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Astapov Lawyers International Law Group
Head Office: Sophia Business Center, 6 Rylskiy prov. Kyviv 01601 Ukraine
Telephone: +38 (044) 490 7001
Fax: +38 (044) 490 7002
Email: office@astapovlawyers.com
Website: www.astapovlawyers.com
Contact: Andrey Astapov
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AstapovLawyers is one of the leading CIS-based full-service law firms with over 10 years of experience and offices in Moscow, Kiev and Almaty. The firm is among TOP-4 leading law firms in Ukraine (Kommersant/YuridicheskayaPractika), TOP-25 best law firms in Russia (Vedomosti/Pravo.ru) and one of fast growing law firms in Kazakhstan.
Over the past years, the firm has grown and is now one of the most dynamic and fast-growing full-service law firms on the Ukrainian market. The firm provides top-notch legal expertise to leaders of the business community, both international companies operating in Ukraine, the CIS and Europe, and Ukrainian/Russian businesses.
The firm has been constantly highly ranked by local and international legal directories – the firm is recognized as “very committed and professional providing timely practical and concise advice” by Legal 500 as well as Who’s Who Legal, PLC Which Lawyer and Chambers. AstapovLawyers has been recognized among TOP-50 largest law firms in Russia (taking position №36) alongside with leading international and national players by the most reputable CIS business publishing house “Kommersant”, and TOP-4 law firms in Ukraine according to the survey conducted by Yuridicheskaya Praktika/Kommersant.
AstapovLawyers has a long-standing reputation for being a leading law firm handling all types of dispute resolution and advising on all aspects of corporate competition, M&A, competition law, real estate, maritime and transportation law, white-collar crime, sports law, energy, information technologies, tax, finance, compliance, regulatory enforcement, international trade and WTO law, public private partnership and intellectual property in all industry sectors.
Among the clients of the firm are global multinationals as British American Tobacco, MasterCard, Baxter, Bunge, L’Oreal, LVMH, Christian Dior, PepsiCo, Glencore, Sberbank, VTB Glencore, Soufflet Negoce SA, Valars Group, EFKO, Mriya, Nemiroff, Soyuz Victan, Raiffeisen Bank Central, Rodovid Bank, Energoatom, Ferrexpo, Demz and many other.
Firm`s address:
Sophia Business Center
6 Rylskiy lane
Kyiv 01601, Ukraine
T: +380 44 490 70 01
F: +380 44 490 70 02
email: office@astapovlawyers.com
web-site: www.astapovlawyers.com
Arbitration & Litigation
Alternative dispute resolution
Enforcement of arbitral awards and foreign Courts Decisions
Financial services litigation
Insurance litigation
International Arbitration at any international forum LCIA, Stockholm Arbitration Institute, ICSID, LME GAFTA, FOSFA, SIAC etc.
Litigation in different jurisdictions
Patent litigation
Securities Litigation
Trade and Commodities Litigation
Trademark litigation
Corporate Law and Capital Markets
Bills of exchange and cheques
Capital markets – Private placements and PIPEs, IPOs, Debt/Equity offering
Contracts for work, mandate and consignment contracts, agency contracts, sales representation contracts, carriage contracts, etc.,
Corporate conflicts and hostile takeovers
Corporate Restructuring
Emerging companies and venture capital
Public companies and corporate governance
Competition Law and Compliance Program
Advising on anti-dumping procedures
Supporting in obtaining merger clearance
Initiating and defending on antitrust investigation in Ukraine and throughout Europe
Represent our clients and advise on antitrust regulations at the Office of Fair Trading (UK) and Federal Trade Commission (USA)
International Financial Transactions
Asset based lending
Cross border and domestic private placements
Equipment leasing and vendor financing
Project finance and development
Secondary debt trading
Syndicated and other lending transactions
Trade structured financing (TSF) including commodities backed export financing
Mergers and Acquisitions
Conducting negotiations
Conflict management
Drafting the M&A documents
Interim management
Legal due diligence
Overview of Regulatory Environment
Transaction pre-completion and closing
Real estate
Commercial property
Leasing and asset management
Personal property
Purchase and sale
Real estate development, land use and construction
Real estate finance
Troubles Real Estate
Tax
Advising and litigating in the matter of reimbursement of export VAT and/or structuring go avoid or minimise its payment
Development and investment
International tax planning
Tax finance
Tax structuring of transactions
Value added tax and customs duties
International Arbitration at any international forum LCIA, Stockholm Arbitration Institute, ICSID, LME GAFTA, FOSFA, SIAC etc.
Litigation in different jurisdictions
Patent litigation
Securities Litigation
Trade and Commodities Litigation
Trademark litigation
International Corporate Law and Capital Markets
Bills of exchange and cheques
Capital markets – Private placements and PIPEs, IPOs, Debt/Equity offering
Contracts for work, mandate and consignment contracts, agency contracts, sales representation contracts, carriage contracts, etc.,
Corporate conflicts and hostile takeovers
Corporate Restructuring
Emerging companies and venture capital
Public companies and corporate governance
International Financial Transactions
Asset based lending
Cross border and domestic private placements
Equipment leasing and vendor financing
Project finance and development
Secondary debt trading
Syndicated and other lending transactions
Trade structured financing (TSF) including commodities backed export financing
Mediation
At the early stages of drafting the clause or mediation agreement
Provide an experienced mediator to help settle the dispute on the merits
Mergers and Acquisitions
Conducting negotiations
Conflict management
Drafting the M&A documents
Interim management
Legal due diligence
Overview of Regulatory Environment
Transaction pre-completion and closing
Real estate
Commercial property
Leasing and asset management
Personal property
Purchase and sale
Real estate development, land use and construction
Real estate finance
Troubles Real Estate
Tax
Advising and litigating in the matter of reimbursement of export VAT and/or structuring go avoid or minimise its payment
Development and investment
International tax planning
Tax finance
Tax structuring of transactions
Value added tax and customs duties