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Sanctions, Criminal Defense

Partner, Head of Sanctions Practice

Specialization

White-Collar Crime, Corporate Investigations, Dispute Resolution, Sanctions.

Denys defends clients at all stages of criminal proceedings related to economic and corruption offences. The primary goal is to effectively protect business shareholders and top managers in cases of potential or existing suspicion.

He provides legal advice to clients from diverse industries, including banking, infrastructure and construction, pharmaceuticals, and alternative energy.

He is skilled in asset tracing in foreign jurisdictions, as well as in investigations related to fraud, corruption and insider trading.

Denys advocates for businesses affected by both internal and external fraud. He is highly experienced in conducting corporate investigations, which are crucial to ensure strong evidence and hold unscrupulous managers or contractors accountable in further prosecution stages.

He is an expert in Sanctions Practice, who has proven his unique experience in securing favourable outcomes for both foreign companies and individuals under sanctions in judicial and administrative proceedings. His case portfolio includes a case of lifting sanctions imposed on an EU company by the Supreme Court.

He is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).

Recognition Best Lawyers: leading Ukrainian lawyer in Criminal Defense and Litigation Chambers Europe: recognised as Up & Coming in White-Collar Crime practice Legal 500: recognized as Leading Individual in White-Collar Crime and Next Generation in Dispute Resolution Who is Who Legal: in the list of leading lawyers in Business Crime Defence Client Choice Awards Lexology: the only one winner 2021-2023 of the Business Crime Defence practice in Ukraine Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients: recommended for White-Collar Crime practice Clients

Snel Energy, Dnipro Metallurgical Plant, TAS Group, Immer Group, Colliers International, Farmak, Uklon, Allo, shareholders and top managers of banks:  Sense Bank, Premium, MistoBank

Projects representation of interests of a shareholder of Misto Bank in a legal dispute aimed at declaring unlawful and annulling the decision of the National Bank of Ukraine to declare the bank insolvent and its subsequent liquidation defense of the former Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine in a criminal case relating to the suspected embezzlement of UAH 54 million facilitation of the process to recover damages amounting to UAH 1.2 billion from the government of Ukraine, incurred due to the detention of an American vessel under illegal arrest representation of the interests of the Snel Energy group, which owns over 100 gas stations and 4 oil depots in Ukraine, in a criminal investigation related to evasion of customs payments totaling UAH 360 million representation of the interests of one of the largest private banks in the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court in a case filed by the Ministry of Justice for the nationalization of a hotel in central Kyiv

English, Ukrainian, Russian

Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA)

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

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