‘The team has an extremely impressive knowledge of agricultural commodities disputes.’

‘Iryna Moroz and Ivan Kasynyuk are both impressive individuals with a great knowledge of the agricultural commodities sector and excellent client service levels.’

‘The team at AGA Partners led by Iryna Moroz is one of the few forms with a serious focus on arbitration work and rich experience with dealing with international clients, including PRC clients.’

‘An outstanding firm with very experienced lawyers. The team always had the clients in mind and insisted on being involved even when Ukraine was at the early stage of the invasion.’

‘The individuals are intelligent, experienced and thoughtful.’

‘In our common practice, we cooperated with Ivan Kasynyuk and Iryna Moroz have high professionalism and the ability to evaluate and accept the client’s counterarguments if they differ from the opinion of lawyers. When interacting with the personnel of AGA Partners, there is a feeling of confidence in achieving a positive result.’

‘AGA partners provide highly qualified advice and justification of the customer’s legal positions, which made it possible to avoid arbitration in disputes with counterparties. High-quality consultations, development of the necessary negotiation documentation and support of official correspondence with the counterparty.’

‘Iryna Moroz and the team are extremely strong, skilful and convincing at negotiations. Attentive to details and deadlines.’

‘The team provides excellent collaboration.’

‘The team is very responsive with a sufficient number of lawyers with different expertise who can cope with different and urgent requests.’

‘The Asters team provide insights on Ukrainian law and procedures taking place in Ukraine. The information they provide is always helpful, accurate and to the point.’

‘The team is extremely helpful and reliable and revert quickly on all questions we have on Ukrainian law and the pending investigation.’

‘The team is excellent and strongest in the market.’

‘We have found Aster’s team to be extremely knowledgeable, responsive and efficient. They always provide very valuable insights.’

‘A sufficient number of professionals having expertise in various spheres and capable of coping with all possible issues is making this firm convenient and attractive to do business with.’

‘Avellum dispute resolution team is best in class. They drive results in a highly professional manner and provide high-quality service on tight timelines to ensure the job is done properly.’

‘Firm’s main strength is its commitment to delivering the best possible results. They are always prompt and clear with their responses. They can deal with multi-jurisdictional issues. They can manage cases which involve both legal and financial issues.’

‘They can easily identify the key issues and know how to tackle any problems that may arise.’

‘It’s an outstanding firm with very experienced lawyers. The team always had the clients in mind and insisted on being involved even when Ukraine was at the early stage of the invasion.’

‘Mykyta Nota is an outstanding lawyer and excellent in evaluating new and sometimes game-changing aspects of a case.’

‘Cooperation with Avellum is always productive and helpful. As for me, their unique feature is the client-oriented approach, when a legal opinion is practical and relevant just to the client’s circumstances.’

‘Strategically focused and extremely clever. The Avellum team is superb and completely in tune with western practice and procedure.’

‘Avellum is a high-powered law firm with exceptional market presence in Ukraine, especially given the relatively young age of the firm and its principals.’

‘Very knowledgeable team, responsive and cooperative in complex arbitrations, where Ukrainian issues are involved.’

‘We have been working with EVERLEGAL for over years. With time, we consider that EVERLEGAL meets our requests and requirements, as lawyers have the expertise we need. Their work meets consistently high quality, provided efficiently at the optimal cost of services in the market. The solutions the team offers meet our needs aimed to protect our rights and commercial interests.’

‘The leading lawyer for our projects is Oleksandr Ruzhytskyi. His approach to resolving issues is particularly impressive. He is a very client-oriented legal partner, clearly understands our needs, and offers the most balanced solution, considering all possible risks.’

‘James Hart and Andrii Nyzhnyi lead the practice. They are professionals with very different backgrounds, though both have exceptional expertise. Such combination allows the team to deliver unconventional solutions in complex legal matters.’

‘James Hart is smart, responsive and innovative. He is always reasonable in his assessment of the matter. Andrii Nyzhnyi is detailed oriented and accurate. He is easy to work with.’

‘Hillmont has a very smart well-credentialled team of excellent legal defenders with the best experience of litigation and arbitration teams in Ukraine. They particularly excel and bring a wealth of knowledge to cross-border investment disputes. They are smart and have deep knowledge and expertise in dealing with complex dispute resolution matters, including strategy, written pleadings and quality arguments during court proceedings or arbitration hearings.’

‘James Hart is our main contact. He is responsive, pragmatic, solution-oriented and a well-regarded adviser in international matters. He is excellent at developing strategy and great attention to detail. His partner Andrii Nyzhnyi is a knowledgeable and experienced litigator who can provide strategic and practical advice. He offers expertise across a range of commercial disputes and considers matters carefully and with great respect for clients’ interests. Counsel Andrii Chornous is a dynamic advocate with a sharp legal mind. He is an impressive lawyer and provides proactive and precise advice.’

‘The team that I work with, headed by Andrii Nyzhnyi and James Hart, combines strong analytical legal skills with fine process and litigation skills, which result in a formidable team. They approach dispute matters practically, taking into account the commercial outcome and the cost of getting to it. In terms of team collaboration with their own in-house counsel, they are highly constructive and allow for an excellent two-way flow of communication.’

‘Andrii Nyzhnyi is an exceptionally fine analytical lawyer. Regardless of the complexity of the case before him, he has an unerring quality of distilling the case and targeting the areas which need to be addressed. James Hart is an individual who can combine various multijurisdictional issues and combine them into a unified strategy resulting in a quicker and more effective resolution. His commercial experience also impacts on strategy and application of such.’

‘James Hart, very hardworking and professional. He has a unique experience, a high level of competence and professionalism, and finds the best proposition for the client.’

‘James Hart is extremely knowledgeable and provides sensible business-oriented advice. His abilities as a managing partner are truly remarkable. He is outstanding in identifying and addressing the fundamental issues in every transaction or dispute. Andrii Chornous is impressive in his ability to respond almost in real-time to any calls for help concerning complex domestic and international matters.’

‘Smart lawyers with a good practical sense. They worked smoothly alongside our team.’

‘Serhii Uvarov is knowledgeable in arbitration work in particular. Dmytro Marchukov offered good practical advice on proceedings in Ukraine. Olena Perepelynska provides a great profile for the group externally.’

‘Dmytro Marchukov and Serhii Uvarov are the two key individuals that have assisted us in the past. Both communicate clearly and are responsive regardless of the time pressures placed on them. They inspire confidence in their advice.’

‘Integretis dispute resolution team is very professional and well organized.’

‘Oleksandr Onishchenko is a leading partner for the dispute resolution team with a good global view of the process.’

‘The team is clever, hard-working, great team spirit, available and responsive.’

‘The team is great. It provides a quick and constructive solution to the assigned tasks.’

‘Oleksandr Onishchenko is a respected litigator with a solid track record, a great negotiator and a project manager.’

‘I have been working with Kinstellar, and the team managed to maintain a high level of motivation which is very important to secure consistency of the position in such types of disputes.’

‘I am working primarily with Danylo Volkovetskyi, who plays a crucial role in the project management and maintenance of the consistency of our position. Danylo has very relevant experience in cross-border disputes. He is very competent and reliable and tries to offer several options.’

‘Excellent lawyers, strategic thinking, very responsive and practical. Reliable professionals who are highly committed and persistent. They have an excellent understanding of underlying legal issues and the ability to work in critical situations.’

‘The team has a perfect understanding of how to deal with clients, strong strategic skills and exceptional knowledge. Extremely thorough and organized and very responsive. Danylo Volkovetskyi is a stand-out managing associate.’

‘The team has a keen eye to look many steps ahead to guide their client towards making the most commercially and strategically sound decisions. They are focused on ensuring that client costs are very transparent and in a way that optimizes the greatest results and value for their clients.’

‘Olexander Droug has an excellent client demeanour. He is straightforward, puts the client at ease, has an eye for discerning game-changing details and a keen strategic sense.’

‘Good communication with the team based on regular meetings and transparent towards the client.’

‘The team provide a good explanation regarding the court case.’

‘The team provides a high-quality service at all levels. It is well connected in the country and has great judgment.’

‘Olexander Droug is extremely responsive and offers very valuable strategic insights.’

‘The team provides strong advice, collaboration, creative solutions, and quality of prepared documents.’

‘Lawyers work quickly, well-coordinated for the result. Always achieve their goals in the shortest possible time. Professionals of their field.’

‘Wolf Theiss is a great legal resource for any matters in Ukraine. The entire firm was responsive, creative and willing to go the extra step to help our company.’

‘Taras Dumych is a smart and detailed driven lawyer that is a great resource for navigating legal issues in Ukraine. We will not hesitate to work with Taras again.’