Asters has once again confirmed leading position in the Ukrainian legal market according to IFLR1000 2025 rankings. The firm retains its Tier 1 ranking for Banking & Finance, Restructuring & Insolvency and is highly recommended (Tier 2) for Capital Markets and M&A. This year, Project Development team has climbed higher in the ranking, achieving Tier 1 position.
The ranking also highlights the expertise of the firm's lawyers:
- Managing Partner Oleksiy Didkovskiy – Highly regarded (Private equity, M&A)
- Senior Partner Armen Khachaturyan – Market leader (Banking, Capital markets, M&A, Project development, Project finance)
- Partner Oleksiy Demyanenko – Highly regarded (M&A)
- Partner Yaroslav Petrov – Highly regarded (Energy and infrastructure)
- Partner Iryna Pokanay – Highly regarded; Women leaders (Banking, Capital markets, M&A, Project finance, Trade finance)
- Partner Vadym Samoilenko – Notable practitioner (M&A)
- Partner Roman Stepanenko – Highly regarded (Capital markets, Banking)
- Counsel Oleksandr Khomenko – Rising star (Banking and finance)
- Counsel Maksym Tereshchuk – Rising star (Banking and finance)
Newly ranked team members are:
- Partner Oleg Boichuk – Highly regarded (Project development, Real estate)
- Senior Associate Inna Bondarenko – Rising star (Banking and finance)
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 in 250 countries.
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.
