Наши специалисты

PARTNERS

Alex Frishberg, born Kiev, Ukraine; admitted, 1988, Pennsylvania; 1990, District of Columbia; 1992, Ukraine; Licensed to advise on privatization matters by the Ukrainian State Property Fund. Education: University of Missouri, St. Louis (B.A., 1985); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Chairman, Legal, Government Relations and Economic Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in the Ukraine, 1992-1995, 1999. Author: “Doing Business in Ukraine” (Juris Publishing, Inc., 1999); “Industrial Land Lease”: Eastern Economist, Vol. 6/#7, March 8, 1999; “Foreign Investment Legislation”: East-West Executive Guide, Vol. 8/#3, March, 1998; “Pre-Election Update”: Financial Times: Power in East Europe, Issue 18: October 15, 1999 / Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 9/#18: October 15, 1999 / Survey Of East European Law, Vol. 10/#7: September, 1999, “Securing Land Rights for Commercial Use”: The Ukrainian Journal of Business Law, February, 2006, “Building a Roof-Top Penthouse”: The Ukrainian Journal of Business Law, October 2006. Member: District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association. Languages: English, Russian and Ukrainian. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Real Estate, Privatization.

Scott Brown, born Poughkeepsie, New York; Education: Marist College (B.A., Russian Area Studies, 1994); Capital University (J.D., 1998). Author: “Company Registration and Liquidation – Post-July 1, 2004”: Russia/Eurasia Executive Guide, August 2004, vol. 14, #15; “Ukraine’s New Mortgage Law”: Eastern Europe Reporter, January 2004, Vol. 14, #1; “Law “On Concessions” in Ukraine” : International Business Lawyer, December 2003; “Higher Minimum Monthly Salary Means Higher Capitalization Requirements for Resident Companies”: Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 13/ #5: March 15, 2003; “Ukraine and the Repayment of Credit to Non-residents”: World Corporate Finance Review, Vol. 3/#2: February 2003/ Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 13/#4: February 28, 2003;   “Ukraine and the Repayment of Credit to Non-residents”: World Corporate Finance Review, Vol. 3/ #2: February, 2003 Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 13/ #4: February 28, 2003;“Higher Minimum Monthly Salary Means Higher Capitalization Requirements for Resident Companies”: Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 13/ #5: March 15, 2003;“Law “On Concessions” in Ukraine”: International Business Lawyer, December, 2003; “Ukraine’s New Mortgage Law”: BNA’s Eastern Europe Reporter, Vol. 14/ #1: January, 2004; “Company Registration and Liquidation – Post-July 1, 2004”: Russia/Eurasia Executive Guide, Vol. 14/ No. 15: August 2004; “Doing Business in Ukraine 2004/2005”, Kiev 2004; “Ukraine Legal Update – Post-Revolution”: Russia/Eurasia Executive Guide, Vol. 15/ #7: May, 2005. Languages: English and Russian. Practice Areas: Business Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions.

ASSOCIATES

	Vladimir Lukovich, born Kishinev, Moldavia; admitted, 1994, Ukraine. Education: Kiev State University, International Relations and International Law Faculty and the Faculty of Foreign Languages (1994). Co-Author: “On Concessions”: Eastern Economist, Vol. 7/#25 - 26: July 17-23, 24-30, 2000 / Eastern European Forum Newsletter, Vol. 10/#1: June, 2000 / Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 10/#3: February 15, 2000 / Survey Of East European Law, Vol. 10/#9 - 10: November - December, 1999; “Shareholder Rights in Ukraine”: Eastern European Forum Newsletter, Vol. 11/#1: June, 2001 / Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 11/#4: February 28, 2001; "Alternative Business Relations: Franchising and Leasing," Eastern Economist, Vol. 5/#38 - 39, October, 1998/ Survey of East European Law, Vol. 9/#9, November, 1998.  Languages: Russian, French and Romanian. Practice Areas: Import-Export, Structured Finance, Litigation.
	Valery Semenets, born Kiev, Ukraine; admitted, 1998, Ukraine. Education: Kiev State University, Foreign Languages Department (1992); Kiev State University, Institute of International Relations, Ukranian Center for Legal Studies(1998). Author: “Production-Outsourcing (Tolling) Transactions in Ukraine”: Russia / Eurasia Executive Guide, November 30, 2003; “Staying in Compliance with Ukraine's Antimonopoly Agency”: Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 12, #4, February 28, 2002; “Antimonopoly Clearance for Mergers, Acquisitions, and Company Start-Ups”: Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 12, #3, February 15, 2002; “Insurance In The Ukraine”: Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 10/#12: June 30, 2000 / Survey Of East European Law, Vol. 11/#5: June, 2000; “Ukrainian Insurance Industry”: BNA’s Eastern Europe Reporter, Vol. 9/#4, April, 1999/ Eastern Economist, Vol. 6/#5, February 22, 1999/ Impact, Issue 9/ Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 9/#8, April 20, 1999/ Survey of East European Law, Vol. 10/#1, March, 1999. Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Labor Law, Real Estate, Insurance Law, High-Technology Investment Legislation.
	Sergey Potabenko, born Kiev, Ukraine; Co-Author: “A Brief Overview of Company Registration in Ukraine”: European Current Law, July, 2001. Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, English. Practice Areas: Copyright; Patents; Trademarks; Immigration and Naturalization; Employment.
	Kirill Andrianov, born Dnipropetrovs'k, Ukraine; admitted, 1998, Kiev, Ukraine.  Education: Kiev National University, Institute of International Relations (1998), post-graduate study, Kiev National University, Institute of International Relations (International Law, 2003). Author: "How Do You Guard Against a Hostile Takeover": The Ukrainian Journal of Business Law, September, 2006; "Due Diligence or Die!": The Ukrainian Observer, October, 2006.  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian and English.  Practice Areas: Corporate Law, Corporate Due Diligence, Merges and Acquisitions.
	Andrey Rozhnov, born Kiev, Ukraine; admitted, 1998, Ukraine. Education: Simferopol State University, Foreign Languages Department (1991); Kiev State University, Institute of International Relations, Ukranian Center for Legal Studies (1998). Author: “Ukrainian Law Governing Ownership Of Land”: Eastern Europe Reporter, June, 2004; “Document Certification Rules Eased Upon Accession to Hague Convention”: Eastern Europe Reporter, March, 2004; “Alternatives for Questioning Ukrainian Tax Authorities”: Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 11/#10, May 31, 2001.  Co-Author: “A Guide to Cross-border Contracts in Ukraine (Not as Exotic as One Might Think)”: Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, Vol. 12/#19: October 31, 2002.  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, English and French (limited). Practice Areas: Corporate Due Diligence, Real Estate.

	Tanya Dzyadok, born Svetlovodsk, Ukraine; admitted, 2003, Ukraine. Education: Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Foreign Languages Department, 1997); Kiev State University (Institute of International Relations, International Law Department, 2003). Languages: Russian, Ukranian and English. Practice Areas: Corporate Law, Labor Law, Company Registration
	Galina Khmarskaya, born Kiev, Ukraine; admitted, 2004, Ukraine. Education: Kiev National University, Legal Studies Department (2004). Author: “Investment in Unfinished Construction”: The Ukrainian Journal of Business Law, July 2006; “Investment in Ukrainian Unfinished Construction”: Russia / Eurasia Executive Guide, April, 2006; “Financing Residential Construction Projects in Ukraine”: Russia / Eurasia Executive Guide, July, 2006. Language:  Russian, Ukrainian and English. Practice areas: Due Diligence, Company Registration, Labor Law, Lease Agreements.
	Elena Avramenko, born Svetlovodsk, Ukraine; admitted, 2003, Ukraine. Education: Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Foreign Languages Department, 1997); Kiev University of Culture and Art (Law Department. Languages: Russian, Ukrainian and English. Practice Areas: Company Registration
	Алессандро Терци, родился в г. Турин, Италия, приступил к юридической практике в 1999 г. Образование: Туринский университет, специальность "Международное и сравнительное право"; университет г. Маастрихт, Нидерланды; международная программа по обмену "Эрасмус", специализация в области сравнительного и международного права. Знание языков: итальянский, английский и русский. Специализации: слияния и поглощения, структурирование иностранных инвестиций, дью дилидженс.

Of Counsel

RESIDENT OF COUNSEL ON PRIVATIZATION

Alexander Paskhaver, (Of Counsel) Education: Ph.D., Institute of Economy of the Academy of Science of the USSR, Moscow (1972). Advisor on Economic Policy to the President of the Ukraine; Consultant to the Ukrainian State Property Fund. Editor-in-chief of the bulletin “The Ukrainian Economic Monitor”. Co-Author: The Law “On Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises”, The Law “On Small Scale Privatization”, The Law “On Privatization Certificates”, among others. Editor of the Bulletin “Privatization in Ukraine”. Leading researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Ukrainian Academy of Science (1971-1992). Languages: Russian and Ukrainian.

 RESIDENT OF COUNSEL ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Semyon P. Tartakovsky, born Kiev, Ukraine.  Education: Kiev Polytechnic Institute (1941); Military Academy (1942).  Thirty years service in the Soviet military, working with radar and other early-warning systems.  Twenty years service for the Soviet Patent Bureau.  Played a key role in designing Ukraine’s present-day patent and trademark legislation.  Languages: Russian and Ukrainian.

RESIDENT OF COUNSEL ON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

Taras Kuzio,  born Halifax, England. Education: Sussex University (BA Hons. Economics, 1980), London University (MA, Soviet Studies, 1985), Birmingham University (PhD Political Science, 1998), Yale University (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2000). Author:  “Ukrainian Security Policy” (Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1995), “Ukraine under Kuchma” (Macmillam, 1997), Ukraine. State and Nation Building (Routledge, 1998), “Ukraine. Perestroika to Independence” (Macmillan, 1994 and 2000); Co-author: “Politics and Society in Ukraine” (Westview, 1999). Editor of Contemporary Ukraine. Dynamics of Post-Soviet Transformation (M.E. Sharpe, 1998) and the joint editor of State and Institution Building in Ukraine (St.Martin's Press, 1999), Ukrainian Foreign and Security Policy. Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives (Praeger, 2002), and Dilemmas of State-Led Nation Building in Ukraine (Praeger, 2002). Professional Affiliations: American Political Science Association, Association for the Study of Nationalities, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Polish.