Aequo continues to strengthen its positions in The Best Lawyers

Aequo has been named the 2022 "Law Firm of the Year" for expertise in Competition / Antitrust Law, according to the 12th edition of The Best Lawyers in Ukraine 2022.   

Three Aequo legal practitioners are honored as the Lawyers of the Year in their respective areas:

• Denis Lysenko, managing partner, – in Government Relations Practice;

• Yulia Kyrpa, partner, – in Transportation Law;

• Mykyta Polatayko, counsel, – in Technology Law.

Furthermore, 25 Aequo’s legal practitioners are highly recommended among leading experts in Ukraine with several of them earned recognition in multiple categories, namely:

1. Denis Lysenko, managing partner, – Arbitration and Mediation, Litigation, Tax, Competition / Antitrust, Government Relations, Investment, Corporate, M&A, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets*, Real Estate;

2. Anna Babych, partner, – Corporate, M&A, Capital Markets, Investment, Investment Funds, Labor and Employment;

3. Yulia Kyrpa, partner, – Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Project Finance and Development, M&A, Insurance, Real Estate, Transportation, Agriculture and Rural Affairs;

4. Mariya Nizhnik, partner, – Competition / Antitrust, Corporate*, Litigation*, Retail*;

5. Pavlo Byelousov, partner, – International Arbitration, Arbitration and Mediation;

6. Sergey Denisenko, partner, – Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Competition / Antitrust, Retail*; 

7. Bohdan Dmukhovskyy, counsel, – Banking and Finance, Insolvency and Reorganization*, M&A, Real Estate*;

8. Nataliya Dryuk, counsel, – Intellectual Property, Life Sciences Practice*;

9. Oksana Krasnokutskaya, counsel, – Corporate, M&A;

10. Tetiana Kudrytska, counsel, – Intellectual Property*;  

11. Denys Kulgavyi, counsel, – Banking and Finance*;

12. Yevgen Levitskyi, counsel, – Litigation*, International Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Insurance, Transportation;

13. Michael Lukashenko, counsel, – Corporate, M&A, Banking and Finance;

14. Vasyl Mishchenko, counsel, – M&A*;

15. Olena Pertsova, counsel, – Litigation, Insurance*;

16. Mykyta Polatayko, counsel, – IT, Intellectual Property, Technology;

17. Myroslava Savchuk, counsel, – International Arbitration, Transportation*;

18. Yevgen Blok, senior associate, – Banking and Finance;

19. Ksenia Koriukalova, senior associate, – International Arbitration, Arbitration and Mediation;

20. Alina Podolyak, senior associate, – Intellectual Property;

21. Mykhaylo Soroka, senior associate, – Real Estate;

22. Oleksandr Tereshchenko, senior associate, – Corporate;

23. Yevheniia Chernetsova, associate, – Real Estate*;  

24. Mariia Derechina, associate, – Corporate*;  

25. Oleksandr Zubrytskyi, associate, – Land Use and Zoning*.

* – a category in which lawyer is listed for the first time in the current edition.

Seven of Aequo lawyers have debuted in The Best Lawyers this year, namely: Tetiana Kudrytska, Denys Kulgavyi, Vasyl Mishchenko, Alina Podolyak, Yevheniia Chernetsova, Mariia Derechina, Oleksandr Zubrytskyi.

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