Venue (#06 June 2016)

X Legal Awards 2016

Following a long-standing tradition, every May the Ukrainian legal society gathers to celebrate the Legal Awards Ceremony held by Yuridicheslaya Practika Publishing. This timethe tenth annual legal ceremony was held on 24 May 2016 at the InterContinental Kyiv Hotel.

According to the program, law firms and individuals competed in 37 nominations. Along with the traditional nominations such as the best individuals and law firms in the field of corporate law, tax, banking and financial sector, M&A, litigation practice this year there were several new nominations. For example, best law firm in the field of debt restructuring and bankruptcy, transfer pricing, best lawyer in international business structuring.

 

The nomination of applicants lasted till 25 April 2016. All the nomination forms were considered by the Nomination Commission, which chose the winners via a secret ballot. This year the EVERLEGAL law firm was named start-up of the year, while the award for the most dynamic law firm went to L.I. Group. DLA Piper Ukraine can be proud for receiving the award of “The best foreign company”. Integrites received nominations in such categories as “Law firm of the year” and “The best law firm in arbitration”. Among the market leaders one should admit the Asters law firm, which received the award “Law firm of the decade” and was praised as “Law firm of the year in corporate practice”. Baker & McKenzie, Arzinger, Avellum also received 2 nominations each.

 

The winners by nominations:

“The best lawyer in arbitration” went to Roman Marchenko, senior partner of Ilyashev & Partners;

Yulia Kyrpa, partner of AEQUO, was named “The best lawyer in banking & finance”;

“The best lawyer in competitive sphere” — Vladimir Sayenko, partner of Sayenko Kharenko;

Danylo Getmantsev, honorary president of Jurimex, became “The best lawyer in tax practice”;

The award “The best lawyer in tax disputes” was received by Valentyn Gvozdiy, managing partner of GOLAW;

Nataliya Ulyanova, managing partner ICF Legal Service, was chosen as “The best lawyer in international business structuring”;

“The best lawyer in Intellectual Property” — Alexander Pakharenko, partner of Pakharenko & Partners;

Svetlana Trofimchuk, partner of S.T. Partners Attorneys at Law, received the award as “The best lawyer in family law”;

“The best litigator” — Anna Ogrenchuk, managing partner, LCF Law Group;

“The best lawyer in criminal cases” — Eugene Solodko, managing partner of Solodko & Partners;

“The best partner of a law firm” — Olga Prosyanyuk, managing partner of AVER LEX;

CLACIS became “Law firm of the year in the competition sphere”;

AEQUO received the award as “Law firm of the year in M&A”;

“The best law firm in Intellectual Property” — Pakharenko & Partners;

KPMG Ukraine became “Law firm of the year in the field of taxation”;

International Legal Center EUCON became “The best law firm in transfer pricing”;

CMS Cameron McKenna — “Law firm of the year in land practice”;

Arzinger is currently known as “Law firm of the year in business protection”;

FCLEX — “The best law firm in litigation practice”;

Avellum became “The best law firm in banking & finance”;

Baker & McKenzie receive the award “The best law firm in labor and employment”;

Arzinger is known as “The best law firm in the compliance sphere”;

AVER LEX — “The best law firm in criminal practice”;

Avellum became “Law firm of the year in debt restructuring”;

“The best law firm in bankruptcy area” is Ilyashev & Partners;

“The best law firm in energy sphere” went to Baker & McKenzie;

ALEXANDROV & PARTNERS became “The best law firm in agribusiness”;

“The best law firm in medicine and pharmaceuticals” award belongs to ILF (Inyurpolis Law Firm);

Sayenko Kharenko — “The best law firm in IT”.

A special nomination for professional achievements in the legal field was chosen by Rustam Kolesnik, editor-in-chief of Yuridicheskaya Practika Weekly. The award went to Valentyn Zagariya, managing partner of Spenser & Kauffmann.

 

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