Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & PartnersUkraine acted for a Benelux investor in an intellectual property dispute with ateam of Ukrainian software developers and successfully negotiated anout-of-court settlement.

The case revolved around therights to the valuable software, which the Client purchased in mid-2014. Thepurchase was made from the liquidator of a European insolvent company that usedto retain a team of Ukrainian engineers for the relevant software development.After months of intense negotiations, the firm’s team helped to formalize ahighly favorable settlement, which unequivocally confirms the Client’s rightsto the software.

Associate Natalia Spiridonovaworked on that project with Counsel Dmytro Marchukov, as led by Partners OksanaIlchenko and Serhii Sviriba.