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Oleksandr Lukianenko – attorney-at-law, partner at VB PARTNERS Specialization: White-Collar Crime, M&A, Competition and Antitrust, Real estate. Oleksandr Lukianenko specializes in business protection, representing interests in criminal proceedings and complex legal disputes in all court instances. He is experienced in cross-border investigations as a local adviser. He takes part in asset tracing in foreign jurisdictions, as well as in investigations related to fraud, corruption, and...

Maksym Bocharov Ukrainian Patent Attorney Head of Patent Practice Maksym Bocharov is a Head of the Patent Practice at Gorodissky and Partners (Ukraine) and also vice president of the All-Ukrainian Association of Patent Attorneys. He advises clients on modern patent strategies for the most effective protection of intellectual rights in Ukraine, the CIS and Europe. He has extensive experience in prosecution and enforcement of IP rights and represents the interests of clients before the Ukrainia...

Denys Shkarovsky - partner, head of Investigations Denys specializes in representing clients' interests at all stages of the criminal process within the framework of economic and corruption crimes. He is effective in protecting shareholders and business top management in cases with potential or existing suspicion. In the sphere of his professional interests, there is also the support of complex multimillion national disputes and disputes with an international element in cooperation with forei...

Nataliia Osadcha is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Investment. Nataliia, who practices law in Kyiv, Ukraine, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Nataliia is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Denys Bugay - cofounder, head of White-Collar Crime practice at VB PARTNERS, former president of the Ukrainian Bar Association Denys is one of the leading White-Collar Crime attorneys in Ukraine. He specializes in complex criminal proceedings, business protection, and support of complex court processes. The key expertise covers official crimes, anti-corruption investigations, money laundering, misappropriation and embezzlement of assets, and tax evasion. Denys advises clients in various indus...

Yaroslav Ognevyuk advises clients on all intellectual property issues with a special focus on building strategies of IP portfolios, IP litigation and brand protection. His areas of expertise cover suppression of unfair competition, trademark disputes, patent and utility model disputes, design disputes, copyright disputes, domain name disputes, plant variety disputes, etc. Yaroslav is one of the most experienced experts in Ukraine in anti-counterfeit cases, customs' seizures, cancellations and...

Attorney at VB PARTNERS law firm (starting from 2010). Specialization: Dispute resolution, Criminal Defense, Corporate conflicts. Practical experience includes provision of legal aid to companies, their top managers and shareholders, as well as to private clients in criminal law cases. Nikita effectively defends clients at all stages of criminal proceedings, that is, both during pre-trial investigation and in court. Nikita has accumulated exclusive in-depth experience in anti-corruption cases...

Mykola Siutkin is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Real Estate Law. Mykola, who practices law in Kyiv, Ukraine, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Mykola is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Alexey responsibilities in Kesarev draft legislation development in clients’ interests advising the clients on legislative procedures and cooperation with parliamentary bodies legal analysis and expertise guidance and management of outsourced lawyers. Professional Experience Being a professional lawyer with a profound theoretical background and practical experience both in business and public service, Oleksiy provides legal and advisory services with a focus on regulatory issues to the ...

Tetyana Gavrysh has been the Managing partner of ILF since 2000. She was chosen by Ukrainian Law Firms 2017 as leading legal consultant on medicine and pharmacy in 2017. Tetyana Gavrysh is a head of the Kharkiv Expert Group for Healthcare Reform. Ms. Gavrysh was included in the top-10 list of the best international legal experts in Ukraine, according to “TOP-100 Best Lawyers of Ukraine”, in no small part due to her substantial experience in rendering legal advice to international ...