Asters Law Firm has become an exclusive member for Ukraine in the Energy Law Group (ELG), the most extensive network of legal practitioners in energy and natural resources law in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The law firms which comprise the ELG include approximately 500 lawyers with specialist expertise in the energy and natural resources sectors, all belonging to eminent independent law firms. Created in 1993, the ELG offers market leading advice to each client of a member law firm operating in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and beyond. The clients of the group members include corporations, banks, state entities, regulators and institutions.

“Asters has an extensive energy practice and a solid team of experienced and well ranked lawyers. The ELG members have founded Asters very motivated and concluded it is the best candidate in the field of energy to represent Ukraine within the Group. On behalf of the ELG, I would like to warmly welcome Asters to our Group” – comments Thierry Lauriol, Partner at Jeantet (France), Chairman and Founder of the Energy Law Group.

"We are truly honored with an opportunity to represent Ukraine in the leading international energy-focused network of law firms" – Armen Khachaturyan, Asters' Senior Partner, points out – "As much of the work in the energy sector has an international dimension working closely together with the ELG member firms will allow Asters to fulfill our clients‘ needs perfectly."

The detailed information about the Energy Law Group is available on the Group's website.

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Asters is a full-service independent national law firm that has maintained a strong presence in Ukraine since 1995. Asters has been acknowledged as the Law Firm of the Decade by Ukraine's Legal Awards 2016. The Firm is a two-time winner of the Law Firm of the Year: Ukraine and the CIS award (The Lawyer European Awards 2014 and 2015), Law Firm of the Year (Ukraine) award (Who's Who Legal Awards 2014), Law Firm of the Year award (Ukrainian Legal Awards 2014) and is also named No.1 law firm in Ukraine according to the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Top 50 Law Firms Annual National Ranking.