In 2013 UBA has chosen VKP’s Senior Partner VasilIvanovich Kisil to receive its prestigious Award for Professional Honour andMerit.

UBA board has made this decision during its regular meeting.This distinguished Award for Professional Honour and Merit is the highest awardof the Ukrainian Bar Association. It is awarded annually to a lawyer withimpeccable reputation and significant professional achievements.

“For the first time inhistory of these awards, it was given to an attorney with outstandingachievements in all spheres of legal efficacy. As a senior partner in one ofthe best law firms, he represents the sector of so-called “business lawpractice” and on the other hand, S.J.D. Vasil Kisil is pretty much the mostbeloved teacher of many successful lawyers, and now the author of numerousbooks and scientific papers on international law. In addition, this lawyer isalso a well-known public figure, who from the first days of UBA’s establishmenthas been actively involved in its life, providing guidance, invaluableexperience and advice as the Head of UBA’s Board of Trustees” - noted UBA’s vice-presidentOleksii Reznikov, Partner with Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners whilejustifying this nomination.

Vasil Ivanovich is veryactive as a public figure. He serves as the Head of the Ukrainian LegalFoundation Supervisory Board, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board ofthe Supreme Court of Ukraine, member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of theSupreme Economic Court of Ukraine and the Supreme Administrative Court ofUkraine, and also a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague.Vasil Kisil’s professional achievements in the field of law are recognized byall the leading international and national rankings and directories. 

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Aboutthe Firm

Established in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is aUkrainian law firm that delivers integrated legaladvice in banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets,antitrust, competition and trade, dispute resolution, tax law,energy and natural resources law, intellectual property law, labor andemployment law, real estate and construction law,as well as PPP, concessions and infrastructure law. Vasil Kisil & Partners isa member of such international professional associations as TerraLex, IBA, andIus Laboris.

The firm`s clients include such world-known companies asAcron, Air Liquide, Alfa Bank (Ukraine), Alpcot Agro, Africa-Israel Group,Ardagh, Astellas Pharma, BASF, BayerConsumer, BNP Paribas, British American Tobacco, Central European MediaEnterprises, Coca Cola, Credit Agricole Group, Danone, Dell Inc., DuPont, EBRD,Ericsson, Energy Standard Group, Eurosport, Google,Hewlett-Packard, Inditex Group, Kraft, LG Electronics, Leroy MerlinUkraine, MTS, Moody’s, Mott MacDonald Limited, NCH Capital, Opel, Philips, Red Bull, Samsung, Sberbank of Russia, SEB AB,Seven Hills, Shell, Shelton Petroleum, Sony Corp, St. Sophia Homes, SwedbankAB, Tchibo, Thomson Reuters, Ukrainian Media Holding, Ukrsibbank, Ukrsotsbank,UniCredit Group, Vanco International / Vanco Energy, Volkswagen, VympelCom,YouTube.