Ukraine > Tax
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Tax
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Leading individuals
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- Vladimir Didenko Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
- Valentyn Gvozdiy Gvozdiy & Oberkovych Law Firm
- Oleh Marchenko Ulysses
- Alexander Minin KM Partners
- Svitlana Musienko DLA Piper Ukraine LLC
- Maxim Oleksiyuk KM Partners
- Alexander Shemiatkin KM Partners
- Hennadiy Voytsitskyi Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited
KM Partners has ‘one of the best tax teams in Ukraine’, and is ‘traditionally recognised as a market leader for tax advice and disputes’. Alexander Minin, Maxim Oleksiyuk and Alexander Shemiatkin are all outstanding tax lawyers. Clients include British Airways, Cargill and Bunge.
Ulysses has ‘very fast and qualified lawyers, who are extremely knowledgeable in tax matters’. Oleh Marchenko heads the practice, which focuses on the most complex transactional tax matters and disputes, and represents clients such as Lafarge and Bayer.
Asters provides ‘perfect advice and legal opinions’, and is ‘responsive, with very fast turnaround’. Practice head Oleksiy Didkovskiy and tax specialist Kostyantyn Solyar are key names in the team, which advised Visa on tax implications of employees’ insurance, and Shell East Europe on VAT and corporate profit tax matters.
‘Quality is high, responses are quick and deadlines always met’ at Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited, where Hennadiy Voytsitskyi is ‘quick, professional, reliable and flexible’. The firm advises large commercial banks and several major foreign investors in Ukraine.
DLA Piper Ukraine LLC is ‘great at providing co-ordinated, quick, qualitative advice’. Clients include General Electric and Saint Gobain. Svitlana Musienko and Illya Sverdlov are recommended.
Magisters merged with Russia’s Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners to create the largest law group in the CIS. Vladimir Didenko is one of Ukraine’s leading tax lawyers.
Konnov & Sozanovsky’s Yevgeniya Derbal is much praised for her ‘attention to detail and driven nature’.
PricewaterhouseCoopers provides ‘excellent service’ to clients such as soft commodities producer Trigon Agri, film distributor B&H, and PepsiCo subsidiary Sandora. Andrey Pronchenko represented ING Insurance in a dispute with tax authorities.
Sayenko Kharenko’s highly respected Michael Kharenko leads a tax team that counts Fortis Insurance, Horizon Capital and Western Union as clients. It advised Abris Capital on optimal tax structures for its acquisition of Roveks retail chain.
Anna Pogrebna heads Arzinger’s tax team, which advises on large domestic and cross-border matters.
CMS Cameron McKenna LLC’s Adam Mycyk and Olexander Martinenko regularly advise large corporates on domestic and cross-border tax matters.
‘Response times and service are very good’ at Gide Loyrette Nouel, where Taras Koval is recommended for his ‘detailed understanding of tax law, both written and in practice’.
Gvozdiy & Oberkovych Law Firm’s Valentyn Gvozdiy leads ‘a strong practice’, and is head of Ukrainian Bar Association’s tax committee. The firm recently advised an international holding company on tax optimisation for a €100m public placement.
Ilyashev & Partners’ Maksym Kopeychykov and Roman Marchenko are highly recommended. The team has acted in many high-value disputes with the State Tax Administration. Clients include Golden Telecom and Interbank.
Vyacheslav Korchev and Natalia Tomashevskaya at Integrites International Law Firm handle significant tax planning and disputes instructions for market-leading companies in the IT, retail, food and consumer goods sectors.
Law Firm Paritet advises companies from the pharmaceuticals, energy and financial services sectors on their tax needs. Clients include Novo Nordisk and GlaxoSmithKline. Olena Tkachenko and Borys Danevych are the key names.
Oleg Batyuk’s team at Salans regularly advises large foreign investors on tax matters.
Vasil Kisil & Partners’ Oleksiy Filatov and Denys Lysenko have ‘sound tax expertise’. The team recently advised a DIY group on tax aspects of restructuring.