17 Lawyers and 16 Practice Groups of Vasil Kisil & Partners Receive High Recommendations of the Respected Best Lawyers International 2014 Rating

Vasil Kisil & Partners,

Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Vasil Kisil & Partners Law Firms reaffirmed its leader status in Ukrainewith 17 lawyers and 16 practice groups receiving top marks and improving its ratings according to BestLawyers International 2014.

For more than 5 yearsin a row the well-respected publication Best Lawyers International has been conductingresearch of Ukrainian law firms based solely on peer review of fellow lawyers.

In 2014 BestLawyers International’s list of recommendedlawyers featured the following representatives ofVasil Kisil & Partners Law Firm:

● Senior Partner VasilKisil for practicing in: Corporate Law, Investment - Foreign, Litigation -Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Trade Law

● Managing Partner Oleg Makarov for his achievements in Arbitrationand Mediation, Investment, Litigation - Domestic, International, Real EstateLaw, Tax Law

● Partner Oleg Alyoshin for his expertise in Arbitration and Mediation, Construction Law - Infrastructure, Energy andNatural Resources Law, Litigation, Real Estate Law, Trade Law

● Partner Oleksiy Filatovfor being highly regarded by peers in Arbitrationand Mediation, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation

● Partner Denis Lysenko for his track record in Banking and Finance Law, Competition/Antitrust Law, Corporate Law,Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

● Partner AndriyStelmashchuk for his practice in: Litigation,Tax Law - Litigation

● Partner OksanaVoynarovska for her expertise in FamilyLaw, Labour and Employment Law

● Partner Mariya Nizhnik forpraise given for her practice in: Competition/AntitrustLaw

● Partner Anna Babych for her achievements in Corporate Law

● Partner AlexanderBorodkin for his proven record in: ConstructionLaw, Real Estate Law

● Partner Yaroslav Teklyukfor his practice in: IntellectualProperty Law

● Senior Counsellor Vadym Belyanevych for his significant experiencein Administrative Law, Arbitration and Mediation,Litigation - Commercial Disputes

● Counsellor Natalia Dotsenko-Belous for her practice in: Real Estate Law

● Associate ViacheslavPieskov for his accomplishments in: Litigation

For the first time the publicationrated

● Partner Yulia Kyrpa for her considerable experiencein Banking and Finance Law;
● Partner Oleksandr Mamunya for his achievements in the field of Competition Law;
● Counsellor Ivan Yurchenko praised for work inthe field of TaxLaw.

Also for first time ever the international rating Best LawyersInternational 2014 recognizedVKP’s Administrative and Family Law practice groups.

A special recognition and title “Lawyer of the Year”was awarded to Senior Partner VasilKisil for outstanding achievements in the field of Corporate Law and to Partner Oleg Alyoshin for significantexperience in Real Estate. Title "Lawyerof the Year" is awarded in the mostpopular specializations in majorjurisdictions, including Ukraine.This acknowledgement is particularly significant, given that only oneprofessional may be awarded "Lawyer of the Year" in eachjurisdiction.

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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, andIus Laboris.

The firm`s clients include such world-known companies asAcron, Air Liquide, Alfa Bank (Ukraine), Alpcot Agro, Africa-Israel Group,Ardagh, Astellas Pharma, BASF, Bayer Consumer, BNP Paribas, British AmericanTobacco, Central European Media Enterprises, Coca Cola, Credit Agricole Group,Danone, Dell Inc., DuPont, EBRD, Ericsson, Energy Standard Group, Eurosport,Ferrexpo AG, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Inditex Group, Kraft, LGElectronics, Leroy Merlin Ukraine, MTS, Moody’s, Mott MacDonald Limited, NCHCapital, Opel, Philips, Pireaus Bank, Red Bull, Samsung, Sberbank of Russia,SEB AB, Seven Hills, Shell, Shelton Petroleum, Sony Corp, St. Sophia Homes,Swedbank AB, Tchibo, Thomson Reuters, Ukrainian Media Holding, Ukrsibbank,Ukrsotsbank, UniCredit Group, Uniqa, Utair, Vanco International / Vanco Energy,Volkswagen, VimpelCom, YouTube, etc.