Magister & Partners is an international law firm that originated in Ukraine, is based in the CIS, and is trusted worldwide. The firm employs nearly 100 lawyers in Kyiv and Moscow and has a representative office in Washington, D.C.

Magister & Partners’ internationally trained senior legal team, its knowledge of the domestic legal and policy environment, and its track record with major international and domestic corporations make the firm an ideal partner for businesses seeking to enter the complex Ukrainian and Russian markets. Magister & Partners’ practice areas include Banking & Finance; Intellectual Property; International Arbitration & Litigation; International Trade & Customs; Litigation; Mergers & Acquisition; Corporate; Oil & Gas; Real Estate & Construction; Tax; and Telecommunications.

In addition to its legal capabilities, Magister & Partners has extensive government relations capacities in Ukraine, Russia, and the US. These capacities include the appointment of Sergey Karaganov, a leading Russian policy academic, as senior advisor to the firm, and the creation of Magisters USA.

Magister & Partners’ range of capacities and excellent track record have attracted a wide array of clients from among the world’s best known and most innovative corporations.

Magister & Partners’ clients include: ABN AMRO, Alfa Group Consortium, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Energoatom, Erste Bank, EuroChem, EvrazHolding, First Ukrainian International Bank, Gazprombank, GlaxoSmithKline, Goldman Sachs, Industrial Union of Donbass, ING Bank, the International Finance Corporation, Interpipe, JP Morgan, JT International, Mechel Steel Group, Merrill Lynch, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Mittal Steel, Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Morgan Stanley, Naftogaz of Ukraine, Oriflame, Pernod Ricard, Renaissance Group, Renova Group, Saint-Gobain, Sistema, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, TNK-BP, UBS, U.S. Steel, Viacom, VimpelCom, Vnesheconombank, Vneshtorgbank, the World Bank, and Yahoo! Inc.

Magister & Partners have launched this newsletter to better provide the global financial, business, and legal communities with informed insights about the economy, government, and politics of Ukraine, which for the last seven years has been one of Europe’s fastest-growing markets.

A more detailed account of the firm can be found at www.magisters.com.

 

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