GOLAW, an international law firm with offices in Ukraine and
Germany, announces Kateryna Manoylenko, Iryna Kalnytska and Igor Glushko as new
partners at the firm.
“Welcoming Kateryna, Iryna and Igor as new partners to our firm is an important step which demonstrates our continued commitment to the growing needs of our clients. These new partners have been working with GOLAW for many years and have been team leaders among their colleagues working on some of our most important and high profile cases. Their addition to our partnership represents the next stage in our strategic development and we are confident their leadership at GOLAW as partners will advance our established record of excellence.”
Valentyn Gvozdiy, GOLAW Managing Partner
Partner, Head of Dispute
Resolution Practice, Attorney at Law
Kateryna Manoylenko
heads the Dispute Resolution practice of the Firm, which represents the client
interests in complicated and challenging litigation cases. She has a proven
track record of complex client disputes settlements, leading legal cases in the
courts of all instances and jurisdictions, court decision execution and the conduct
of mediation procedures. Kateryna has been highly recognised for her achievements in the field of Litigation practice by the prestigious international
ranking Best
Lawyers 2019.
Partner, Head of Tax Practice,
Attorney at Law
The main areas of Iryna’s activities are consulting Ukrainian and foreign
companies on national and international taxation, tax risk management, tax
structuring of agreements and judicial appeals of tax decision notices. Iryna
has extensive experience in representing the interests of foreign and Ukrainian
financial institutions during the conclusion of loan agreements, restructuring
loans, resumption of rights to pledged items, foreclosure and transfer of
pledged property to relevant banks. The team led by Iryna at GOLAW has
consistently achieved favorable results for banks with hostile debtors even in
extrajudicial order. In 2018, Iryna Kalnytska received the honor of individual
recognition by the prestigious international ranking The Legal 500
Partner, Head of Criminal Law & White Collar Defense , Attorney at
Law
Igor Glushko chairs the practice of Criminal Law & White Collar Defense.
He has extensive experience of defense in criminal proceedings, especially with
business entities in the sphere of service and economic activities and with a particular expertise in state security-related
issues. Igor has significant experience in providing legal support to the
negotiation process on the return of illegally retained assets and
documentation, representation of the interests of companies before law
enforcement agencies, and significant expertise in the process of determining the
amount of material damages caused by criminally punishable actions. Igor
is the author of the 2018 published method manual “The Beginning of Criminal Procedure:
Tips from an Attorney at Law”.
GOLAW – is an international
full-service law firm that was founded in 2003 and currently maintains offices
in Kyiv, Odesa (Ukraine) and Berlin (Germany). GOLAW provides sophisticated
legal advice and reliable legal assistance in all major sectors, including
agribusiness, retail and FMCG, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, financial
services, energy and natural resources, transportation and infrastructure,
Internet technology, and real estate. The firm’s client portfolio includes
large and medium-sized, national and foreign companies, as well as private
investors.
The firm has been recognised by prestigious
international and Ukrainian rankings, such as The Legal 500, Chambers &
Partners, IFLR 1000, Best Lawyers, Legal Awards and has ben ranked among TOP 10
Leading Law Firms in Ukraine.