Hosted by Legal Week,The 2013 British LegalAwards has shortlisted Asters for the European Law Firm of the Yearaward. For the second consecutive year, Asters is the only Ukrainian law firmwhich has been honoured to contest for the award with its 5 peers from thecream of the European legal market. Namely Asters will compete with Garrigues,Gomez-Acebo & Pombo, Magnusson, Miranda Correia Amendoeira, and PepeliaevGroup.

Commenting on the nomination, Asters' Managing Partner Oleksiy Didkovskiynoted: "I'm proud tosee Asters among the final nominees. It is a great achievement to be therealong with the best European law firms. The shortlisting recognizes hard workand strong commitment of our team to our clients. I would also like to mentionthat this award is so valuable mainly thanks to high profile unbiased judgesand distinguished participants."

The British Legal Awards was established torecognize the important contribution that legal business community makes, notjust to the UK economy but also to wider Europe. As ever, winners will bechosen by an independent panel of judges made up of senior in-house lawyers,former managing and senior partners and other senior business figures.

The winners will be announced on 28 November 2013 at Old BillingsgateMarket, London.