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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.

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...

VLADIMIR VASHCHENKO - co-founding partner, head of Dispute Resolution practice. Vladimir specializes in solving extremely complex legal disputes with Ukrainian elements in national courts and international institutions. He has a broad practice of supporting investors' disputes with the state, regulatory and law enforcement agencies, with an emphasis on protection against the expropriation of investments and ensuring corporate interests. He also has been recognized by the legal market as one o...

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...

Olexiy Kharitonov is a partner with ILF and since 2004 heads the firm's litigation department. Olexiy specialized in banking law, problem debt recovery (property and business) protection. In 2016-2017 a group of advocates and lawyers under Olexiy's supervision recovered over USD 550 million of problem debets for Ukrainian and foreighn banks, and in 2015-2017 helped 1500 depositors of liquidated banks get their money back. He assists with establishing compliance offices in companies, explains ...

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.

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 ...

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...

Oleg Zhukhevych Ukrainian Trademark Attorney & Attorney at Law Oleg is recognized for his work in intellectual property area where he has been involved in significant IP transactions domestically, throughout CIS region as well as other multinational projects. Prior to joining ADVANCE PARTNERS Oleg has gained extensive experience in intellectual property while working as a head of a legal practice at one of the largest CIS-based intellectual property law firms. He frequently represents Ukr...