Asters Got Top Ranking in Best Lawyers 2010

Asters' leading position in Ukraine is evidenced by # 1 ranking in M&A and top ranking Antitrust by Best Lawyers 2010, one of the most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession.

Best Lawyers has announced Asters' partner Igor Svechkar as the Lawyer of the Year in Antitrust Law based on high ratings in the comprehensive peer-review surveys reflecting his professionalism and integrity. Steven Naifeh, Managing Editor of Best Lawyers, says, "We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate Igor Svechkar on being selected as the ‘Kyiv Best Lawyers Antitrust Lawyer of the Year’ for 2010."

In addition, 6 Asters' lawyers are included in the 2010 edition of Ukraine’s Best Lawyers for outstanding legal services in their respective areas of practice: Managing Partner Oleksiy Didkovskiy in Corporate, M&A and Telecommunications; Senior Partner Armen Khachaturyan in Banking and Finance Law, Capital Markets, Securities, Corporate and M&A; Partner Oleksandr Padalka in Intellectual Property and M&A; Partner Iryna Pokanay in Capital Markets, and Project Finance & Development; Partner Igor Svechkar in Antitrust and M&A; Associate Tetyana Vovk in Antitrust.

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Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected US-based peer-review publication. For a quarter century, it has helped lawyers and clients find legal counsel in unfamiliar jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. The directory compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2010 edition is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.