As one of the leading independent law firms, we are a team of American and Ukrainian lawyers, specializing in Ukrainian law since 1991. Through the years we have established a tradition of legal excellence, and have earned a reputation as a law firm that always goes the extra mile for its clients. We provide professional services of the highest quality, combining technical knowledge of Ukrainian law and practice to efficiently achieve our clients’ goals.
We offer our clients a full range of legal services involving virtually all matters affecting their operations and growth, including formation of joint ventures, wholly owned subsidiaries and/or representative offices of foreign companies; acquisitions, mergers, takeovers and reorganizations; due diligence and title reviews in mergers and acquisitions; commercial transactions; joint venture and partnership agreements, including negotiation and drafting of documents; franchising, licensing, agency and distribution agreements; labor and immigration; real property; agricultural and industrial land rights; taxation; intellectual property; and litigation.
Our long-established presence in Ukraine allows us to offer guidance on a wide range of projects. Close contacts with local authorities, including the Cabinet of Ministers, the President’s Administration, the Anti-Monopoly Committee and the Tax Inspection, permit us to quickly and efficiently address the interests of our clients. And, our network of local consultants and experts often allows us to speed up bureaucratic procedures.
Through the years many things have changed in the legal profession and Ukrainian business climate, but our commitment to personal and goal-oriented service has remained the same: we provide top quality legal services at reasonable rates.
Practice Areas
We are known for delivering top notch legal services to our clients for the full range of their business needs. Our core practice areas include corporate and investment law, such ascorporate acquisitions and other investments; establishing subsidiaries, joint ventures and representative offices; tax advice (including international tax planning); real estate, including acquisitions, constructions, leasing, commercial and residential property developments; labor and immigration; litigation; and intellectual property law.
Our clients
Having advised international clients in Ukraine since 1991, we have extensive experience in all the major industry sectors. Our clients are government and private investors, mid-size firms and multi-national companies, banks and real estate developers. We also regularly serve as local counsel to some of the leading multinational law firms including Hogan & Hartson, Norton Rose, Freshfields, Linklaters Alliance, Lovells, White & Case, among others.
References
Over the past years, Frishberg & Partners has handled some of Ukraine’s most prominent cases. In this client-oriented business, the best way to measure our performance is to listen to clients who have relied on our legal services. In this regard, we are fortunate to have been recognized by clients for our high quality of service, level of expertise and knowledge of the law. Here is what our other clients have said about us.
Networks
Frishberg & Partners is a member of U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), European Business Association (EBA), International Trademark Association (INTA), Nordic Business Network Ukraine (NBNU), British Business Club in Ukraine (BBCU), American Bar Association (ABA), among others. We are also a founding member of American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (AmCham).
Publications
In connection with our legal practice, we have developed practical guidelines to help our clients succeed in Ukraine. Over the years we have published numerous articles, as well as several editions of a well-received legal reference guide, “Doing Business in Ukraine.” In fact, many foreign embassies and multi-national companies consider our guide to be essential to making the right business decision. Here is what some of them have said: