WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gvozdiy & Oberkovych Law Firm, Kyiv, Ukraine, has been approved for membership in the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), the USUBC executive committee announced today on behalf of the entire USUBC membership of 145 companies and organizations who have business operations, investments or other development programs in Ukraine.

Gvozdiy & Oberkovych provides a broad range of business related legal services to domestic and international clients. The firm’s core expertise lies in the field of corporate and commercial law; its lawyers arespecifically recognised by peers and clients for ability to handle cross-border corporate and finance transactions and international disputes in a highly professional and efficient manner.

Gvozdiy & Oberkovych continually grows its expertise in M&A, banking and finance, capital markets, litigation, tax law, restructuring and insolvency, and foreign investments. The industrial focus of the firm’s advice for foreign and domestic clients covers agriculture, energy and natural resources, real estate, media and technologies, aviation, food production and retail, etc.

SIGNIFICANT PLAYER IN THE LITIGATION MARKET
The firm proves to be a significant player in the litigation market across Ukraine and has a long track record of achievement in complex disputes of diverse nature.

In particular, its attorneys are well-performing in the administrative proceedings; the firm successfully represents Ukrainian and foreign businesses operating in various sectors of economy in disputes with the state and municipal authorities, involving the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, Securities and Stock Market State Committee, Tax and Customs Authorities, along with all other existing Ukrainian government entities.
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According to a number of international legal markets surveys, including The Legal 500 and Best Lawyers International, Gvozdiy & Oberkovych Law Firm is ranked highly for its business law and dispute resolution expertise.

It is also renowned for financial efficiency and dynamic growth in the Top 50 Law Firms in Ukraine survey by Legal Practice (Yuridicheskaya Praktika) weekly. The firm is a member of the MSI Global Alliance of Independent Legal & Accounting Firms. 
 
VALENTYN GVOZDIY & SERGIY OBERKOVYCH
Valentyn Gvozdiy, a graduate of Chernivtsi National University, is a practicing litigation attorney who also has an extensive legal expertise in tax matters. Mr. Gvozdiy is the chairman of the taxation committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association. 
 
Sergiy Oberkovych who received his Law degree from the National Taras Shevchenko University, Institute of International Relations in Kiev, Ukraine and an LLM in Comparative Legal Studies from The John Marshal Law School in Chicago, Illinois, has chosen to focus on the international arena. Mr. Oberkovych specializes in International Business Practice and leads his team of attorneys in Foreign Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions and International Business Law.
 
GVOZDIY & OBERKOVYCH & USUBC
USUBC has been working closely with partner Sergiy Oberkovych about their membership.  Sergiy will represent the law firm on the USUBC board of directors.   "I met recently in Kyiv with Sergiy and we are very pleased to have such an outstanding law firm as Gvozdiy & Oberkovych as a new member of USUBC, " said Morgan Williams, Director, Government Affairs, Washington Office, for the SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Management Group, who serves as President of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC).
 
INFORMATION: additional information can be found on the website: www.golaw.ua.

USUBC MEMBERSHIP EXPECTED TO REACH 150 BY END OF 2010 
USUBC now has one-hundred forty-five members.  Membership in January of 2005 was eight and in January of 2007 was 22.  Membership is expected to reach 150 by the end of 2010.  The complete list of USUBC members can be found at: http://www.usubc.org/members.php.  For a list of the USUBC board of directors go to the following link: http://www.usubc.org/site/u-s-ukraine-business-council-board-of-directors.