On April 4, 2012, a renowned international directory Legal 500 published its 2012 law firm ratings for Europe, Central Asia and Africa. According to this globally acclaimed source Vasil Kisil & Partners is a first tier firm in dispute resolution and real estate and construction. VKP is also recommended as one of the leading Ukrainian firms in banking, finance and capital markets, corporate and M&A, intellectual property and tax.

Aside from recommended practice groups VKP's lawyers received extensive individual acknowledgements from peers and clients for their work in all areas of practice that were rated.

The publication marked professional achievements of Denis Lysenko, Head of Corporate/M&A and Banking & Finance practices, very high noting his ‘excellent progress’ and ‘excellent industry knowledge and very good advice’ on large deals for clients such as Unicredit Bank and Crédit Agricole, Ukrsotsbank, as well as Danone SA after its merger with Unimilk. VKP’s counsellor Yulia Kyrpa earned responders’ respect for being ‘extremely results-oriented’.

Firm's partners Oleg Makarov, Oleksiy Filatov and Yaroslav Tekyluk were crowned as highly recommended litigators. Oleksiy Filatov is greatly respected for work that includes a $458m shareholder buyout dispute for BNP Paribas France, and a $150m caseload of disputes for Swedbank against Ukrainian borrowers.

Legal 500 also gave VKP high ratings in the area of real estate and construction recognizing Oleg Alyoshin's efforts as Head of this practice group whose recent instructions included providing due diligence on subsidiaries and agricultural assets for Alpcot Agro, and advising Amtel Properties on purchasing a plot of land to extend Kiev City Mall.

VKP's IP practice led by Oleksiy Filatov received high praise from researchers and was named ‘one of the most extensive practices in patent and trade mark disputes’. The publication acknowledged high level of professionalism demonstrated in firm's work for clients that include Google Inc. and a well-known internet video search provider. The firm also represented Eurosport SA in trademark cancellation disputes.

Legal 500 stated that Vasil Kisil & Partners’ Oleksiy Filatov and Denys Lysenko had ‘sound tax expertise’ which is reflected in team's recent work on advising a DIY group on tax aspects of restructuring.

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About the Firm

Established in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is a Ukrainian law firm that delivers integrated legal advice in banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, antitrust, competition and trade, dispute resolution, tax law, energy and natural resources law, intellectual property law, labor and employment law, real estate and construction law, as well as PPP, concessions and infrastructure law.

The firm`s clients include such world-known companies as Alpcot Agro, Africa-Israel Group, Astellas Pharma, BASF, Bayer Consumer, BNP Paribas, British American Tobacco, Central European Media Enterprises, Coca Cola, Credit Agricole Group, Danone, Dell Inc., Du Pont, Energy Standard Group, Eurosport, Google, IKB Deutsche Industriebank, LG Electronics, Leroy Merlin Ukraine, Lukoil, Metso Automation Oy, Moody’s, Mott MacDonald Limited, NCH Capital, Novacke chemicke zavody, Opel, Philips, Pioneer, Red Bull, Russian Standard Bank, St. Sophia Homes, SEB AB, SEB Group, Swedbank AB, Seven Hills, Shell, Standard Charted Bank, Tchibo, UniCredit Group, Vanco International / Vanco Energy, Volkswagen, VympelCom, YouTube.