The team at Benchers Law Firm ‘comes up with innovative solutions in challenging scenarios’. Oleh Valendiuk, whose experience includes stints at the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine, leads the practice along with veteran litigator Olga Shapovalova, and highly regarded criminal defence specialist Oleksandr Mykytenko. Valendiuk is currently defending a Ukrainian MP in a $24m bribery case brought by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).
Testimonials
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‘It is a great pleasure to collaborate with Oleh Valendyk and his team, Benchers Law Firm. They are an outstanding firm in white-collar crime practice and deliver top-tier quality and exhibit a solution-oriented approach. Benchers' attorneys come up with innovative solutions in challenging scenarios.’
‘We hold the Benchers WCC practice in very high regard and we would like to highlight partners Oleh Valendiuk and Myroslav Hnatiuk at Benchers for their active involvement in cases. The quality of their advice is unparalleled.’
Key clients
- Mykola Zlochevsky, former owner of Burisma, the former Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources
- Alex Borukhovych, Ukrainian politician and businessman, ex-MP of Ukraine
Work highlights
- Defending Serhiy Labaziuk, People's deputy of Ukraine and infrastructure businessman, in criminal proceedings on charges of bribing high-ranking officials of the Vice Prime Minister for Reconstruction and the Head of the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure in order to obtain government orders for his own company for the restoration of infrastructure facilities.
- Defending Kyrylo Shevchenko, the former CEO of one of the state-owned banks of Ukraine and the CEO of the National Bank of Ukraine, in criminal proceedings regarding the seizure of funds of the state bank on a particularly large scale.