Criminal Law

SERVICES AND INFORMATION

Our attorneys have extensive experience of cooperation with law enforcement institutions and experience in advocacy that allows us to protect and represent clients at all stages of criminal proceedings. The Firm has experience in conducting independent financial investigations, including crimes committed by unscrupulous client management bodies.

Legal advice and defence in criminal proceedings
Representation of clients at all stages of criminal proceedings
Appeal against attachment of property
Appeal against resolutions of pre-trial investigation bodies and court rulings on applying a measure of restraint
Ensuring search and asset recovery
Tax investigations
White-collar crime
Extradition

OUR CLIENTS

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

About us

Reputable legal advisor

Founded in 1997, Ilyashev & Partners is one of the most prominent law firms in the Eastern European region. With offices in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Odesa, Ilyashev & Partners employs more than 120 people. The firm has been recognized by the most prestigious legal market research guides, according to which it occupies a leading position in Ukraine.

28
years in the market
40+
attorneys and lawyers
400+
clients regularly serviced
1000+
court hearings annually

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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

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.
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Roman V. Marchenko
Attorney at Law, Senior Partner, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine

Leading Ukrainian attorney. Head of International Arbitration.
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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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Kostiantyn O. Kryvenko
Attorney at Law, Counsel, Head of Criminal Law Practice

Focuses on supporting criminal proceedings involving economic and white-collar crimes.
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Denys O. Shevchenko
Attorney at Law

Defends private clients, companies and their executives in relation to criminal prosecutions and administrative liability claims.
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Our cases

Advising Ukrainian Red Cross Society on the legal regulation of the Mobile Health Units Program
Result
Development of the legal mechanism of work, step-by-step instructions and accompanying legal documents for implementing the Mobile Health Units Program, including the method of involving medical personnel in the provision of medical assistance; the method of medicines procurement and the scheme of their transfer; patient data collection, storage and processing.

Alla S. Tsymanovska
Attorney at Law
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

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The Legal 500 – EMEA 2025 Tier 1 in White-Collar Crime for Ukraine
Market Leaders: Ranking of Law Firms of Ukraine 2024 Top position in Criminal Law and Process, Anti-Corruption, White-Collar Crime and Business Protection
Ukrainian Law Firms 2023-2024. A Handbook for Foreign Clients Established Practiсe in Criminal Law / White-Collar Crime