Asters Tops Ranking for Ukraine in the Best Lawyers International 2009 Directory

Asters was highly rated in the 2009 edition of the Best Lawyers International directory and its inaugural selection for Ukraine. The results were based on more than 5,000 confidential evaluations by 105 top attorneys in Ukraine.

The firm received Tier 1 ranking for Ukraine in 7 practice areas, including Antitrust, Corporate, Energy and Natural Resources, Investment, Labour and Employment, M&A, and Project Finance and Development.

In addition, the following Asters' lawyers were individually recognised in their respective areas of practice:
Oleksiy Didkovskiy, Managing Partner – Corporate, Information Technology, Investment, M&A, Project Finance and Development, Telecommunications; Armen Khachaturyan, Senior Partner – Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate, Investment, Labour and Employment, Leveraged Buyouts, M&A, Project Finance and Development, Structured Finance; Oleksandr Padalka, Partner – Advertising, Corporate, Labour and Employment, Litigation, Media, M&A; Vadym Samoilenko, Partner – Corporate, Energy and Natural Resources, Investment, M&A; Igor Svechkar, Partner – Antitrust, M&A; Iryna Pokanay, Partner – Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Project Finance and Development; Svitlana Poroschuk, Partner – Corporate, M&A; Roman Kostenko, Partner – Energy and Natural Resources, Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate; Tetyana Vovk, Associate – Antitrust. * * *

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