Vasil Kisil & Partners advises on general corporate tax and international tax structuring, in addition to coverage of tax disputes. The group handles tax issues relating to M&A transactions and corporate restructurings, and takes an active role in lobbying and the development of policy. Jointly leading the offering are Andriy Stelmashchuk, Alexander Borodkin, and Yehor Svidlo. Stelmashchuk is a litigator with sector expertise in agriculture, banking and finance and IT, while Borodkin covers non-contentious issues such as restructurings and international tax plannning, and Svidlo is frequently active alongside Stelmashchuk representing clients in contentious matters.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Key clients

  • Ecoway Waste Management, LLC
  • Rost Agro LLC
  • Kischenzi, LLC
  • Arcona Property Fund N.V.
  • Farmgate BV
  • Avrora Group
  • MacPaw Group

Work highlights

Representing Arost Agro in two similar tax disputes, which concern the challenging of the tax authorities’ decisions to impose fines for alleged violations of deadlines for payments related to export-import operations.
Advising MacPaw Group on its corporate structure and its trading and capital operations and prepared recommendations to improve the Group's structure, governance, and tax planning.
Representing Kischenzi in a tax dispute which concerns the challenging of the tax authority’s decision to impose fines for alleged violations of deadlines for payments related to export-import operations.

Lawyers

Practice head

Andriy Stelmashchuk; Alexander Borodkin; Yehor Svidlo