Asters received a barrage of accolades at the Legal Award ceremony held in Kyiv on May 29.

The firm was recognized as the Best Law Firm of the Year in Ukraine overall and received an award as the Firm of the Year in Competition Law practice.

Repeating his 2010 achievement, senior partner Armen Khachaturyan was again named the best lawyer in Ukraine for Banking and Finance.

The award confirms the leading position of Asters among Ukraine's top law firms and builds on recognition received by the firm from other rating and market reviews. Namely, in December 2011, Asters was ranked Law Firm No.1 in Ukraine according to the results of annual research "50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine", and most recently the firm was voted the 2012 Client Service Law Firm of the Year – Ukraine by Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence.

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Legal Award was founded in 2007 by Legal Practice (Yuridicheskaya Praktika), the country's leading professional legal weekly. The award was created to recognize the achievements of the country's most successful lawyers, law firms and in-house legal departments. It has consistently recognized Asters and its partners in various areas of practice, from telecommunications to intellectual property.