Vasil Kisil & Partners advises on general corporate tax and international tax structuring, in addition to coverage of tax disputes. The group handles tax issues relating to M&A transactions and corporate restructurings, and takes an active role in lobbying and the development of policy. Jointly leading the offering are Andriy Stelmashchuk, Alexander Borodkin, and Yehor Svidlo. Stelmashchuk is a litigator with sector expertise in agriculture, banking and finance and IT, while Borodkin covers non-contentious issues such as restructurings and international tax plannning, and Svidlo is frequently active alongside Stelmashchuk representing clients in contentious matters.

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Key clients

  • Ecoway Waste Management, LLC
  • Rost Agro LLC
  • Kischenzi, LLC
  • Arcona Property Fund N.V.
  • Farmgate BV
  • Avrora Group
  • MacPaw Group

Work highlights

  • Representing Arost Agro in two similar tax disputes, which concern the challenging of the tax authorities’ decisions to impose fines for alleged violations of deadlines for payments related to export-import operations.
  • Advising MacPaw Group on its corporate structure and its trading and capital operations and prepared recommendations to improve the Group's structure, governance, and tax planning.
  • Representing Kischenzi in a tax dispute which concerns the challenging of the tax authority’s decision to impose fines for alleged violations of deadlines for payments related to export-import operations.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andriy Stelmashchuk, Alexander Borodkin, Yehor Svidlo