Practices

Chambers Europe 2009: Corporate Real Estate

This two-partner local team comprises 15 fee earners and is able to handle the gamut of real estate work, including transactional, advisory and construction matters. Its client portfolio consists mainly of international investors and developers, though it also maintains a substantial local clientele. It is widely praised for its experience in construction projects, where it takes on every detail from start to finish. It specialises in residential, commercial and hotel projects, and is also skilled in infrastructure and agricultural matters.

The team is currently advising Seven Hills on the development and construction aspects of a major residential project in Kyiv. It was also instructed by Globus Asset Management to advise on the Golden Beach development, a hotel and multistorey residential project on the coast near Yalta in the Crimea. Oleksandr Khomenko is one of the team’s leading partners. He has a strong reputation in the market for his skills in a vast array of real estate and construction-related work.

Ukrainian Lawyers 2008. CLIENT CHOICE

According to the II Annual Research conducted by YUR.GAZETA (Ukrainian legal weekly) "Ukrainian Lawyers 2008. Client Choice" six of Vasil Kisil & Partners' prominent law professionals made the list of Ukraine’s top 50 lawyers.

The results of the research are comprised on the basis of surveying corporate lawyers of 650 leading Ukrainian companies who answered the following question: "Whom of the lawyers in Ukraine (apart from your employees) would you entrust solving your company’s legal problems?" VKP’s Senior Partner Vasil I. Kisil, Managing Partner Oleg Makarov, Partner and Head of Real Estate Practice Oleksandr Khomenko, Councillor Dr. Vadym Belyanevych, Councillor Dr. Tatyana Slipachuk and Senior Associate Natalia Dotsenko-Belous were named client choice based on their professional skills and personal qualities.

More over, this year, Oleg Makarov was recognized as Ukraine’s Litigation Practice Leader and Natalia Dotsenko-Belous - as a Real Estate Practice Leader, while VKP’s Senior Associate Andriy Stelmashchuk made the “Top-10 Young & Talented” list, which was put together for the very first time and highlights bright individuals under the age of 35 chosen by the editorial board of the research.

29.03.2009

Employee layoffs during crisis

Author: Oksana Voynarovska