According to the results of the annual national survey “Ukrainian LawFirms 2013: A Handbook for Foreign Clients”, Vasil Kisil & Partners Law Firm has reaffirmed its leadershipin twelve major areas of law, with four key practices receiving the highestrecognition of market researchers, and two partners topping the individualratings.

 In particular, the firm was recognized as number one in the areas of Labour & Employment, Land, Litigation,as well as Media & Entertainment.

 VKP is also listed among the top five lawfirms in Ukrainein Antitrust and Competition, Corporate/ Mergers & Acquisitions, IT& Communications, Intellectual Property, Real Estate & Construction, Bankruptcyand Tax.

 Firm's partners were also recognized as the undoubted leaders of thelegal profession. Thus, Oleksiy Filatov,partner, took the lead in Litigation, as well as Media & Entertainment. Thepublication describes Mr Filatov as “arespected and profound litigator”. For the past six years (2007-2013) therating calls Oksana Voynarovska,partner, number 1 Labour & Employment lawyer in Ukraine.

 In addition, the researchers noted the high professionalism of partner Denis Lysenko in the field of Antitrustand Competition law, Corporate/ Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking & Finance.They also recognize the achievements of partner Oleg Alyoshin in Agribusiness, Energy & Natural Resources,Land, Real Estate & Construction. The rating is impressed with extensiveexpertise of partner Anna Babych inCorporate/ Mergers & Acquisitions and partner Mariya Nizhnik in Antitrust and Competition law. VKP’s partner Yulia Kyrpa is praised for her trackrecord in Banking & Finance; partner OleksandrMamunya is mentioned as a leading practitioner in Intellectual Property, Media& Entertainment; partner AlexanderBorodkin is recognized for his work in Land, Real Estate & Constructionlaw. Sources highlight partner AndriyStelmashchuk for his Dispute Resolution expertise; partner Yaroslav Teklyuk for handling complex Bankruptcymatters and counsellor NataliaDotsenko-Belous as being active in Real Estate & Construction, whilefirm’s counsellor Ivan Yurchenko isacknowledged for his Tax advice.

 “Ukrainian Law Firms: A Handbook for Foreign Clients” is an annual overview, first published in 2003. It serves as a guide tolaw firms and practitioners in Ukraine.The yearbook analyses the trends of development of Ukrainian legal servicesmarket, and provides a detailed report on the development of the Ukrainianlegislation.

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Aboutthe Firm

Established in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is aUkrainian law firm that delivers integrated legaladvice in banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets,antitrust, competition and trade, dispute resolution, tax law,energy and natural resources law, intellectual property law, labor andemployment law, real estate and construction law,as well as PPP, concessions and infrastructure law. Vasil Kisil & Partners isa member of such international professional associations as TerraLex, IBA, and IusLaboris. 

The firm`s clients include such world-known companies asAcron, Air Liquide, Alfa Bank (Ukraine), Alpcot Agro, Africa-Israel Group,Ardagh, Astellas Pharma, BASF, BayerConsumer, BNP Paribas, British American Tobacco, Central European Media Enterprises,Coca Cola, Credit Agricole Group, Danone, Dell Inc., DuPont, EBRD, Ericsson,Energy Standard Group, Eurosport, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Inditex Group,Kraft, LG Electronics, Leroy Merlin Ukraine, MTS, Moody’s, Mott MacDonaldLimited, NCH Capital, Opel, Philips,Red Bull, Samsung, Sberbank of Russia, SEB AB, Seven Hills, Shell, SheltonPetroleum, Sony Corp, St. Sophia Homes, Swedbank AB, Tchibo, Thomson Reuters,Ukrainian Media Holding, Ukrsibbank, Ukrsotsbank, UniCredit Group, VancoInternational / Vanco Energy, Volkswagen, VympelCom, YouTube.