Employment

SERVICES AND INFORMATION

Having extensive experience in providing legal services in labor law, our practice offers its clients an individual and professional problem-solving approach within the framework of employment relations. We provide services to major companies, trade unions and individuals, in particular, government officials, chief executives of industrial companies and foreign representatives.

Drafting of employment agreements and contracts, internal documents regulating employment relations
Employment of foreign workers, including obtaining work permits
Organization of trade union activities
Regulation of relations between employers and trade unions
Protection of employers’ and employees’ interests in employment relations, during their establishment and termination
Development of regulations and documents for labor aspects of business restructuring, redundancies or winding up of businesses
Representation in individual and collective labor disputes
Advising on wage arrears and compensation plans, payroll tax planning
Labor law related audits of corporate legal departments to assess their effectiveness, staff competence and risk mitigation

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. Today, Ilyashev & Partners employs more than 150 people in Ukraine and Estonia with its offices and representatives in Kyiv, Tallinn, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Odesa. The firm has been recognized by the most prestigious legal market research guides, according to which it occupies a leading position in the markets of Ukraine, Russia and Estonia.

20+
years on the market
50+
attorneys and lawyers
400+
customers on service
1000+
hearings in courts annually

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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

Team

Leading experts

Leonid O. Gilevich
Counsel

One of the leading experts in Сorporate Law, M&A, Employment and Compliance in Ukraine.
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Galyna I. Lefor
Attorney at Law

Criminal, civil and family law matters attorney with over 30 years of legal practice.
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Oleksandr M. Denysenko
Attorney at Law

An attorney with 23 years of legal practice, one of the leading experts in commercial litigation.
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Olena V. Sereda
Lawyer

An expert in resolving disputes in the area of intellectual property in advertising and marketing, technology, media and telecommunication industries.
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Vitali Galitskihh
Head of Tallinn Office

Estonian expert in corporate, tax, employment and dispute resolution; holds a degree in IT law and intellectual property law.
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Our cases

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 economic 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.

Dmytro S. Nikulesko
Attorney at Law
Ukraine.ua domain name re-delegation in favor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
- #Public Sector
- #Intellectual Property
Result
Full legal support and counseling during the re-delegation of a unique second-level domain in the .UA public domain from an individual to the central executive body to host a modern digital portal about Ukraine for foreign audiences.

Dmytro S. Nikulesko
Attorney at Law
Supervision of license agreement on the production of Antonov Watches by Kleynod
- #Aviation
- #Intellectual Property
Result
Ilyashev & Partners represented State Enterprise Antonov in a rather rare case in Ukraine of granting by the state-owned enterprise a permission to use its trademark to a private company. The Firm supported the process of transferring permission to use ТМ «ANTONOV» and design elements of aircraft parts in the design of watches.

Dmytro S. Nikulesko
Attorney at Law
Supervision of sale of 49.99% in Golden Sunrise Agro
- #Agribusiness
- #Corporate and M&A
Result
The deal was executed in Ukraine and subordinated to laws of the State of New York, the USA, whereby Latvian bank was engaged as an escrow agent for settlement purposes.

Yevgen O. Solovyov
Attorney at Law, Partner, Insolvency Receiver

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The Legal 500 – EMEA 2021 Recommended in Employment for Ukraine
Chambers Europe 2021 Recommended in Employment for Ukraine
Ukrainian Law Firms 2021. A Handbook for Foreign Clients Leading Firm in Labor & Employment for Ukraine
Market Leaders: Ranking of Law Firms of Ukraine 2021 Top position in Labor and Migration Law