wide range of professional services. The main objective of the Trident law firm is to provide clients with high-quality legal support and services in a timely and comprehensive manner.
We believe our firm has the ability that most big law firms do not have to partner with our clients concerning their business opportunities and challenges, rendering high quality services specifically tailored to meet our clients’ needs, deadlines and budgets.
Our key practice areas include the following: corporate law, intellectual property, contracts, labor law, litigation, tax law.
Ukrainian Legal Group, L.L.C.
4/6 Patrisa Lumumby Street, Floor 8, Kiev, 01042, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 528 7306
Fax: +380 44 528 2427
E-mail: general@ulg.kiev.ua
www.rulg.com
Ukrainian Legal Group is a full-service law firm based in Kiev and Washington, D.C., that provides comprehensive legal support to large- and medium-sized international corporate clients doing business in Ukraine and other CIS countries. ULG is able to deliver effective, timely and practical legal services because of our attorneys’ skills and experience gained as a result of practicing law and helping to shape legal developments in Ukraine. ULG practices and advises on matters of corporate and investment law, business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, antimonopoly regulation, oil, gas and power regulation, labor law, intellectual and industrial property protection, tax law, business litigation and dispute resolution, legislative drafting, land and real estate issues, telecommunications and privatization. ULG participates in many professional organizations and international legal networks, it has affiliated firms in various CIS capitals and frequently serves as local counsel to leading international law firms. Our principal attorneys are Dr. Irina Paliashvili LL.M., Victor Kovalenko LL.M., Tamara Lukanina, Mykola Melnyk, Dr. Dmytro Syrota, Dr. Serhiy Dzis, and Richard Smith. Detailed information about the Ukrainian Legal Group is available at www.rulg.com.
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Vasil Kisil & Partners
Leonardo Business Centre 17/52A Bogdana Khmelnitskogo Street, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 581 7777
Fax: +380 44 581 7770
E-mail: vkp@vkp.kiev.ua
www.kisilandpartners.com
Founded in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is one of the leading and most experienced Ukrainian law firms. Over 50 associates and lawyers provide top quality services in accordance with internationally accepted standards of professional conduct and ethical principles. Vasil Kisil & Partners offers high-quality legal counsel, grounded in knowledge and honed by conscience and creativity.
The practice of the firm covers land law, real estate and construction, corporate and commercial law, mergers & acquisitions, competition and antitrust law, legal practice and arbitration, taxation, banking and finance law, international trade, international arbitration, intellectual property, labor & employment, energy & natural resources, IT/telecommunications, and privatization.
The clients of the firm are both foreign and international companies, large-scale Ukrainian enterprises, and private investors.
Vasil Kisil & Partners provides legal advice regarding real estate and construction, agriculture, hotel industry, banking and finance, insurance, chemical industry, energy, trade in raw materials, metallurgical products, oil and gas, pharmaceutical products, high technologies, telecommunications, transport, shipbuilding products, etc.
Such legal international directories as Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Martindale-Hubbel, European Legal 500, IFLR1000, PLC Dispute Resolution, PLC Real Estate, PLC Cross-Border Competition recognize Vasil Kisil & Partners as one of the best law firms in Ukraine which has built an outstanding reputation by offering its clients an intense and highly individualized focus on their matters.
Vasil Kisil & Partners is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), Terralex International Group, International Trademark Association (INTA), International Fiscal Association (IFA), European Business Association (EBA), American Chamber of Commerce (ACC), Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA), and International Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA).
Volkov & Partners
72A Krasnoarmeyskaya Street, Olimpiysky Business Center, Suite 124, Kiev, 03150, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 207 0270
Fax: +380 44 207 0272
E-mail: office@volkovpartners.com
www.volkovpartners.com
Volkov & Partners law firm was founded in February 2005. In the space of less than three years the firm has gained a deserved reputation for providing comprehensive and efficient legal services. It combines high standards of efficiency in legal services and management with a professional, modern approach based on flexibility and extensive client care. The company has grown rapidly in recent years, working with major Ukrainian and foreign businesses.
Central to the firm’s practice has been a focus on banking law, finance, investments and securities, mergers & acquisitions, competition, corporate law, taxation, land law, real estate, privatization, intellectual property, insurance, telecommunications, dispute resolution, commerce (trade law), transport and customs, employment, energy and natural resources.
Mr. Oleksiy Volkov, the managing partner, is best known as one of the most respected professionals in the fields of mergers & acquisitions, protection of foreign investment & litigation, energy & natural resources and IT/telecommunications. All the firm’s partners and associates aim to be innovative and provide the most effective solutions to problems that transcend the traditional boundaries of legal practice.
Volkov & Partners has considerable experience in the successful, long-term representation of many international brand name corporations, promoting and protecting their interests in Ukraine as well as the interests of Ukrainian companies both inside and outside Ukraine. The firm aims to achieve its ambitious goals through sustained investment in managing knowledge and information, and by creating a working culture that enables its employees to offer consistently high standards of client service. The size and development philosophy of the practice allow the firm to maintain excellent relationships with clients, while ensuring they have access to the most effective legal advice and profound expertise.
The growing reputation of Volkov & Partners is also confirmed by its PR activities. Partners and associates are often quoted by leading national and legal mass media. They also frequently address international conferences and industry seminars.
Vronskiy, Vronskaya & Partners
22 Shelkovichnaya Street, Suite 2, Kiev, 01024, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 502 1121
Fax: +380 44 253 4711
E-mail: office@vvplawfirm.com
www.vvplawfirm.com
Vronskiy, Vronskaya & Partners is one of the first familybased law firms in Ukraine. The firm is dedicated to providing professional legal services in all aspects of legal affairs both to Ukrainian and foreign clients. The firm operates in the areas of corporate issues, privatization, investments, securities, currency regulation, insolvency, energy and resources law, real estate and land transactions, entertainment, litigation, etc.
The firm is highly recommended for its accuracy, individual approach to clients and thorough legal research and analysis.
Zamorska & Partners
11 Gorodetskogo Street, Office 31, Kiev, 01001, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 279 6425
Fax: +380 44 278 0644
E-mail: office@zrp.com.ua
www.zrp.com.ua
Zamorska & Partners law firm was established in 2000 in order to provide legal support to leading European banks and non-bank finance institutions. In early 2007 the firm gained new impetus for dynamic growth after incorporation of its tax practice, changes in management and corporate re-branding. The firm adheres to Western-type standards of professional service, as appreciated by the most demanding foreign and local clients.
Prior to joining the firm, managing partner Tatiana Zamorska worked for more than 9 years for the BIG Four audit firms. Tatiana has significant experience in advising multinational and local clients on a broad range of sophisticated legal and tax issues relating to Ukraine. She was involved in significant due diligence projects regarding leading Ukrainian companies and banks and participated in tax optimization and tax planning projects for Ukrainian groups of companies.
Zamorska & Partners provides comprehensive legal support in the following areas:
- Foreign investments
- Taxation
- Banking and Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate law
- Real estate.
The firm’s clients include leading European and Ukrainian banks and non-bank finance institutions, insurance companies, breweries and major distribution operators.
Zamorska & Partners offers efficient tax and legal solutions and is dedicated to the success of its clients.
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