About Baker & McKenzieKyiv, Ukraine, 19 April 2016 – The Kyiv office of Baker & McKenzie has been recommended as a top-tier law firm in Ukraine by The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Directory 2016, released earlier in April 2016. This year Baker & McKenzie once again reconfirms its top positions on the legal market.

The Firm's seven practices in Ukraine, namely Banking and Finance/Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, Intellectual Property, Real Estate and Construction, Energy, Tax and Dispute Resolution, have been listed in the top tiers of the ranking.

In addition, eight Baker & McKenzie Partners in the Kyiv office were named Leading Lawyers by the Directory: Co-Managing Partners Serhiy Chorny in Banking, Finance/Capital Markets and Serhiy Piontkovsky in Real Estate and Construction, Partners Viacheslav Yakymchuk in Corporate and M&A, Hennadiy Voytsitskyi in Tax, Ihor Siusel in Dispute Resolution, Lina Nemchenko in Real Estate and Construction, Ihor Olekhov in Energy and Ruslan Drobyazko in Intellectual Property.

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