Lawyers in Ukraine

Mykyta Nota

Mykyta Nota is a Partner and the Head of AVELLUM's Competition practice. He focuses on competition & antitrust, arbitration, and cross-border litigation. Mykyta advises clients on all aspects of competition & antitrust law, involving merger control, concerted practices, abuse of dominance, state aid, unfair competition, and competition litigation. He also counsels on antitrust matters in relation to multinational and domestic acquisitions and joint ventures, including merger clearances by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. He regularly acts for clients in international arbitrations under the ICC and LCIA Arbitration Rules. Mykyta Nota boasts over 11 years’ experience in representing clients in post-M&A and shareholders’ disputes in high-profile cross-border matters across various sectors like fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), energy, agriculture, banking, and the real estate sectors. Mykyta is experienced in resolving complex competition disputes involving multinational companies, particularly claims on private enforcement of competition law and annulment of decisions of the competition authority.

Avellum

Nadiia Filozop

Baker McKenzie, Kyiv Office

Natalia Hutarevych

Counsel Nataliia Hutarevych specializes in all aspects of energy law and has deep practical skills in drafting and adjustment of wide range of agreements with large national and foreign counterparties (including supply, construction projects, services). Her experience also includes legal support of significant reconstruction and repair projects of the power plants. Nataliia also has extensive experience in pocurement process according to Ukrainian legislation, interaction with law enforcement institutions, labour legal relationship, dispute resolution with consumers of licenced services. She has experience of scientific research in the field of investment law.

Sayenko Kharenko

Natalia Kirichenko

Partner

Kinstellar

Natalia Kushniruk

Partner, Head of Real Estate and Construction practice at CMS Ukraine

CMS Ukraine

Natalia Levchuk

Natalia Levchuk is a senior associate in Dentons' Kyiv office. Natalia has more than 15 years’ experience in legal matters related to real estate, environment, land, agriculture, energy and natural resources, as well as privatization. She advises international and local companies, including energy companies, natural resources producers, international developers, FMCG companies, and financial institutions on the acquisition of real estate and land, lease and preliminary lease agreements, and transaction structuring. She provides legal support to the construction sector, including drafting and negotiating agreements and providing legal advice on regulatory and other issues.

Dentons

Natalia Matviichuk

Senior Associate at Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice, Attorney at law

GOLAW

Nataliia Kyreieva

Attorney at Law

Ilyashev & Partners

Nataliya Dryuk

Partner, Co-head of IP practice group

Aequo

Nataliya Kovalova

Counsel, Antitrust and Competition

Impacta Law

Nazar Chernyavsky

Nazar Chernyavsky, partner at Sayenko Kharenko, specializes in banking, capital markets, secured and structured finance. Mr Chernyavsky advises clients on a wide range of major private and public securities offerings, syndications and secured finance transactions. He has extensive experience of handling the most complex financing projects in the Ukrainian market including the first securitizations in Ukraine, Rule 144A share offerings, Tier II Eurobond offerings, UAH linked LPN issues, etc. Mr Chernyavsky combines his professional expertise in cross-border finance and capital markets with unique understanding of the transactional aspects of intellectual property law. He has helped to create tax-efficient IP holding structures in Ukraine and handled complex projects providing for the transfer of IP rights and setting up technology-related businesses. He has a reputation as one of the top IT sector lawyers in Ukraine, advising investors and start-ups on various aspects of their operations.

Sayenko Kharenko

Nikola Naydenov

Senior Associate.

Wolf Theiss

OLEKSII VORONKO

Managing Partner Oleksii Voronko specializes in bankruptcy and restructuring practice and holds a PhD in Juridical Science. He has overseen numerous cases involving the financial rehabilitation of Ukrainian enterprises and individuals. The total sum of creditor claims resolved under his guidance, including those from state and commercial banks, as well as private and state-owned enterprises, amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars. His portfolio includes high-profile projects such as the bankruptcy of Lysychansk Glass Factory “Proletariat,” LLC “Autodom,” LLC “Vik R.S.F.,” and LLC “Koron Agro,” among others. Consistently recognized by prestigious national rankings as one of the leading experts in his area, Oleksii also serves as the Chairman of the Committee on Bankruptcy Law at the Ukrainian Bar Association. In addition to his organizational and managerial duties within the firm, he actively manages projects and represents the company in negotiations with clients and partners.

Ario Law Firm

OLHA KOVAL

Counsel Olha Koval brings over a decade of legal expertise to the table, with significant courtroom experience, including serving as a session clerk. She currently specializes in criminal law, business protection, and White-Collar Crime, offering extensive guidance to clients during investigative procedures such as searches and interrogations. Additionally, Olha conducts corporate training on these matters. Within Ario Law Firm, she supports high-profile cases, representing a diverse clientele ranging from public officials and politicians to businessmen, enterprises, and financial institutions. Notable representations include advocating for the Lviv City Council in a case involving the unlawful appropriation of land in the city center, fighting for the return of Mikheil Saakashvili to Ukraine, and successfully defending the interests of a state institution director accused of property misappropriation, resulting in an acquittal for her client, among other achievements.

Ario Law Firm

Oksana Horban

Oksana Horban is a counsel at Dentons’ Kyiv office, and a registered patent attorney of Ukraine. Oksana has considerable experience (more than 15 years) in providing the full range of IP-related services. Oksana advises clients from a broad range of sectors on all aspects of the IP protection, specifically, she does trademark and patent filing and prosecution, drafts IP-related agreements, conducts IP due-diligence, represents clients before the Chamber of Appeals of the Ukrainian Patent and Trademark Office and Ukrainian courts.

Dentons

Oksana Krasnokutskaya

Counsel

Aequo

Oksana Sharko

Insolvency Practitioner, Attorney. Oksana Sharko specialises in commercial law, bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings. She also has experience in handling administrative and civil disputes, as well as enforcement proceedings.

Leshchenko & Partners

Oksana Simonova

Oksana Simonova is a partner in the Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie with over 12 years of experience in advising clients on a wide range of sophisticated cross-border transactions. In 2012, she was appointed to lead the Kyiv office’s Competition and Pharmaceuticals practice groups. Ms. Simonova advises international clients on Ukrainian merger control and competition law issues (including in the pharmaceuticals industry). She also has broad experience in various corporate finance transactions (including syndicated lending, Eurobonds and IPOs). She has worked on numerous international capital markets offerings from Ukraine and led the local legal team on the first main market London Stock Exchange listing of a mining company from Ukraine. Her practice also includes mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and commercial law matters.

Baker McKenzie, Kyiv Office

Oksana Volynets

Senior Associate, specialised in Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking & Finance, Securities Regulations, Contracts.

Wolf Theiss

Oksana Voynarovska

Partner, Head of Labour & Employment, Head of Private Clients Practice Group

Vasil Kisil & Partners

Oleg Alyoshin

Partner

Vasil Kisil & Partners

Oleg Batyuk KC

Oleg Batyuk is the Ukraine Managing Partner and Head of the Ukrainian Corporate Practice in Dentons’ Kyiv office. He is also Co-Chair of the Dentons Global Task Force on Ukraine Transformation. Oleg is one of the leading lawyers in Ukraine. He has substantial experience advising international and domestic clients on foreign investments in Ukraine, joint ventures, loan arrangements, banking regulations and transactions on international capital markets. Oleg has advised major international companies and financial institutions on key infrastructure projects in Ukraine. He has been engaged as an expert witness on Ukrainian legal matters in several high-profile litigation and arbitration proceedings in England, USA, Canada and Sweden.

Dentons

Oleg Kachmar

Partner

Vasil Kisil & Partners

Oleg Klymchuk

Counsel Oleg Klymchuk is a well-rounded intellectual property attorney with a particular focus on IT services outsourcing projects, technology, media and communications (TMC). Oleg regularly advises on transactions involving brands, technology, data and content, particularly in the context of Ukraine-related cross-border M&A’s, join ventures, financing, licensing and other TMC related commercial and IP agreements. Oleg routinely advises on IP infringement issues helping clients to cease infringements and manage the risks of potential IP infringement. Oleg’s experience and practice also include enforcement of brands and designs against imitation and unfair exploitation. He has also handled IP licensing contentious matters and open source licensing disputes. Mr Klymchuk advises Sayenko Kharenko clients on the full range of legal issues related to advertising & marketing, data privacy and related issues. In addition, Oleg has substantial experience in entertainment related matters involving copyright, trademarks and media law.

Sayenko Kharenko