Ernest Gramatskiy
President | Attorney-at-Law | Gramatskiy & PartnersAdmitted in Ukraine
Ernest Gramatskiy is the Founder, President, and permanent Head of Gramatskiy & Partners. He is the firm’s leading strategist, mentor, and innovator, known for his active involvement in legal practice and personal leadership of the most complex and high-profile client matters.
Unlike traditional managing partners who focus solely on strategy, Mr. Gramatskiy remains fully engaged in day-to-day legal work—leading transactions, conducting negotiations across jurisdictions, reviewing legal memoranda, and personally representing clients in major disputes and deals.
He heads the firm’s Real Estate and Private Advocacy practices and oversees work across Construction, Energy and Natural Resources, Media and Advertising. His recognized expertise also includes Corporate Law and M&A, Business Protection, Taxation, Negotiation and Mediation, IT, and Financial Law. With a comprehensive, encyclopedic approach to legal knowledge and practice, Mr. Gramatskiy is involved in virtually every major matter handled by the firm.
He has been teaching Civil and Private International Law as an Assistant Professor at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv since 1998, and he is Director General of the Civil Law Heritage Foundation (since 2004).
Ernest Gramatskiy is widely known beyond the legal profession. Through close collaboration with clients and partners across sectors, he has become a trusted advisor in real estate, construction, retail and trade, finance, media, hospitality, energy, and technology.
Within the firm, he has developed and implemented comprehensive systems for quality control, mentorship, advanced legal training, recruitment, and the firm’s management, financial, marketing, and PR strategies.