Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. For a quarter century, it has helped lawyers and clients find legal counsel in unfamiliar jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. For the first time in 2009 this rating encompassed Ukraine and as a result Vasil Kisil & Partners was ranked #1 in the country with 10 attorneys listed as leading practitioners in their field, ranked #1 in Ukraine in Arbitration and Mediation, #1 in Litigation and #1 in Real Estate.

The Best Lawyers Board of Advisors includes legal luminaries from almost every major world economy as well as general counsel from global companies with business on every continent. Vasil Kisil & Partners’ Managing Partner Oleg Makarov was offered an honorable duty to represent Ukrainian legal community on the Advisory Board along with three more reputable practitioners representing leading national law firms. 

Commenting on his election to serve on Best Lawyers Advisory Board Mr. Makarov, who was rated as leading arbitration, mediation and litigation practitioner by Best Lawyers peer-review, said: “What pleases me the most is the fact that Vasil Kisil & Partners team secured us a #1 position among Ukrainian law firms in the very first edition of this rating covering our region. I am proud to see as many as 10 of my distinguished colleagues listed here, including Dr. Kisil  (ranked #1 in Arbitration and Mediation, Investment, Litigation and Corporate), Vadym Belyanevych  (#1 in Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation), Oleg Alyoshin  (#1 in Litigation and Real Estate), Oleksiy Filatov  ((#1 in Litigation), Dr. Tatyana Slipachuk, FCIArb.  (#1 in Arbitration and Mediation), Denis Lysenko  (#1 in Corporate), Oksana Voynarovska  (Labor and Employment), Maria Nizhnik  (Antirust) and Natalia Dotsenko-Belous  (Real Estate)”. 

 

An independent legal research publication Who’s Who Legal CIS 2010, which in 2010 published its first analytical overview of the CIS legal market, recommends Vasil Kisil & Partners as a leading firm.

Oleg Alyoshyn and Dr. Tetyana Slipachuk, FCIArb. received high recommendations as arbitration experts. Mr. Oleg Alyoshyn is described as a 'highly skilled' lawyer representing clients in various jurisdictions acting as a Ukrainian law adviser.

Dr. Tetyana Slipachuk, FCIArb, a Leader of the International Arbitration Practice Group, who repeatedly participated in arbitrations as an arbitrator nominated by a party to the arbitration, as a sole arbitrator, and as a Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal, and represented the parties as an authorized representative was characterized by the publication an 'extremely good' professional.

Besides, Mrs. Slipachuk was recognized as an 'excellent' international trade adviser.

The Litigation Practice Group of the firm was honored by the publication for its two talented professionals. Mr. Oleksiy Filatov, a Leader of the Litigation Practice Group, who is an 'expert in IP litigation' and Mr. Oleg Makarov, a Managing Partner of the firm, and a 'star' with over 20 years of litigation experience.

Mr. Denis Lysenko who has 'an impressive wealth of experience' in competition law, including the cooperation with the European Commission in the competition and antitrust law matters is a highly recommended professional in this field.

Besides, Mr. Lysenko received recommendations as an M&A expert for his significant experience of representing international investors in cross-border deals.

Mrs. Oksana Voynarovska, a Counsellor of Vasil Kisil & Partners, was named a 'tremendous' expert in labor and employment law.