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Ilyashev & Partners Appoints Seven Counsels

News date: 15 July 2019

Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm appointed its lawyers and attorneys at law, in particular, Andrey Bychkov, Leonid Gilevich, Valeriia Gudiy, Vadym Kizlenko, Andrii Konoplia, Oleh Trokhymchuk and Dmitry Konstantinov as Counsels.

“The new counsels are the highly qualified experts, enjoy market respect among our clients and colleagues, and made an important contribution into the development of Ilyashev & Partners, – commented on the appointment the Managing Partner of Ilyashev & Partners Mikhail Ilyashev. – They have considerable experience and expertise in their practices, many of them have been working at Ilyashev & Partners for more than 10 years in a row and, having such counsels on a team, we can look ahead with confidence”.

Andrey Bychkov has more than 13 years of experience in International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution in the field of Maritime Law and Energy. He represents clients in Ukrainian courts and international arbitration, as well as advises on energy and international transportation. Andrey works at Kyiv office of Ilyashev & Partners.

Leonid Gilevich has been working at Kyiv office of Ilyashev & Partners since 2011 and specializes in Corporate Law and M&A, Compliance and Employment. His extensive legal practice is primarily focused on a wide range of corporate issues, M&A projects and joint ventures; management, identification and prioritization of the legal compliance risks. Leonid is recommended as one of the leading lawyers in Employment by the international directory Chambers Europe and the annual Ukrainian survey Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients.

Valeriia Gudiy has been working at Kyiv office of Ilyashev & Partners since 2008. Valeria specializes in Employment, Employment Disputes and Compliance. She has a unique and wide experience in interaction and dispute resolution with trade unions. Valeriia’s expertise includes legal support and counselling during inspections of enterprises by the state regulatory authorities, resolution of administrative disputes, including in the field of formation and application of regulated prices and tariffs.

Vadym Kizlenko has been working at Kyiv office of Ilyashev & Partners since 2010. Vadym specializes in Insolvency and Dispute Resolution. He has extensive experience in conducting bankruptcy proceedings at various stages, as well as protecting clients’ interests in complex and resonant cases. Vadym is a Deputy Chairman of the Insolvency Committee of the Ukrainian Advocates’ Association.

Andrii Konoplia has been working at Kyiv office of Ilyashev & Partners since 2010. He has been working at various stages of bankruptcy proceedings and has been providing legal support and counselling in major loan disputes for more than 20 years in a row. Andrii was repeatedly appointed as the administrator of estate, rehabilitation manager and receiver of large enterprises. Andriy is recommended as one of the Ukraine’s leading lawyers in Insolvency by the annual Ukrainian survey Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients and Best Lawyers International.

Oleh Trokhymchuk has been working at Kyiv office of Ilyashev & Partners since 2002. His expertise includes Dispute Resolution in courts of all specializations and instances and regular representation of the interests of leading national, foreign and international companies, as well as those of the state enterprises. Oleh has an extensive litigation expertise in Banking and Energy sectors, as well as in the field of bankruptcy.

Dmitry Konstantinov has been working at Moscow office of Ilyashev & Partners since 2015. Dmitry has been practicing in the field of bankruptcy for more than 14 years in a row, he heads firm’s Insolvency and Financial Restructuring practice in Russia. As a part of Ilyashev & Partners’ team, Dmitry has successfully represented the interests of BTA Bank in returning assets from the companies controlled by Mukhtar Ablyazov. He also ran projects to restructure the troubled assets of BTA Bank.

Founded in 1997, Ilyashev & Partners is one of the most prominent and authoritative full-service law offices in the CEE region. More than 120 employees work in the Firm’s offices in Ukraine, Estonia and Russia.