Experience:

Vasil V. Onopenko has more than 40 years of experience in the legal profession.

1976, he was elected as judge and chaired a district court soon.

1985, he became a judge of the civil law panel of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

1991, he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine for Legislation Matters.

1992, he was appointed as Minister of Justice of Ukraine.

2002, he was elected as judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

2006 to 2011, Head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

Now, Senior Partner at Onopenko & Partners Law Firm.

Honoured Jurist of Ukraine

Experience:

Petro V. Onopenko has more than 25 years of experience of service in the Security Service of Ukraine, including executive positions.

2000, he was appointed as counsel to the Head of the State Treasury of Ukraine.

2006, he was elected as a member of the Kyiv City Council.

2008, he was appointed as Deputy Head of the State Customs Services of Ukraine.

Since 2011, Senior Partner at Onopenko & Partners Law Firm.

Doctor of Philosophy of Law

Experience:

Vasil Onopenko has been a partner of the firm since its foundation and is an attorney at law.

His practice focus is defence of Clients’ rights and interests in criminal proceedings over economic and white-collar crimes, banking and finance, investments, and government relations (GR).

Vasil has a strong experience in banking law, efficient defence of Clients during investigations into criminal proceedings and protecting Ukrainian and foreign Clients before courts.

Experience:

Oleksandr Krytskyi has been the Managing Partner since the very foundation of the firm and is an attorney at law.

His practice focus is comprehensive dispute resolutions, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), real estate, government relations (GR).

Oleksandr has led successfully many defence efforts to protect interests of many Ukrainian large enterprises and foreign companies involved in disputes related, among other things, to privatization, investments, title to land and integral property complexes, intellectual property, debt recovery, and taxation. He has successfully managed to reinstate interests in corporate conflicts.

Experience:

Evgenii Rymar has more than 20 years of experience in the legal profession.

From 2002 to 2016, he has been holding the position of judge in various courts of Ukraine, including executive positions.

Since 2017, he has been acting as Counsel at Onopenko & Partners Law Firm.

The practice focus of Evgenii Rymar is white collar crimes and administrative offences.

Evgenii has professional experience of protecting Ukrainian and foreign Clients in criminal proceedings and representation in administrative offence cases before courts of Ukraine and other government bodies.

Experience:

Diana Vasylevych is an attorney at law and has been employed with the firm since 2012.

Her practice focus is comprehensive resolution of disputes in Ukrainian courts of all instances and specializations and representing Ukrainian and foreign Clients before government bodies.

Diana is proficient in defending Ukrainian and foreign Clients in litigations, including, but not limited to, corporate, investment, privatization, real estate, debt recovery, including loans, and other disputes.

Experience:

Igor Garkavyi is an attorney at law and has been in the legal profession since 2010.

Before joining the firm, he has been employed with leading law companies of Ukraine, public prosecution bodies of various levels and Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (New York, USA).

His practice focus is defence of Clients’ rights and interests in criminal prosecution for white collar and business crimes.

Igor Garkavyi has successful experience of protecting business against hostile takeovers, recovery of seized and attached assets to a significant extent, giving efficient legal aid at all stages of investigation, criminal prosecution and trial in courts.

Experience:

Iaroslav Teleshun – political consultant, campaign manager, PhD in Political Science.

Experience in politics: since 2013.

Main specialization: political consulting; political campaigning; interaction with State authorities and local governments, the media and business; representation of Ukrainian and foreign Clients’ interests in the legislative and executive powers; legislative activity.

Iaroslav has significant experience in consulting clients on: the social and political process in Ukraine; business interactions with government and local authorities, the media and the third sector; draft laws’ development and implementation and sectoral development concepts; election campaigns’ organization and holding both at the local and national levels; Ukraine representation in international organizations and cooperation with international institutions in the field of social and political consulting, etc.

Experience:

Anastasiia Pekar is an attorney at law and has been practicing law since 2009.

Her practice focus is consulting, registration, licensing and judicial protection of various intellectual property rights, including, but not limited to, trademarks, patents, copyrights, and resolution of other disputes in Ukrainian courts.

Anastasiia has experience of advising Ukrainian and foreign Clients on the most complicated matters involving intellectual property and protection of brands against unfair imitation and use.

Experience:

Veronika Koval is an attorney at law and has been practicing law since 2009.

Her practice focus is representation of domestic and foreign Clients before courts of all instances and jurisdictions, including enforcement proceedings.

Veronika has an extensive experience of protecting Clients’ rights and interests in banking, contractual and corporate disputes, including those related to bankruptcy and protection of honor, dignity, and business reputation.

Experience:

Oleksandr Taran is an аttorney and has been practicing law since 2013.

His practice focus is dispute resolution in Ukrainian courts of all specializations and representing Ukrainian and foreign Clients before government bodies.

Oleksandr is proficient in defending Ukrainian and foreign Clients in litigations, including, but not limited to, taxation, real estate, debt recovery, including loans, and other disputes.

Experience:

Romanna Krechyk is an attorney at law and has been practicing law since 2014.

Before joining the firm, she has gained extensive experience with bodies of public prosecution of Ukraine, criminal law section of the Office of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights (Warsaw, Poland), and one of the leading law firms.

Her practice focus is defence of Clients’ rights and interests in criminal proceedings over economic and white-collar crimes.

Romanna specialises in defending Clients suspected or accused of white-collar, economic or corruption crimes during pretrial investigations and before court. She advises on business security and defence against hostile takeovers, and recovery of seized or attached assets.

Experience:

Vladyslav Khimich is an attorney and has been practicing law since 2014.

His practice focus is comprehensive legal support of Ukrainian and foreign companies in Ukraine.

Vladyslav advises Clients on commercial, corporate and employment laws and has successful experience of acting for Clients in dispute resolution in Ukrainian courts.

Experience:

Karen Kroian is an associate and has been practicing law since 2018.

His practice focus is resolution of civil and commercial law disputes in Ukrainian courts and advising on intellectual property.

Experience:

Anna Afanasieva is an associate and has been practicing law since 2016.

Her practice focus is resolution of civil law disputes in Ukrainian courts.

Anna advises Clients on corporate and employment laws and acts for Clients to resolve family and inheritance disputes.