NATALIA KOCHERGINA NAMED BEST REAL ESTATE LAWYER IN 2013 IN UKRAINE

DLA Piper Ukraine LLC, Kyiv, Ukraine
Monday, June 3, 2013

Kyiv - Natalia Kochergina, Partner and Head of Real Estate of DLA Piper inUkraine was named best real estate lawyer at the Yuridicheskaya Practika Weekly Legal Awards2013 held 28 May in Kyiv in Hyatt Hotel.

Natalia wasselected for the coveted title, by an independent panel of legal experts, madeup of well-known Ukrainian lawyers.

The Legal Awardsceremony is in its 7th year. In previous years DLA Piper has been twicerecognised as a Foreign Law Firm of the Year (2008 and 2013) and twice as the RealEstate Law Firm of the Year (2009 and 2010) by the judging panel.

Margarita Karpenko, Managing Partner of the Kyiv office,commented: "I am pleased that my fellow partner received this honourableaward. This is a well-deserved award which endorses the input of Natalia andher team into development of real estate market of Ukraine, and her efforts tobring top-flight international standards of legal practice into the Ukrainianmarket."

In addition, atthe Legal Awards 2013 DLA Piper was also shortlisted as the Law Firm of theYear in Competition Law, Law Firm of the Year in M&A, Tax Law Firm of theYear, Law Firm of the Year in Banking & Finance, and Law Firm of the Yearin Real Estate. Besides, Oleksandr Kurdydyk, Partner and Head of Finance &Projects, was shortlisted as the Best Lawyer in the area of Banking &Finance law, and Svitlana Musienko, Partner and Head of Tax, was shortlisted asthe Best Tax Lawyer.

ENDS

Forfurther information:

Nataliya Tkachenko, MarketingManager, DLA Piper Ukraine LLC, Tel: +380 44 490 9579 orEmail: nataliya.tkachenko@dlapiper.com

Notes to editors:

1.   DLA Piper Ukraine LLC is part of DLAPiper, a global law firm,operating through various separate and distinct legal entities.  The Kyiv team comprises more than 35 lawyersand is headed by Managing Partner Margarita Karpenko. 

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