In March, the all-Ukrainian GVardia magazine presented the 2012 rating of the most socially responsible companies, with Asters being the only law firm incorporated into the Ukrainian ranking of openness and consistency in the CSR sphere. The magazine's rating is led by Metinvest, followed by DTEK and SCM Group.

Questionnaires filled in by companies, public social reports, individual expert assessments by the board members were used to rate each firm. The CSR-2012 rating demonstrated apparent positive initiatives of Ukrainian businesses in the sphere of social responsibility, including compliance to international standards, systemic approach to social investments and their dimension, the ever growing corporate efforts in nurturing human capital and environmental protection.

Olga Pikulska, PR/ Marketing manager at Asters, comments:

"The ethical and socially responsible business is our top priority. We are heading towards integration of our operations with social interests. It is this aspiration that underlies our effort in supporting talented students through hosting Asters annual scholarship competition and supporting law clinics together with the Ukrainian Bar Association; carrying on with our Art Asters artistic project, thus providing comprehensive support of Ukrainian fine arts; implementing our in-house and public personnel development programs, promoting the green office policy. We believe that the general public will appreciate the benefits of our contribution."

Further information on the projects implemented by the firm please refer to the Community section on our corporate website.

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Asters is a full-service independent national law firm. With more than 15 years of experience the firm has one of the longest track records on the country's legal market. Asters is among the most recommended law firms for Ukraine according to reputable international legal directories The Legal 500, PLC Which Lawyer?, Chambers Global, IFLR 1000, and Ukraine's legal market research publications. A list of the firm's clients includes major international corporations, such as Boeing, Coca-Cola, Marathon Oil, Miele, News Corp., New Line Cinema, Nissan Motor, Nokia Corporation, Philip Morris, Renault, Telenor ASA, Toshiba Corporation, and the world's leading financial institutions ABN AMRO, Barclays Capital, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, EBRD, IFC, ING Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Standard Bank, Swedbank and the World Bank.