Asters remains one of the legal market leaders in Ukraine according to IFLR1000 2023
Asters has been recognised in all practice areas researched by IFLR1000 in 2023 in Ukraine. The firm keeps its leading positions (Tier 1) in Banking & Finance and Restructuring & Insolvency. It is also highly recommended (Tier 2) in Capital Markets (Debt and Equity), M&A and Project Development.
One of the clients highlights the firm's resilience during wartime: "They are great all round. Knowledgeable, helpful, responsive. Even after the start of the Russian invasion, when frankly we weren't expecting anything from Asters at all (and had sent them messages saying so), they continued to provide advice and progress matters."
Another client mentions that the team is "Experienced on the market, well positioned to advise foreign clients."
The ranking also recognises 11 Asters' individuals, namely:
- Senior Partner Armen Khachaturyan – Market leader (Capital markets, Project development, Banking, Project finance, M&A)
- Co-Managing Partner Oleksiy Didkovskiy – Highly regarded (Private equity, M&A)
- Partner Oleksiy Demyanenko – Highly regarded (M&A)
- Partner Roman Kostenko – Highly regarded (Banking, Project finance, M&A)
- Partner Yaroslav Petrov – Highly regarded (Energy, Oil and gas, Mining)
- Partner Iryna Pokanay – Highly regarded; Women Leaders (Capital markets, Banking, Project finance, M&A, Trade finance)
- Partner Roman Stepanenko – Highly regarded (Capital markets, Banking)
- Partner Vadym Samoilenko – Notable practitioner (M&A)
- Counsel Gabriel Aslanian – Notable practitioner (Banking)
- Counsel Oleksandr Khomenko – Rising star (Banking and finance)
- Counsel Maksym Tereshchuk – Rising star (Banking and finance)
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IFLR1000 is a leading international legal market research product specialised in ranking financial and corporate law firms and lawyers. It ranks nearly 5,000 law firms and over 21,000 lawyers across 250 jurisdictions.
Asters is the largest full-service law firm in Ukraine with offices in Kyiv, Brussels, London, and Washington, D.C. The firm has access to over 125 jurisdictions through a well-developed network of partner law firms. Asters and its lawyers consistently receive recognition by the leading international rankings, namely Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 EMEA, IFLR1000, GAR1000, GCR100, The Lawyer, Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal.
