KM Partners supports clients in the drafting and implementation of employment contracts, HR documentation and collective bargaining agreements. The team advises foreign clients on the establishment of operations in Ukraine, from the initiation of employment relations to employee dismissals. Alexander Shemiatkin leads the team and is regularly called upon for representation in employment-related conflict, thanks to his wealth of experience in labour dispute resolution. Yaroslava Ivasyuk also has a strong background in labour disputes, with a successful track record settling both judicial and non-judicial conflicts.
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Testimonials
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- 'KM Partners is a highly professional team, focused on providing clear, understandable and comprehensive advice. They find solutions to any situation and interpret legal norms/requirements in understandable language, they are very prompt and quite often report any changes in legislation, immediately offering a solution/necessary action to be taken.'
- 'Ethical standards, compliance and client oriented, as well as flexible.'
Work highlights
- Advising a number of clients on concluding fixed-term employment contracts, including the preparation of new documents and amendments to existing employment contracts.
- Supporting clients in a court dispute on the claim of the Kyiv city branch of the fund for social protection of disabled persons to representative offices of foreign companies for the collection of administrative and economic sanctions and fines due to non-compliance with the employment quota for people with disabilities.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alexander Shemiatkin