Baker McKenzie's Kyiv office has earned the most practice and lawyer rankings and recommendations in the new 2024 edition of "Ukrainian Law Firms: a Handbook for Foreign Clients" (ULF), a comprehensive survey of the legal market in Ukraine during the unprecedented challenges of 2022-2023. The rankings highlight the Firm's leadership in complex transactional, corporate and regulatory matters across various industries.
In the 2024 edition, the Kyiv office earned the title of "Leading Firm" in 10 practice areas, specifically Antitrust & Competition; Banking & Finance, Capital Markets and Debt Restructuring; Corporate & M&A; Energy & Natural Resources; Intellectual Property; IT & Telecommunications; Labor & Employment; Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare; Real Estate & Construction, Land; and Tax (Consulting).
The office's Agribusiness, Fintech, International Trade (Trade Remedies and Regulatory Compliance; Commodities; Cross-Border Contracts and Customs), Litigation (Domestic and Cross-Border) and Tax (Transfer Pricing) practices were also recognized as "Established practices" in this edition.
In the individual rankings, ULF honored the following partners as "Authorities":
- Managing Partner Serhiy Chorny in Banking & Finance, Capital Markets and Debt Restructuring
- Partner Serhiy Piontkovsky in Energy & Natural Resources
- Partner Ruslan Drobyazko in Intellectual Property
In addition, six senior Kyiv lawyers have been recommended as "Leading individuals" in the directory:
- Managing Partner Viacheslav Yakymchuk in Corporate & M&A
- Partner Oksana Simonova in Antitrust & Competition
- Partner Lina Nemchenko in Real Estate, Construction and Land
- Partner Hennadiy Voytsitskyi in Tax (Consulting)
- Partner Andrii Moskalyk in Corporate & M&A and Energy & Natural Resources
- Counsel Mariana Marchuk in Labor & Employment
Moreover, 10 lawyers have been named "Notable practitioners":
- Partner Hennadiy Voytsitskyi in Transfer Pricing
- Partner Oleksiy Stolyarenko in Intellectual Property and IT
- Partner Ihor Siusel in Litigation (Domestic)
- Counsel Olga Mikheieva in Antitrust & Competition
- Counsel Kseniia Prokhur in Litigation (Domestic)
- Senior Associate Hanna Smyrnova in Banking & Finance, Capital Markets and Debt Restructuring
- Senior Associate Alyona Bon in Corporate & M&A
- Senior Associate Victoria Ischenko in Energy & Natural Resources
- Senior Associate Nadiia Filozop in International Trade (Trade Remedies and Regulatory Compliance)
- Associate Olha Sviatenka in Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare
About ULF
Published annually for the past 21 years, the ULF publication has become a leading source of benchmarking information for Ukraine. It presents exclusive expert contributions from practicing lawyers, as well as the results of annual research into the Ukrainian legal market. The 2024 research focuses on the years 2022-2023 and examines new and emerging areas of law that have become particularly relevant due to the war, such as military law, defense sector issues, war crimes, and the legal aspects of mobilization and economic recovery efforts. ukrainianlawfirms.com