According to the annual survey «Ukrainian Law Firms: a Handbook for Foreign Clients in 2012» Vasil Kisil & Partners Law Firm affirmed its leadership in five key areas of practice, with three of its lawyers placing on top of the individual ratings.

In particular, the firm was recognized as number one in labour and employment, land, dispute resolution, real estate, transportation and infrastructure law.

VKP is also in the top five in the areas of agribusiness, corporate law and competition, bankruptcy, corporate law, energy and natural resources, international trade, intellectual property, as well as restructuring.

Among the leaders of the profession the following partners received high recognition: Oleksiy Filatov, best in litigation; Oleg Alyoshin, a leader in the transportation field and counsellor Oksana Voynarovska, who was acknowledged as the best practitioner in labour and employment.

"Ukrainian Law Firms: a Handbook for Foreign Clients" is an annual publication, first issued in 2003. It serves as a guide to law firms and practitioners in Ukraine. The yearbook analyses the trends of development of Ukrainian legal services market, and also serves a detailed report on the development of the Ukrainian legislation.

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About the Firm

Established in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is a Ukrainian law firm that delivers integrated legal advice in banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, antitrust, competition and trade, dispute resolution, tax law, energy and natural resources law, intellectual property law, labor and employment law, real estate and construction law, as well as PPP, concessions and infrastructure law.

The firm`s clients include such world-known companies as Alpcot Agro, Africa-Israel Group, Astellas Pharma, BASF, Bayer Consumer, BNP Paribas, British American Tobacco, Central European Media Enterprises, Coca Cola, Credit Agricole Group, Danone, Dell Inc., Du Pont, Energy Standard Group, Eurosport, Google, IKB Deutsche Industriebank, LG Electronics, Leroy Merlin Ukraine, Lukoil, Metso Automation Oy, Moody’s, Mott MacDonald Limited, NCH Capital, Novacke chemicke zavody, Opel, Philips, Pioneer, Red Bull, Russian Standard Bank, St. Sophia Homes, SEB AB, SEB Group, Swedbank AB, Seven Hills, Shell, Standard Charted Bank, Tchibo, UniCredit Group, Vanco International / Vanco Energy, Volkswagen, VympelCom, YouTube.