News date: 12 April 2018
According to independent survey held by The Legal 500 – EMEA 2018, Ilyashev & Partners is a Top Tier Firm in Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Dispute resolution, Intellectual property, Real Estate and Construction. The Firm is also recommended in Banking, Finance and Capital Markets, Competition, Employment, Tax, Energy, and Private Client.
Commercial, Corporate and M&A – tier 1
Leading individuals: Mikhail Ilyashev – Managing Partner and Roman Marchenko – Senior Partner
Ilyashev & Partners is ‘one of the best’‘ in the market and its ‘ ‘very sophisticated M&A experts’‘ include Mikhail Ilyashev and Roman Marchenko. The team acted for multinational food group Danone on the merger of Unimilk with Danone Dnipro.
Dispute Resolution – tier 1
Leading individuals: Mikhail Ilyashev – Managing Partner and Roman Marchenko – Senior Partner
At Ilyashev & Partners, Roman Marchenko, who is ‘‘one of Ukraine’s top litigators’‘, acted for BTA Bank in a $10bn compensation claim against its former chairman. Mikhail Ilyashev is ‘extremely responsive and hardworking’.
Intellectual Property – tier 1
Leading individuals: Irina Kirichenko – lawyer, Patent Attorney of Ukraine
Ilyashev & Partners’ practice lead Irina Kirichenko has ‘a hands-on approach and is very commercial’. Mikhail Ilyashev acted for Grindeks (Latvia) in a trade mark dispute.