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ABOUT US

Welcome to Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm

Ilyashev & Partners owes its success to the professionalism and experience of our people. Our team comprises the best attorneys and lawyers, specialists in various areas of law.

We hope that you, like all our clients, will always be able to rely on our specialists, and our knowledge and experience will definitely prove to be useful to you.

Mikhail Ilyashev

Managing Partner

ABOUT US

Company history

Our firm has been active in the legal services market since 1997. We are one of the most old-established law firms in the post-Soviet space.

Founded by Mikhail Ilyashev and Roman Marchenko as a small law boutique in Kyiv, Ilyashev & Partners has grown significantly, expanding the geography of its presence, and gaining a reputation as a respected full-cycle international law firm.

Today Ilyashev & Partners has more than 150 employees working in five offices in Ukraine and Estonia.

A distinctive attribute of our company is the development of our own office network. All our offices are fully-functioning business units rendering legal services to the firm’s clients. In 2019 Ilyashev & Partners became the largest legal office network in Ukraine.

Our role as legal advisers is more than just sharing our legal expertise. We are in constant search for innovative solutions and are not afraid of taking new efficient approaches.

25+
years in the market
50+
attorneys at law and lawyers
400+
clients regularly serviced
1000+
court hearings annually

Reliability

We provide assistance by:

Helping at any stage of the project.
Discussing the task with you, analyzing all prospects and risks.
Thorough studying of the problem, taking into account the special aspects of your business activities.
Developing a strategy, suggesting solutions and action plan.

“The success of our firm results from the professionalism and expertise of our team”
Roman Marchenko, Senior Partner

Trust in firm

Professional liability insured

“In the entire history of our firm, there has not been a single insured event”
Mikhail Ilyashev, Managing Partner

Team

Leading experts

Mikhail I. Ilyashev
Attorney at Law, Managing Partner, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine

One of the most famous attorneys in Ukraine. Head of Corporate and M&A Practice, Co-Head of Dispute Resolution Practice.
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Roman V. Marchenko
Attorney at Law, Senior Partner, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine

Leading Ukrainian attorney. Head of International Arbitration, Co-Head of Dispute Resolution Practice.
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Olena L. Omelchenko
Attorney at Law, Partner, Head of International Trade Practice

One of the most successful legal consultants in the field of international trade, trade defense and the WTO law.
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Oleksandr Y. Fefelov
Attorney at Law, Partner, Head of Antitrust and Competition Practice

A recognized expert in the protection of economic competition, public procurement and state aid.
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Yevgen O. Solovyov
Attorney at Law, Partner, Insolvency Receiver

Head of projects on protection against hostile corporate takeovers and shareholders disputes.
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OUR CLIENTS

Today we are working on projects for more than 400 active clients

TRUST IN THE COMPANY

Our cases

The first in Ukraine release of a vessel against the British P&I Club’s undertaking
Result
The precedent in the Ukrainian law enforcement practice was established in the interests of CHALLENGE SHIPPING LTD, the owner of the bulk carrier New Challenge, detained at the Port of Mykolaiv in connection with an incident taking place during cargo operations. The team of Odesa Office of Ilyashev & Partners has secured the acceptance by the State Ecological Inspection of Ukraine of the P&I club’s letter of undertaking as a sufficient and only security in respect of the maritime claim.

Sergey M. Nedelko
Attorney at Law, Counsel, Head of Odesa Office
Lifting the unlawful financial burden imposed on green energy companies
- #Energy & Natural Resources
Result
As a result of a two-year legal dispute were recognized as unlawful and invalid the amendments to the formula approved by the National Commission for State Regulation in the Spheres of Energy and Utilities, which obliged electricity producers under the “green” tariff to compensate SE Guaranteed Buyer for losses incurred due to its inability to sell the electricity purchased from them.

Mikhail I. Ilyashev
Attorney at Law, Managing Partner, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine
Introduction of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of glass containers from Belarus
- #International Trade
Result
A provisional anti-dumping duty of 31.37% was applied to glass containers for food and beverages originating in the Republic of Belarus based on the interim results of the anti-dumping investigation. This decision on application of provisional duty on imports of goods to Ukraine was the first decision adopted by the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade after 24 February 2022.

Olena L. Omelchenko
Attorney at Law, Partner, Head of International Trade Practice
Defending the Red Cross emblem in a dispute with a network of medical centers
- #Medicine & Healthcare
- #Intellectual Property
Result
The network’s obligation to stop using the Red Cross emblem was formalized in an amicable agreement approved by the Commercial Court within a framework of a court action. The network started the rebranding. The dispute became the first case in 30 years of successful protection of the Red Cross emblem in Ukraine.