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White Collar Crime

Co-Founding Partner, Head of White-Collar Crime Practice

Specialization

White-Collar Crime, Government Relations, Litigation, Cross-border Investigations

Denys is a leading Ukrainian WCC lawyer who specialises in comprehensive criminal proceedings, business defence, anti-corruption investigations and complex litigation.

His key expertise lies in providing legal support in criminal investigations relating to assets misappropriation, fraud, money laundering, abuse of power, and tax evasion. He also excels at appealing decisions of state authorities and regulators.

He is particularly focused on the banking sector. The expertise of Denys is exemplified by dozens of successfully handled cases of defending bank shareholders and top managers. His guidance is sought by shareholders and supervisory board members of the largest banks with major capital in their disputes with the National Bank of Ukraine, the Deposit Guarantee Fund, and law enforcement agencies.

He exhibits a high level of competency in defending public figures in anti-corruption proceedings, underscored by the cases of the Minister of Energy, members of the National Bank of Ukraine, the President of the Ukrainian Football Association and MPs.

He is an expert in extradition and Interpol matters who provides comprehensive legal support at all stages of cross-border investigations, regardless of the jurisdictional boundaries.

Moreover, in the course of the last 6 years, the managerial potential of Denys has been commended by the Yurydychna Gazeta, which ranked Denys among the TOP-15 most effective partner-managers of law firms.

Recognition Chambers Europe: among the TOP-5 White-Collar Crime lawyers in Ukraine Best Lawyers: Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year 2022 Legal 500 EMEA: among the top-leaders of the White-Collar Crime practice Who is Who Legal: among the Ukrainian leading lawyers in Business Crime Defense Ukrainian Legal Awards: Best Criminal Lawyer 2018; WCC & Anti-Corruption Lawyer of the Year 2021 The Client’s Choice: highly recommended in White-Collar Crime; ranked among the TOP-100 best lawyers in Ukraine Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients: recognized by Leading Individuals in Criminal Law/White Collar Crime. Clients

UDP, DCH, Ukrainian Football Association, Kovalska Group, shareholders and top managers of such banks as: Finance and Credit, Privatbank, Khreshchatyk Bank, Delta Bank, Ukrgasbank

Projects defense of the former Chair of the Board at the Privatbank in criminal proceedings investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. The proceedings pertained to the embezzlement of the bank funds prior to its nationalization, resulting in losses amounting to UAH 8.4 billion representation of interests of a shareholder of  Bank Finance and Credit in a legal dispute initiated by the Deposit Guarantee Fund to recover damages amounting to UAH 46 billion protection of interests of a shareholder and senior management of Delta Bank in criminal proceedings related to the alleged alienation of credit portfolios from the bank’s balance for the amount of over UAH 6 billion defense of the President of the Ukrainian Football Association, a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, in a comprehensive criminal investigation regarding abuses in constructing a factory producing artificial turf for football fields representation of a member of parliament, former chairman of the Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, in a criminal investigation regarding the declaration of inaccurate information

Ukrainian, Russian, English

Chairman of the Section of Advocates of the Ukrainian Bar Association

Former President of the Ukrainian Bar Association

International Bar Association (IBA), European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)

National Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine, Kharkiv (2001); Open World Program, Washington (started by US Congress) (2008); Ukrainian School of Political Studies, Kiev (2009); Summer University for Democracy of the Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg (2009).

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