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Kyiv - DLA Piper, a global law firm, has announced the results of its sixth All-Ukraine Scholarship Competition for Law Students which started in autumn 2012. This year the winners of the Competition are:
1 PLACE: Maxym Trykur, student of the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, gets a two-week scholarship in London office of DLA Piper
2 PLACE: Kateryna Kolomina, student of the Kryvyi Rih National University, gets a two-week scholarship in Moscow office of DLA Piper
3 PLACE: Stepanida Badovska, student of the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, gets a two-week scholarship in Kyiv office of DLA Piper
4 PLACE: Kostyantyn Karayanov, student of the Odessa National Maritime Academy, gets an agreed scholarship in Kyiv office of DLA Piper, according to the rules of the Competition (when the 4th place is occupied by a student in his/her 5th year of study, monetary scholarship for him/her is replaced by the scholarship (practice) in Kyiv office of DLA Piper).
Prior to start of their scholarships, the winners will meet with the Managing Partner of the Kyiv office of DLA Piper at the Award Dinner, where they could discuss all questions regarding their upcoming scholarships, as well as hot legal topics.
"General level of preparation of students got better, and we saw it during the round tables with semi-finalists. Last year, we decided to perfect the Competition’s procedure by introducing an additional round – oral interviews (round tables) with the semi-finalists. Thus, we heard 12 semi-finalists to identify four best students, those who won. This year our judges, both internal and external, spent a lot of time to check the papers and to listen to the participants, but we are sure we chose the best of the best, whom we are now glad to provide crucial practice for their future career”, says Margarita Karpenko, one of the inspirers of the project.
As a reminder, the 2012 Judging Panel of the Competition, comprised of:

• Chala Kateryna, Vice President Legal, Sitronics Information Technologies
• Dyagileva Oksana, Head of Legal Department - Compliance Officer, METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine LLC
• Fesenko Vadym, Deputy Head of Main Department for Judicial Reform and Judicial Administration, Administration of the President of Ukraine
• Karpenko Margarita, Managing Partner of the Kyiv office of DLA Piper
• Kravchenko Olga, Head of Legal Department, Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport of Ukraine
• Lazurenko Anna, Head of Legal, Louis Dreyfus Commodities Ltd. LLC
• Vakhel Yuriy, Deputy Director General (Legal and Business Development), Noble Resources Ukraine LLC

The 2012 Competition was held under the traditional patronage of the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport as well as the Students’ League of the Ukrainian Bar Association. The European Business Association in Ukraine, Interfax information agency as well as leading legal media such as The Yuridicheskaya Praktika Weekly, The Ukrainian Journal of Business Law, The Ukrainian Lawyer magazine and the Sudovy Visnyk magazine also supported the Competition of 2012.

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For further information:
Nataliya Tkachenko, Marketing Manager, DLA Piper Ukraine LLC, Tel: +380 44 490 9579 or Email: nataliya.tkachenko@dlapiper.com

Notes to editors:

• DLA Piper Ukraine LLC is part of DLA Piper, a global law firm with over 4,200 lawyers across more than 30 countries.  From its offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, legal and business advisers provide a range of services to local, regional and international businesses.
• The All-Ukraine Scholarship Competition for Law Students is now running for a sixth year in a row, and is one of DLA Piper's CSR initiatives within the framework of its global CSR platform.
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