AstapovLawyers International Law Group

AstapovLawyers International Law Group is one of a leading full service Law Firms in Ukraine, Russian Federation and Kazakhstan, consistently named among the leaders of the market for quality and reliability of service as well as for the depth of expertise by major international and local legal directories.

Since its foundation in 2002, the firm grew rapidly and currently employs over 60 professionals. Being a full service law firm, our counsel may cover any aspect of doing business in Ukraine and through out CIS.

Our extensive experience and advanced partnership system with foreign law firms encouraged most of our services to be multi-jurisdictional (e.g. handling cross-border transactions under English, US or other foreign laws with the use of off shore holding companies).

We are consistently recognized and recommended by a number of international guides such as Legal 500, Hieros Gamos, Who’s Who Legal CIS, Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory, International Financial Law Review (IFLR) as well as a number of local publications such as Yuridicheskaya Practika, Yur Gazeta, Ukrainian Law Firms: Handbook for Foreign Clients. We are members of the leading law associations such as Eurojuris International, International Bar Association and American Bar Association.

Office locations: Kyiv, Moscow, Almaty, London.

Key Practice Areas:
• Arbitration
• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets & Securities
• Competition Law
• Corporate and M&A
• Debt Management & Credit Counseling
• Employment, Pensions & Incentives
• Intellectual Property
• Litigation
• Public & Administrative Law
• Tax, Restructuring & Insolvency
• International Trade & WTO Law
• White Collar Crime
• Sports Law

Key Clients: Nemiroff, Soyuz-Victan, Raiffeisen Bank Central, Danone, Mriya Agroholding, Bunge, Energoatom, DEMZ, Rodovid Bank.
 
Why choose us?
We are strong through top level education and experience. In developing our practice we strongly rely on a team of carefully selected and well motivated professionals who are responsive, solution-oriented, creative and committed. Most of our lawyers hold degrees from the prestigious European or US law schools and have experience with leading international law firms. Such advanced educational background and diversified experience arm our associates with vision as well as understanding of requirements and needs of our clients.

We are keen on talents. To deliver on our commitment to our clients, we recruit and develop the best people. We believe that, by providing great client service, we will be involved in the most interesting and challenging client work and, as a result, achieve the impeccable reputation and the high levels of profitability which are essential to attracting and retaining the best professionals.

Our team is adaptable and approachable. We believe in the power of collaboration, collegiality and teamwork, and we have an open and transparent management style. We expect our people to be flexible and creative, and to have the desire and drive to embrace new experiences and challenges.