Asters' ‘extremely responsive and thorough’ team draws on the firm’s tax, criminal and regulatory experts to provide national and international companies with multidisciplinary employment advice. The team is regularly called upon to handle large-scale personnel reorganisations, as well as labour disputes and sensitive employment matters. It is well-placed to advise start-ups on employment planning and provides continued employment development support. Other areas of expertise include workplace health and occupational safety, immigration patters and personal data protection. Vadym Samoilenko specialises in advising national businesses and multinational corporations on HR crises and sensitive employment matters, leveraging his expertise in employment planning and risk management. Team co-head Inesa Letych boasts a broad employment and immigration practice, handling both contentious and non-contentious matters across the pharmaceuticals, chemicals, automotive, food and beverages and financial services sectors. Her key areas of focus include collective bargaining, reorganisations and redundancies, and labour protection and industrial safety.

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  • ‘Prompt response with accurate estimates of duration and the ability to assist. Responses are fluent and professional. Flexibility. Particularly Inesa Letych.’

  • ‘Extremely responsive and thorough. Will go the extra mile.’

  • ‘Inesa Letych helped with an extremely tricky and time sensitive situation.’

Key clients

  • Lumos Foundation
  • Molson Coors Ukraine
  • Visa Ukraine

Work highlights

  • Providing ongoing advice to Molson Coors Ukraine on a wide spectrum of labour and employment, occupational safety and data protection matters related to the day-to-day business of the company and ensuring its employment law compliance.
  • Advised Lumos Foundation on the structuring of relations with employees and contractors in Ukraine, including in connection with the strengthening of security requirements in view of military actions.

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Practice head

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Vadym Samoilenko, Inesa Letych