Lawyers in Ukraine

Oleksiy Stolyarenko

Oleksiy Stolyarenko is the Head of the IT/TMT industry group in the Kyiv office. A partner focusing on complex IP/IT, copyright, trademarks, patents, domain names, internet & technology matters (including protection of privacy & information), Oleksiy is well versed in issues related to technology transactions, start-ups, innovative services and products. He represents clients before the courts of Ukraine in trademark and patent litigation matters and carries out anti-piracy/anti-counterfeiting campaigns. Oleksiy joined Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie in 2008 from the State Department of Intellectual Property of Ukraine, where he worked in the copyright division. He frequently participates in the Firm`s Pro Bono projects and was awarded with the Firm`s RED award in 2015. Oleksiy Stolyarenko practices on all aspects of intellectual property, information technology, personal data protection, consumer protection, e-commerce and advertising law. He has extensive experience guiding clients through IP and IT law challenges in the IT, consumer electronics, media, wine and spirits, confectionery, food, and beverage, pharma, FMCG, chemical production and banking industries in Ukraine.

Baker McKenzie, Kyiv Office

Olena Kuchynska

Partner

Kinstellar

Olena Omelchenko

Attorney at Law, Partner, Head of International Trade Practice

Ilyashev & Partners

Olena Perepelynska

Partner, Head of International Arbitration

Impacta Law

Olena Pertsova

Partner

Aequo

Olena Savchuk

Counsel, Banking and Finance

Impacta Law

Olena Sukmanova

Olena Sukmanova heads Sayenko Kharenko’s litigation practice. Boasting over 20 years of professional experience, she specializes in the comprehensive resolution of complex disputes and conflicts. Olena gained valuable practical experience in debt collection, land dispute resolution and anti-raiding, business and foreign investment protection. Experience in both business and public sectors allows Olena to deeply understand the needs of each client and accompany the most complex projects, providing clients with practical solutions and high-quality integrated services.

Sayenko Kharenko

Olena Volianska

Partner, Head of Bankruptcy and Restructuring

LCF Law Group

Oles Riabchuk

Senior Associate at Corporate Law and M&A practice, Attorney at Law

GOLAW

Oles Trachuk

Oles Trachuk specialises in banking and finance, project finance, and capital markets. He has extensive experience in handling complex financing transactions across various domains and jurisdictions. His professional expertise was enhanced through a one-year secondment at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, where he gained valuable insight into international financial institutions’ operations and regulatory framework. Oles regularly advises multinational corporations, financial institutions, and significant domestic companies on structuring and executing sophisticated financing arrangements, and on dealing with regulatory matters.

Sayenko Kharenko

Olexander Droug

Olexander, partner at Sayenko Kharenko, specialises in dispute resolution and restructuring with a special focus on arbitration and commercial litigation. He advises local and foreign clients at all stages of dispute resolution proceedings, including complex multi-jurisdictional proceedings involving Ukraine, the UK, Cyprus, the BVI, Switzerland, The Netherlands and other fora, as well as commercial and investment arbitration under the arbitration rules of all major international arbitration institutions (LCIA, ICC, SCC), CIS-based arbitration institutions, ICSID Arbitration Rules and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Mr Droug also advises clients on obtaining and implementing interim relief, including in support of arbitration proceedings and litigation, as well as on recognition and enforcement in Ukraine of arbitration awards and foreign court judgments. Mr Droug has represented clients in proceedings relating to banking, financial services, securities, M&A, shareholders, trade, telecommunication, construction, energy, aviation, and product liability, as well as sports-related disputes. He also has significant experience representing both lenders and borrowers in financial restructuring and related disputes. In March 2017, Olexander was added to the list of arbitrators elected to settle disputes arising in financial restructuring procedures. Mr Droug regularly contributes to key legislation in the areas of arbitration, litigation and restructuring. For example, Mr Droug has recently been involved in drafting/amending the following draft legislation and/or regulations: participating in the working group of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association on development of a draft law on improvement of judicial support for international arbitration by the Ukrainian courts; advising the World Bank on the development of a draft law on financial restructuring (establishing a legislative framework for informal workouts and pre-packaged restructurings); advising the EBRD on the development of a draft law on derivatives (addressing close-out netting).

Sayenko Kharenko

Olexander Olshansky

Counsel Olexander Olshansky has extensive experience in banking and finance, capital markets, and debt restructuring. Olexander has worked on multiple cross-border and domestic financings of every type available in the Ukrainian market. He has handled the most innovative products as they appeared in Ukraine, including Ukraine’s first cross-border securitisations, first MTN programme by a Ukrainian bank, and first public placement of subdebt in Ukraine. Olexander has advised borrowers and lenders on secured and unsecured cross-border and domestic debt transactions and has handled all types of collateral, including mortgages of real estate and construction in progress, and pledges of equipment, inventory, shares, bank accounts, accounts receivable and intellectual property. He has advised on a broad range of issues related to investing in and doing business with Ukraine, including Ukrainian corporate governance, currency controls, public procurement and securities regulation. Recently, Olexander has been at the forefront of capital markets legal reforms in Ukraine. During this time, he has led the teams that developed the Ukrainian legislation on derivatives, revised the draft law on bondholder meetings, and drafted the new legislation on post-trade infrastructure. Olexander is admitted to legal practice in Ukraine and the State of New York, USA.

Sayenko Kharenko

Olga Belyakova

Partner in the Commercial practice group at CMS Ukraine

CMS Ukraine

Olga Ivlyeva

Senior Associate.

Wolf Theiss

Olga Kostyshyna

Counsel, Head of International Arbitration

LCF Law Group

Olga Kyriusha

Olga Kyriusha focuses on corporate law and employment law matters. Olga advises clients on most sophisticated issues of shareholders’ agreements and put and call option agreements, as well as mechanisms of their extrajudicial enforcement in Ukraine. She also has experience in advising on the above issues participants of legal entities in highly regulated industries imposing statutory limitations on shareholding structure, e.g. audit activity, etc. Olga’s experience in corporate law matters includes advising on and managing deals on cross border debt to equity swap in LLC, where she advised on both corporate law and banking regulatory matters. Olga also has extensive experience in managing due diligence of companies across various sectors and industries, drafting transactional documents and advising on corporate structuring and corporate restructuring matters. Olga’s experience also includes advising on and managing setting up non-governmental and non-profit organizations (NGOs), representative offices of foreign companies in Ukraine, as well as otherwise establishing presence of local and international businesses and organizations under Ukrainian laws. She regularly acts as a corporate secretary for our clients and is experienced in developing all types of corporate documents and addressing any ongoing legal issues which may arise. In addition to her expertise in the field of corporate law, Olga routinely advises clients on the most sophisticated issues in the area of labour and employment law. She has a broad practice covering all types of employment matters: hiring/ transferring/ dismissing top managers and other employees; sophisticated employment agreements/contracts, job descriptions, internal labour policies/regulations and collective bargaining agreements of the companies accompanied with bringing employment related global group policies in line with Ukrainian law requirements; employee compensations and benefits; vacation and business trips; specifics of regulation of employment of specially protected categories of employees (e.g. disabled persons, pregnant women and employees with children), downtime, remote work, and other ongoing labour/employment issues. Olga also regularly handles sophisticated dismissal procedures and labour/employment law compliance audits of the Ukrainian targets. She has a special expertise in regulation of the work of foreign nationals in Ukraine, including for representative offices of foreign companies in Ukraine.

Sayenko Kharenko

Olga Mikheieva

Olga Mikheieva is a counsel in Baker McKenzie's Competition and Antitrust practice group with over 20 years' experience of advising on various issues concerning competition and antitrust law. Olga holds a PhD degree from the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. Within the area of competition and antitrust, Olga focuses mainly on Ukrainian merger control, concerted actions and various competition law infringements. Her experience also includes pharmaceuticals, corporate and commercial law matters.

Baker McKenzie, Kyiv Office

Olga Prosyanyuk

Managing partner

Aver Lex

Olga Shenk

Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution and Compliance practice group at CMS Ukraine

CMS Ukraine

Olga Vorozhbyt

Olga Vorozhbyt has 25 years of experience handling cross-border disputes and investigations. Her area of practice includes international commercial and investment arbitrations and large-scale litigation proceedings in Ukraine and abroad. Olga also acts as an expert on Ukrainian law in foreign court proceedings. Olga has decades of experience advising clients on corporate compliance and white-collar crime, handling risk management and emergency strategies. She regularly leads investigations for corporate clients involving bribery and corruption (including FCPA), fraud and ethical misconduct. Olga’s clients’ portfolio includes Fortune 500 companies across various industries, including aviation, defence and aerospace, banking, insurance, professional services, telecom, and technology. Olga is heading the Ethics Committee, which is considering ethical violations of the members of the Ukrainian Bar Association, the largest association of lawyers in Ukraine. Also, Ms. Vorozhbyt is a co-author and ideological inspirer of the Code of Ethics for Legal Business.

Sayenko Kharenko

Olha Yaremenko

Lawyer

Ilyashev & Partners

Roman Drozhanskyi

Senior associate Roman Drozhansky specialises in the regulation of gambling, private capital management, and sanctions compliance. Roman has 20 years of experience advising Ukrainian and international clients on corporate law, business structuring, and foreign investment in Ukraine. He has been involved in significant asset acquisition transactions in Ukraine, advising clients on the Ukrainian regulatory environment, obtaining permits, and concluding contracts.

Sayenko Kharenko

Roman Koren

Baker McKenzie, Kyiv Office

Roman Marchenko

Attorney at Law, Senior Partner, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Head of International Arbitration Practice

Ilyashev & Partners