Kyiv, Ukraine, 15 June 2014 ‒ TheKyiv office of Baker & McKenzie has received a record number ofacknowledgments in the 2015 edition of UkrainianLaw Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients.
Thirteen practice areas ofB&M's Kyiv office – Banking & Finance, Capital Markets,Corporate/M&A, Energy & Natural Resources, Intellectual Property, IT& Communications, Media & Entertainment, Labour & Employment,Medicine & Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate & Construction,Restructuring, Tax and Transport & Infrastructure – are ranked in the topfour leading firms.
Also, thirteen lawyers of theKyiv office are highly recommended by the handbook. Co-Managing Partner SerhiyChorny is named a Leading Individual in Banking & Finance, Capital Marketsand Restructuring. Co-Managing Partner Serhiy Piontkovsky is highlyacknowledged in Real Estate & Construction, Transport & Infrastructureand noted in Energy & Natural Resources. Partner Viacheslav Yakymchuk isdistinguished as a leading lawyer in Corporate/M&A and noted in CapitalMarkets. Partner Hennadiy Voytsitskyi is included in the top five in Tax, whilePartners Ruslan Drobyazko leads in Intellectual Property, Lina Nemchenko inReal Estate & Construction, and Olyana Gordiyenko in Energy & NaturalResources. Counsel Mariana Marchuk is among the leaders in Labour &Employment and Medicine & Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals.
The following lawyers werementioned as notable practitioners: Partners Oksana Simonova inAntirust/Competition, Ihor Olekhov in Banking & Finance and Restructuring,Ihor Siusel in International Arbitration, Litigation and Bankruptcy, and OlyanaGordiyenko in Corporate/M&A. Lawyers Yuliya Kolchenko and OleksiyStolyarenko are Notable practitioners in Intellectual Property.
Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbookfor Foreign Clients has been published in English annually since 2003 and hasgained a reputation for being a reliable market guide to top law firms andpractitioners in Ukraine.
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