On 7 June 2011, the draft Law on Preventing and Combating Corruption in Ukraine (the Anti-Corruption Law) was finally signed into law by the Ukrainian President.

On 7 April 2011, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a draft new law on Prevention and Combating Corruption in Ukraine (the "Anti-Corruption Law").

The new Ukrainian government controlled by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Servant of the People party settled into office early September and laid out

Higher Specialized Court of Ukraine Adopted a Series of New Regulations

BCL partner Shaul Brazil and associate Evgeni Voznoi represented the well-known Ukrainian journalist and political commentator Dmytro Gordon in his successful application to the European Court of Human Rights.

On 29 June 2016 the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine on Justice" (hereinafter "Law on Justice") was officially published and shall become effective on 30 September 2016,

The G7 Leaders' Statement on Ukraine, issued on May 19, 2023, the leaders expressed their condemnation of Russia's aggression against Ukraine and reaffirmed their commitment to stand together against it.

After many years of a rather slow and inconsistent development of regulation of corruption in Ukraine and continuous problem of coordination of the anti-corruption incentives between different branches of the Ukrainian government in this area, and repeated delaying of coming into force and later annulment of the package of the anti-corruption laws, the Ukrainian Parliament finally adopted the New Law and the New Liability Law.

The judicial system of Ukraine is seen as totally corrupt, so the role of skilled Ukrainian litigators is significantly underestimated and their reputation is heavily damaged.

For many Ukrainian companies (and not only those affected by the FCPA/UKBA) the year of 2014 will be marked as a point of no return in their compliance efforts undertaken so far.

The EU Directive on Whistleblower Protection of October 2019 will not be completely transposed into national law for two years, but in Ukraine, a comprehensive law implementing reporting systems, protecting whistleblowers ...

The Ukrainian Parliament's adoption of the Law on the Judicial System and the Status of Judges (the ‘Law on Judicial System') on 2 June 2016 laid the groundwork for all subsequent changes...

Starting from 1 July 2011, the main legislative act dealing with combating corruption in Ukraine is the Law of Ukraine No. 3206-VI "On the Principles of Preventing and Combating Corruption" dated 7 April 2011.

Während die im Oktober 2019 verabschiedete EU-Richtlinie zum Hinweisgeberschutz erst in den nächsten zwei Jahren in nationales Recht umgesetzt wird, treten in der Ukraine umfassende Regelungen zur Einrichtung von Meldesystemen, ...

Quite often, the negative consequences of the presence of counterfeit products on the market are commonly perceived through the losses suffered by the IP rights holders and the original product manufacturers or through the damage caused to consumers.

In 2017, Ukraine implemented several anti-corruption steps based on its contractual obligations per loan arrangements with the EU and the IMF1. However, the speed of implementation is slow ...

The parliament suggested yet another initiative to cope with hostiles takeovers, namely to increase sanctions imposed on state registrars for committed wrongdoings.

The ruling of the Ukrainian court in the BTA Bank case is a rare example of the application of the principle of reciprocity as the basis for the recognition of foreign court decisions in Ukraine.

In each jurisdiction, we have observed a trend of increased focus on holding individuals criminally responsible for corporate misconduct.

On 23 October 2014, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a number of laws against corruption.