Kyiv, February 26, 2010. The Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) held the 6th Annual legal forum entitled “The Development of the Ukrainian Legal Services Market in 2010”.

Traditionally event attendees, representatives from over 90 leading law firms in Ukraine, Russia and Belorussia, summed up performance results of the preceding year and discussed such urgent issues as the legal market status and short-term development prospects. Considering the tough year 2009 has been for the industry, topics of interest for the attendees also included market analysis, strategic planning in the legal services market, marketing tools and pricing, financial and psychological aspects of partner relations.

Vasil I. Kisil, Senior Partner with Vasil Kisil & Partners and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the UBA, opened the forum and expressed his certainty in the stable and perspective development of the legal services market in Ukraine.

Oleg Makarov, Managing Partner of the firm, Member of the Management Board of the UBA and Chairman of the Organizing Committee opened the session dedicated to topical issues on partnership at law firms: “Fettered by one chain, bound by one goal”.

Denis Lysenko, Partner with Vasil Kisil & Partners, presented his report that clearly defined and characterized factors influencing partner relations within a law firm.

The lawyers also ardently discussed competition in the legal services market and client cooperation policies, as well as strategies to be chosen to abate time and efforts taken in terms of competition.

Management aspects, modernization of instruments to manage a law firm, in-house policy at go-ahead times, and law firm planning and budgeting provoked the participants to pursue active discussions, which determined the apogee of the UBA’s 6th Annual Forum.