Baker McKenzie LLP

Lina Nemchenko is partner in Baker McKenzie's Real Estate Practice Group and she is head of the Kyiv Employment & Migration practice and member of the EMEA Real Estate Steering Committee of the Firm.

Lina was named "Best in Real Estate" by European Women in Business Law Awards twice, and she is the only Ukrainian lawyer to ever receive this accolade.

Lina has extensive experience in advising both domestic and foreign clients on a wide range of real estate and construction matters, including advising on structuring major office and shopping center acquisitions, property development projects and various land-related transactions. She also has extensive expertise in landlord-tenant relations and in advising a number of the Firm's clients on setting up real estate investment funds for investing in Ukrainian real estate. She also regularly advises clients on data protection and general labor law.

Among the large international companies Lina represents are McDonald's, Boeing, Oracle, Billa Ukraine (REWE Group), IKEA, ArcelorMittal and she also advises the governments of Canada, the US and the UK.

Lina is also involved in legislation drafting in the real estate and employment areas.