News date: 16 October 2026
Roman Marchenko, Senior Partner at Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm, Attorney at Law, and Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, has been named Lawyer of the Year in Ukraine by The Legal 500 Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) Awards 2026, one of the world’s most authoritative legal awards.
The awards ceremony took place on 15 October 2026 in Warsaw, Poland, bringing together leading legal counsel, partners from international law firms, and C-suite legal executives across the Central and Eastern European region.
The top accolade of The Legal 500 CEE Awards recognizes Roman Marchenko’s outstanding achievements, key involvement in high-stakes cross-border projects and complex international arbitrations, as well as his unquestionable standing among international and domestic clients over the past year.
Roman Marchenko heads the International Arbitration practice at Ilyashev & Partners and is one of Ukraine’s leading experts with over 25 years of experience in complex cross-border dispute resolution, international commercial and investment arbitration, asset protection, asset tracing and recovery, as well as litigation in the aviation, defense, energy, bankruptcy, and restructuring sectors. Roman Marchenko is highly recommended as a leading expert by premier international legal directories, including The Legal 500, Chambers, Lexology Index, Lawdragon, and IFLR1000.
“Today, businesses investing in Ukraine or safeguarding their assets across multi-jurisdictional frameworks require legal counsel not merely to understand the law, but to operate under high uncertainty and execute non-standard procedural strategies,” noted Roman Marchenko. “Winning The Legal 500 CEE Award confirms that Ilyashev & Partners’ arbitration and dispute resolution practice effectively defends client interests in the most complex international forums, ensuring capital protection in line with the highest global standards.”
The Legal 500 CEE Awards research is based on an in-depth analysis of the region’s legal market, assessment of major transactions and litigation matters, as well as hundreds of independent feedback responses from general counsel, corporate legal directors, executives of multinational corporations, and key business stakeholders.