Clients

Our clients include:

Advanced Logic Solutions, Inc. AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION, S.A. Baltic Beverages Holding Bank Austria Creditanstalt British Energy Bruhn Internationale Transporte GmbH Chumak Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft Credit Commercial de France CTB, Inc. Deloitte Direct EDI Inc DUROPACK Emilceramica SpA

Fiat Auto FL Smidth & Co. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hewlett-Packard Company Imanto AG Industrial Development Company INDEVCO Jahn General Products Ukraine Jabil Circuit, Inc. Quality Schools International KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KPN Royal Dutch Telecom Linklaters & Alliance Notaro & Michalos Philips Electronics

Robert Fleming & Company, Ltd. SCL Corporate Finance SA Sealed Air Limited Skanska East Europe OY Stragen Chemical SA Sun Microsystems Theeuwes de Jong B.V. The Danish Investment Fund for Central and Eastern Europe Thornkild Kristensen Properties AS Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH Van Oostveen Medical B.V. Vetropack Holding Ltd. Vimpel Communications the Embassies of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, the United States, among others.

References

"…Mr. Alex Frishberg has been legal advisor and attorney for the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kyiv since 1992. In this period Mr. Frishberg has assisted the Embassy in matters relating to Ukrainian property law, labour law, commercial code and other aspects of civil law. We have been happy to recommend his and his law firm's services to Norwegian companies that have been interested in investing or otherwise engage in the Ukrainian market, and we know that many such companies have made use of his services and with great success.
Mr. Frishberg has on numerous occasions demonstrated extraordinary insight into the legal, political and economic framework for companies and other entities operating in Ukraine and it is a pleasure for us to recommend Mr. Frishberg's services to whomever may be interested or in need." Olav Berstad, Ambassador, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kyiv

"Alex Frishberg has been my Honorary Legal Adviser since 2006. He has been an invaluable source of advice to the British Embassy, providing clear legal guidance and a unique insight into the legal and political structures of Ukraine. I have to terminate this appointment on my departure from Kiev, but I hope that Alex's association with the British Embassy can continue, and I wish him every success for the future." Tim Barrow, Her Majesty's Ambassador, British Embassy in Kyiv

"Alex Frishberg had been my Honorary Legal Adviser since June 2008. He also held this position for my predecessor.
Alex and his team have given the embassy a range of timely and helpful advice on a broad range of important legal issues. These have included property and human resource questions as well as other issues associated with running a busy embassy in Kyiv. We have immensely valued their help. I have also been interested in Alex's views and analysis of Ukrainian institutions and politics, based on his many years of experience in Kyiv." Leigh Turner, Her Majesty's Ambassador, British Embassy in Kyiv

"Since 2008 Alex Frishberg is the Legal Adviser on the Belgian Embassy and gives the Embassy of Belgium timely and helpful advice, on important legal issues. These includes property and human resource questions as well as other issues associated with running a busy Embassy in Kyiv.
We value this help." Mark Vinck, Ambassador, the Embassy of Belgium in Kyiv

"I sincerely appreciate you for the valuable suggestion to receive from you a brand new copy of updated guide "Doing business in Ukraine" posting in pdf and hard copy.
We express willingness to accept the subscription on regular basis." Yevgen Mykytenko, Ambassador of Ukraine in Egypt

"Thank you very much for your excellent book "Doing Business in Ukraine", which will be of great value to our work." Renato L. R. Marques, Ambassador of Brazil to Ukraine

“I would like to express my gratitude for sending us … the essential legal guide "Doing Business in Ukraine", which is the most comprehensive edition about Ukrainian corporate legislation. I'm sure it will be very useful for us.
Thank you so much, and we are looking forward to continuing our cooperation in the future.“ I Gusti Putu Gede, Counsellor, the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Kyiv

 “We are very satisfied with the services of your law firm and especially appreciate the quick, accurate and business- minded responses and analysis.”  Dr. Brigitte Carbonare-Hartsleben, BT Global Services

 “As always, thank you for your immediate attention to our needs.  Your assistance will help enable us to successfully complete a very large contract and to keep a very good customer.”  Lori K. Rose, CTB, Inc.

 “Emilceramica appreciates Frishberg & Partners' professional collaboration in supporting the project  "Joint Venture Zeus Keramik" with Ukrainian participation. In this regard, Emilceramica hopes to have Frishberg & Partners' assistance in future.”  Dr. Efrem Montepietra, Emilceramica SpA

 “My impression of your company is very good.  I really appreciate the capability and professionalism of your lawyers and the efforts your company successfully put in the defense of ours.  We thank you for your assistance and cooperation.”  Flavia Smiraglio, Fiat Auto S.p.A.

 “Thank you and the colleagues at Frishberg & Partners for your assistance and the very valuable input you provided.  We are all happy with the outcome of the matter that was handled well, based on a good sense of judgment, lots of wisdom, good decision making and good use of past learnings from previous experiences in this country.”  Elias N. Ashkar, INDEVCO Group

 “You did an excellent job for Joss Chemicals BV, and you prepared an excellent report on our behalf.  This was very positive for us, and it allowed us to set up our business in Ukraine.  Now we are actively pursuing this business thanks to your excellent lawyers.”  Jan Huijbregts, Joss Chemicals BV

 “We at Sun and I am personally as legal counsel for Sun operation in CIS region, are very pleased with a level of expertise and service which were and are provided to our company in Ukraine by Frishberg & Partners.  I would like to particularly mention also a constant effort of F&P lawyers to keep its clients updated on the most recent developments of Ukrainian legal environment and their responsiveness to our needs in that country.”  Dr. Andrei Zalivako, Sun Microsystems

 “Frishberg & Partners’ advice and services are of excellent quality, very timely, reliable and to the point, and with a good understanding of our business interests.”  Christoph Zeyen, Tyco Electronics                      

 "We hired Frishberg & Partners to analyze certain issues in the Ukrainian legislation in the process of acquiring a company in Ukraine and were very happy with the services we received. All your lawyers we worked with are extremely professional, competent and helpful. Thank you for a job well done."Dmitriy Kasyanenko, Vimpel Communications

"The trade department in the Embassy often uses the book in our work and talks with incoming investors." Bo Eske Nyhus, Commercial Counsellor, The Danish Embassy

"All my colleagues, as well as me personally, enjoy the Legal Guide “Doing Business in Ukraine” as of the moment of its first edition, and look forward to receive each new edition every time it is published. The new edition is essentially revised and amended with the new relevant sections. The Legal Guide may be recommended either to the newcomers of the Ukrainian business, or to the experienced companies and firms, due to the fact that every single specialist, from the executor to the top manager, can find all necessary and useful information in the Legal Guide “Doing Business in Ukraine" George Grushchenko, Trade Commissioner, Canadian Embassy

"The tempo of changes and fluctuations of modern economics is high and the rules of game change fast and often. In such competitive environment it is difficult for foreign companies to act adequate without masterpiece guide. “Doing Business in Ukraine” of Frishberg&Partners is such guide. It allows seeing the opportunities and possible obstacles in advance and reveals ins and outs of local laws and regulations that are necessary for potential business man to know in order to successfully penetrate the market. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for opportunity of using your book for our needs. With help of it we supported many companies and avoided a lot of problems." Kim Chang, Sik Commercial Attache the Embassy of the Republic of Korea

"I have always found the guide most informative and user friendly" Richard Stewart, Counsel, Bryan Cave

"For me the guide "Doing Business in Ukraine" is an essential and easy to use guide for a wide rage of legal questions when operating in Ukraine. It also helps to have a "second opinion" to what your local business partners tell you is the law or procedure. This "second opinion" is especially necessary as we found that most local business partners are not always up to date with the quick changing legal environment in Ukraine." David Zak, CFO, Vetropack Group

"If you are developing business as a foreigner in Ukraine, you need guidelines. "Doing Business in Ukraine" is a valu able tool for my company, but also to give to potential customers to give them a better understanding of this amazing country. To develop business in Ukraine is not very difficult, but it is different from many western european countries, and therefore you need partners to guide you to the right decision making. Our cooperation with Frishberg & Partners has been both pleasent and very productive." Helge Ranvik, CEO, Scandinavian House AS

"The “Doing Business in Ukraine” guide is most useful in its contents, especially as a guide to new foreign investors to UA. The guide offers good depth, but not excessive, to most serious issues to be considered by foreign investors" Fazal Choksi, Tyco Electronics

"Frishberg's "Doing Business in Ukraine" is so good, I cannot add a thing." Dietmar Kuck,SOFI Swiss Organisation for Facilitating Investments

"I would like to mention that we can fairly name it as a Guide for the foreigner in developing business in Ukraine as far as it comprises necessary information about the rules of conducting business on the territory of Ukraine and also the references on basic laws and regulation that govern business activity in Ukraine." Valeriy Palchuk, Honorary consul of the Sultanate of Oman in Ukraine

"Your firm has compiled a very useful reference guide. I hope it will help investors open doors to doing business in Ukraine." Carlos Pascual, Ambassador of the United States of America in Ukraine

"Your book will be a welcome addition to the Embassy library and will be of particular use to my Commercial Section when assisting British investors in Ukraine…. I will continue to appreciate your firm’s analysis of Ukrainian corpo rate legislation." Roland H. Smith, Her Majesty’s Ambassador, British Embassy in Kyiv

"I am sure your Ukrainian legal guide in English will be very useful for our work." Jolanda Brunetti, Ambassador, Embassy of Italy in Kyiv

"[Your] very interesting publication “Doing Business in Ukraine” ... will be very useful for this Embassy. I sincerely congratulate you on the constant and rigorous work of your firm." Fernando J. Belloso, Ambassador of Spain

"Frishberg & Partners are a law firm I have had pleasure working with for many years. Their expertise and knowledge of the Ukraine market is unsurpassed and they are excellent in providing considered and handson legal expertise. This is reflected clearly in their book on the Ukraine legal environment which is an invaluable source of information for any executive doing business in this market." Dr. Daniel Thorniley, Senior Vice President, The Economist Group, Vienna

"The book entitled “Doing Business in Ukraine” has clearly involved a considerable amount of work and will be an invaluable source of reference for addressing issues, especially in the area of taxation. I will ensure that some of my banking colleagues are aware of the publication." Julian Exeter, Senior Economist, EBRD

"I highly appreciate your publications which we receive from time to time. You may be aware that we are quoting your firm as a reference firm. We know you and your colleagues as highly professional legal advisors in Ukrainian law. In all cases we were working together, we have appreciated your professionalism." Thomas Heidemann, Beiten Burkhardt, Moscow & Beiten Burkhardt, St. Petersburg

"Many thanks for your book on “Doing Business in Ukraine”. This is indeed an excellent work, and we will no doubt be consulting it in relation to any Ukrainian work we do." Lovells (Moscow Office)

"This is a great work, which I will definitely keep at hand." White & Case (Warsaw Office)

"Since 1992 we have the pleasure of being the client of Frishberg & Partners, and recent results just confirm that this was and still is a very right choice for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines." Sergey Fomenko, Commercial Manager (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for Ukraine)