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Astapov Lawyers International Law Group
Andrey Astapov
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Astapov Lawyers International Law Group
Head Office: Business Center "Europa" Muzeyniy prov. 4, 3rd Floor Kyiv, 01001 Ukraine
Country: Ukraine
Telephone: +38 (044) 490 7001
Fax: +38 (044) 490 7002
Email: office@astapovlawyers.com
Profile

Astapov Lawyers International Law Group is the most dynamic full service Law Firm on the Ukrainian legal market.

We started in the year 2002 and today we are consistently named among the leaders of the market for quality and reliability of service as well as for the depth of expertise by major International Legal Directories.

Three core values drive our effectiveness: quality, ethics and innovation! Quality is the cornerstone of our philosophy present in everything we do, in every advice we give to the Clients, in every document we sign or draft. Ethics is what makes us strong and solid in the face of a changing World. Innovation makes us the first in what we do. The three make us the best.

We are proud of providing top level legal expertise to the leaders of the business community, both International Companies operating in the Ukraine and CIS Countries and Ukrainian/Russian businesses. We are constantly ranked among the Top Ten law Firms of the Ukraine by almost all the Legal Publications of the Ukraine and Internationally.

Our areas of expertise include corporate and commercial law, arbitration and litigation, banking and finance, taxation, foreign investments, antimonopoly law, mergers and acquisitions, oil and gas, real estate and shipping law.

We are servicing Clients in all economic sectors and contributing to the activity of the business and industrial associations both in the Ukraine and worldwide. We are very active within the international investment and banking community. We are one of the leaders in arbitration and litigation in trade and investment matters.

In developing our practice we strongly rely on a team of carefully selected and well motivated professionals. We believe that the only thing a Law Firm should invest in is its own team.

The profile of our lawyer is as follows: experienced and dedicated professionals, aged under 35, educated in the Ukraine/Russia and England/USA, bilingual or multilingual, specialized in several areas of law.

Our philosophy is building a corporate counsel type relationship with our Clients, relationship based on trust, confidence and professionalism. Our Clients can always be sure that their projects are dealt with according to the highest standards of quality and legal ethics.

Admission to BarsBasis of Fee Calculation
Ukraine, Russian FederationWe are pleased to offer several schemes of calculating fees, which can be used either separately or in combination: remuneration on an hourly basis with or without agreed maximum fee; remuneration on per case basis; remuneration under agreement for legal services with fixed monthly fee that includes certain amount of time used by our lawyers; premium - in case when some or the most of remuneration payable depends on the final result. In this case payment of a fixed sum may be required at the outset to demonstrate the commitment of our client in the matter.

Additionally, unless otherwise specifically agreed, our expenses incurred on our clients' behalf are subject to reimbursement on presentation of our invoice in respect of such expenses.

Practice Areas
Arbitration & Litigation
Alternative dispute resolution
Enforcement of arbitral awards and foreign Courts Decisions
Financial services litigation
Insurance litigation
International Arbitration at any international forum LCIA, Stockholm Arbitration Institute, ICSID, LME GAFTA, FOSFA, SIAC etc.
Litigation in different jurisdictions
Patent litigation
Securities Litigation
Trade and Commodities Litigation
Trademark litigation

International Corporate Law and Capital Markets
Bills of exchange and cheques
Capital markets - Private placements and PIPEs, IPOs, Debt/Equity offering
Contracts for work, mandate and consignment contracts, agency contracts, sales representation contracts, carriage contracts, etc.,
Corporate conflicts and hostile takeovers
Corporate Restructuring
Emerging companies and venture capital
Public companies and corporate governance

International Financial Transactions
Asset based lending
Cross border and domestic private placements
Equipment leasing and vendor financing
Project finance and development
Secondary debt trading
Syndicated and other lending transactions
Trade structured financing (TSF) including commodities backed export financing
Mediation
At the early stages of drafting the clause or mediation agreement
Provide an experienced mediator to help settle the dispute on the merits

Mergers and Acquisitions
Conducting negotiations
Conflict management
Drafting the M&A documents
Interim management
Legal due diligence
Overview of Regulatory Environment
Transaction pre-completion and closing

Real estate
Commercial property
Leasing and asset management
Personal property
Purchase and sale
Real estate development, land use and construction
Real estate finance
Troubles Real Estate

Tax
Advising and litigating in the matter of reimbursement of export VAT and/or structuring go avoid or minimise its payment
Development and investment
International tax planning
Tax finance
Tax structuring of transactions
Value added tax and customs duties
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