***Kyiv, Ukraine, 27 April 2016 – The Kyiv office of Baker & McKenzie has been highly recognized by the Chambers Europe 2016 Guide, released on 25 April 2016.

 
11 key practices of the Firm's Ukrainian office -- Banking and Finance, Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets, Employment, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Restructuring/Insolvency, Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Tax, Competition and Energy & Natural Resources -- are listed in the top bands of the Guide.
 
In addition, 9 partners and 2 counsels of the Kyiv office are highly ranked by the Chambers Europe 2016 Guide. Co-Managing Partner Serhiy Chorny is named an Eminent Practitioner in Banking and Finance, Capital Markets and Restructuring/Insolvency. Co-Managing Partner Serhiy Piontkovsky is named a Leading Lawyer in Real Estate, Energy and Natural Resources. The following Kyiv Partners retain their leading positions: Viacheslav Yakymchuk in Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A, Hennadiy Voytsitskyi in Tax, Ruslan Drobyazko in Intellectual Property, Lina Nemchenko in Real Estate, Olyana Gordiyenko in Corporate/M&A  and Energy & Natural Resources, Ihor Olekhov in Banking and Finance, and Counsel Mariana Marchuk in Employment. This year's edition of Chambers Europe also recommends Partner Oksana Simonova in Competition and Counsel Yuriy Zaluskyy in Tax.

Chambers Europe is a leading international legal guide, which now covers 52 jurisdictions throughout Europe. The Guide ranks both lawyers and law firms based on in-depth, unbiased research including both information submitted by law firms and interviews with lawyers and clients.

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