50 Biggest Public Deals

Protective Reflex

The decline of business activity in certain areas cannot be called anything else than collapse. The high priority concern of clients is focused on restructuring, optimization, economizing, or simply maintaining their assets. Accordingly, there was little transactional work for lawyers this year

Quartet in the Economy

The most promising sectors of the Ukrainian economy include agriculture, IT, energy and pharmaceuticals. However, they are also characterized by chronic problems: political and economic uncertainty, corruption and administrative obstacles to regular business activities that generate the bulk of applications for legal aid

Practice Leaders.Agribusiness

Defense without a Hitch

Corporate security is a comprehensive concept that requires the involvement of various experts from security guards to analysts. However, lawyers play a key role in this group too

50 Biggest Public Disputes

An informal approach

Certain trends which emerged last year in judicial practices give us hope that courts will be more willing to delve into the essence of the cases under their review rather than rely on non-compliance with formalities

Practice Leaders. Litigation

Priority fields

«Dispute resolution and, in particular, debt collection in a bankruptcy are currently the most important legal practice trends in Ukraine», notes Artur Megeria, partner at L.I. GROUP law firm

Сriminalized legal entity

“A legal entity may appear in a trial with the status of a person to whom the measures of criminal law are applied should its authorized representatives commit any criminal offense” — Angelika Sitsko,partner at Gvozdiy & Oberkovych Law Firm warns

Protective shield

«One of the most effective ways to protect the rights of foreign investors in Ukraine is to file the relevant claim with the competent judicial bodies», says Valentyn Gvozdiy, Managing Partner at Gvozdiy & Oberkovych Law Firm

Practice Leaders. International Arbitration

20 Biggest Public Tax Disputes

Tax on Losses?

Positive trends are being observed in state fiscal policy, but due to the declarative nature of some initiatives and lack of comprehensive and coherent approaches to statutory reform of the taxation sphere, taxpayers have not yet felt a positive effect. The high tax burden, complex, non-transparent administration and corruption risks remain major constraints on business development and improvement of the investment climate in Ukraine

Practice Leaders. Tax

Invitation to Investment

“Tax reform continues to enhance Ukraine's attractiveness for foreign investment”, says convinced Sergiy Oberkovych, Senior Partner at Gvozdiy & Oberkovych Law Firm

The Year’s Movements

Social, economic, political stresses this year did not have a critical impact on the intellectual property market. Lawyers complain about the short-sightedness of the State Service of Intellectual Property in the definition of its objectives and goals and ask for a more dynamic approach towards “intellectual issues” for the IT business

Practice Leaders. Intellectual Property

20 Biggest Public Antitrust Deals

Inferiority Package

Despite understaffing, critical gaps in the work of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine were avoided in 2014. If such an extraordinary situation is not resolved in the foreseeable future, it will take quite long to return the Committee’s work to normal

Practice Leaders. Antitrust/Competition