All practice areas

Every company has an arc — incorporation, growth, the decisive transaction and an orderly close. We are present at each turn.

• Outsourced Legal Support Subscription legal support and outsourced in-house counsel for Ukrainian companies and foreign businesses — a standing adviser, not a fixed department.
• Corporate Law Company formation and registration, corporate governance, shareholder agreements, reorganisation and liquidation — full corporate support for business in Ukraine.
• Mergers & Acquisitions M&A support in Ukraine — acquisitions and disposals, legal due diligence, deal structuring, negotiation and completion.
• Private Equity Legal support for private equity and venture capital in Ukraine — fund formation, term sheets, shareholder agreements and exit.
• Foreign Investment Support for foreign investment into Ukraine — market entry, investment structuring and investor protection under national and treaty law.
• Capital Markets Legal support for Ukrainian capital markets — bonds, shares, regulated markets and debt and equity fundraising.
• Commercial Contracts Drafting and support of commercial contracts — supply, distribution, services, agency and licence agreements for Ukrainian and cross-border business.

When interests must be defended, we do so coolly and to the end — in negotiation, in court, in arbitration and through to enforcement.

• Dispute Resolution Representation in commercial, civil and administrative disputes in Ukraine — from pre-trial settlement to the Supreme Court.
• International Arbitration International commercial arbitration — ICC, LCIA, SCC, ICAC — and the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in Ukraine.
• Debt Recovery & Enforcement Debt and receivables recovery in Ukraine — pre-trial work, recovery through the courts and support of enforcement proceedings.
• White-Collar Crime & Business Defence Criminal defence of businesses and executives — economic and official crimes, support during searches, investigative actions and proceedings.
• Bankruptcy & Restructuring Support in bankruptcy and debt restructuring — representation of creditors and debtors, rehabilitation and the orderly close of affairs.

Capital is governed by rules, and the rules reward those who know them precisely. We do.

• Banking & Finance Lending, security and regulatory compliance — facility documentation, collateral and dealings with the National Bank of Ukraine.
• Fintech Payment institutions, e-money, virtual assets and lending platforms — licensing and the regulatory architecture of fintech in Ukraine.
• Tax Tax planning, structuring and disputes — support during tax audits, appeals of assessments, cross-border taxation and residency questions.
• Competition & Antitrust Merger clearance, abuse of dominance and unfair competition — support in proceedings before the Antimonopoly Committee (AMCU).

In a fast-moving environment, foresight costs less than remedy. We build the defences before they are needed.

• Compliance & Sanctions Compliance programmes, sanctions compliance, anti-corruption policies and internal investigations for Ukrainian and international business.
• Data Protection Data protection under Ukrainian law and the GDPR — policies, data-processing agreements and handling of data-subject relations.
• Government Relations Support of a business’s relations with the authorities — engagement with regulators, public advocacy and support in rule-making.
• Public Procurement & PPP Support of public procurement and tenders in Prozorro, challenges before the AMCU, public-private partnerships and concessions.

A business is its people — those it employs, and those it brings to Ukraine to lead.

• Immigration Work permits for foreigners, temporary and permanent residence permits, investor immigration and family support in Ukraine.
• Labour & Employment Employment from hire to separation — contracts, policies, executive arrangements and the resolution of labour disputes.
• Military & Mobilisation Law Reservation of employees, military registration at the enterprise, mobilisation deferrals and support of critical-infrastructure businesses.

Goods move across borders and over water; we clear the way, and govern what happens when they arrive.

• Customs Tariff classification, customs valuation and clearance — support of foreign trade and defence in disputes with the customs authorities.
• International Trade Foreign-economic activity, export-import operations, trade restrictions and support of international contracts.
• Maritime Shipping, charterparties, cargo claims and ship arrest in the courts of a Black Sea nation — maritime practice from our home port of Odesa.
• Consumer Protection Distribution, e-commerce, advertising and consumer-protection compliance for those who sell to the Ukrainian public.

What a company builds, owns and invents is its lasting estate. We secure it.

• Real Estate & Construction Acquisition, development, leasing and construction — title, permitting and the contracts that raise buildings from land.
• Agribusiness & Land Land bank, agricultural-land turnover, farm operations and land disputes — legal support for the agribusiness of southern Ukraine.
• Energy & Natural Resources Renewable energy, subsoil and electricity — projects, licensing, grid connection and sector disputes.
• Intellectual Property Trademarks, patents, copyright and trade secrets — portfolio strategy and enforcement against infringement.
• Technology & Innovation Software, IT contracts, Diia City residency and the law governing digital products and the companies that build them.
• Pharma & Healthcare Registration of medicines and medical devices, regulatory approval and market access in a closely governed sector.

Behind every enterprise stands a family and an estate that deserve the same care as the business itself.

• Private Client & Wealth Private wealth management, estate structuring, succession planning and family matters for business owners.