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EVERLEGAL
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The firm: EVERLEGAL is an independent sector-focused Ukrainian law firm. EVERLEGAL’s partners are ex-Clifford Chance senior lawyers with deep expertise in international corporate finance matters and well-known Ukrainian advocates with focus on complex litigation.
EVERLEGAL has transactional, dispute resolution and advisory practices. The firm is industry-focused with particular expertise in energy (oil and gas, conventional power and renewables); banks and financial institutions; agriculture; innovations and technology, pharmaceuticals and FMCG.
The firm is also active in blockchain and cryptocurrencies sphere partnering up with business advisory and marketing/PR firms in this sector.
The firm has grown by more than 50% over the last two years and currently has 50 lawyers and 11 members of the business support unit. The firm has been ranked among the Top 20 Ukrainian law firms by the leading legal newspaper in Ukraine and has been recommended in the leading international rankings, as well as recognised among the leading firms in the energy sector.
Areas of practice: The main practice areas of the firm are: corporate and M&A; dispute resolution; antitrust and competition; banking and finance; international arbitration; commercial and employment matters.
The firm is particularly strong in the energy-related transactional and advisory work with Yevheniy Deyneko focusing on oil and gas matters and Andriy Olenyuk on renewable energy projects.
The dispute resolution partners, Andriy Porayko and Oleksandr Ruzhytskiy, have unparalleled experience of representation in domestic courts, focusing on corporate disputes spanning various industries, as well as acting for banks and borrowers in complex financing-related disputes.
The firm also has a strong team of antitrust lawyers, led by Yevheniy Deyneko, representing global corporates in merger control filings in Ukraine, as well as advising international and local clients on matters related to cartels, abuse of dominance and unfair competition.
Finally, the firm prides itself on expertise in employment related matters, particularly complicated top management and protected categories’ separations, as well as transfer of personnel during corporate reorganisations.