Vasil Kisil & Partners law firm comes highly recommended by Legal 500 in 2010
Legal500, an international legal guide which annually reviews and recommends major law firms, praises the expertise of Vasil Kisil & Partners in Banking and Finance, Corporate Law/M&A, Intellectual Property, Real Estate and Development, Tax Litigation.
Legal500 provides the most comprehensive worldwide coverage currently available on legal services providers, in over 100 countries relying on numerous interviews with clients, legal service consumers, and key players in the legal arena.
According to the 2010 edition the name of VKP’s senior partner Vasil Kisil is considered ‘a legend for litigation’, and the firm as a whole has few rivals. A major recent case was for Central European Media Enterprises in a dispute over the controlling stake in Studio 1+1, one of Ukraine’s largest TV broadcasters. Oleksiy Filatov and Oleg Makarov come highly recommended.
Headed by Oleg Alyoshin, VKP’s Real Estate and PPP, Concessions and Infrastructure Practices have a superb reputation within the market. Recent highlights include advising Ukrautodor, alongside Mott MacDonald, on developing a $1.4bn road concession project, the first of its kind in Ukraine. Other clients include Mirax, Globus Asset Management and Ukrainian Investment Engineering.
Vasil Kisil & Partners’ ‘excellent’ practice benefits from a strong corporate team, which includes Denis Lysenko, who ‘is the bright representative of the young generation of Ukrainian professional lawyers’. Recent highlights for the team include advising Central European Media Enterprises on a potential joint venture.
Denis Lysenko and Yulia Kyrpa are praised for their ‘in-depth local knowledge, combined with clarity of advice and business-oriented approach, and good knowledge of the industry and local business environment’. On the restructuring side, it advised Panorama Group on the restructuring of a $139m loan from EBRD.
Legal500 also advises that VKP has a very good reputation for tax litigation. Denis Lysenko and Oleksiy Filatov are recommended as the main contacts.
Legal500 provides the most comprehensive worldwide coverage currently available on legal services providers, in over 100 countries relying on numerous interviews with clients, legal service consumers, and key players in the legal arena.
According to the 2010 edition the name of VKP’s senior partner Vasil Kisil is considered ‘a legend for litigation’, and the firm as a whole has few rivals. A major recent case was for Central European Media Enterprises in a dispute over the controlling stake in Studio 1+1, one of Ukraine’s largest TV broadcasters. Oleksiy Filatov and Oleg Makarov come highly recommended.
Headed by Oleg Alyoshin, VKP’s Real Estate and PPP, Concessions and Infrastructure Practices have a superb reputation within the market. Recent highlights include advising Ukrautodor, alongside Mott MacDonald, on developing a $1.4bn road concession project, the first of its kind in Ukraine. Other clients include Mirax, Globus Asset Management and Ukrainian Investment Engineering.
Vasil Kisil & Partners’ ‘excellent’ practice benefits from a strong corporate team, which includes Denis Lysenko, who ‘is the bright representative of the young generation of Ukrainian professional lawyers’. Recent highlights for the team include advising Central European Media Enterprises on a potential joint venture.
Denis Lysenko and Yulia Kyrpa are praised for their ‘in-depth local knowledge, combined with clarity of advice and business-oriented approach, and good knowledge of the industry and local business environment’. On the restructuring side, it advised Panorama Group on the restructuring of a $139m loan from EBRD.
Legal500 also advises that VKP has a very good reputation for tax litigation. Denis Lysenko and Oleksiy Filatov are recommended as the main contacts.