Head of Vasil Kisil & Partners' Litigation Practice Oleksiy Filatov celebrates the win in the new 2008 Legal Awards nomination - Best Litigation Practice

01/06/2008

Kyiv, May 30, 2008. The second Legal Awards ceremony acknowledging best lawyers of 2008 took place at Hyatt Regency Hotel Kyiv where Vasil Kisil & Partners was named #1 in three award categories: Best Law Firm of 2008, Best Litigation Lawyer and Best Litigation Practice.

Yuridicheskaya Practika Legal Awards ceremony has been held in Ukraine since 2007. Two years on end Vasil Kisil & Partners has been in the lead in one of the most prestigious awards nominations - Best Law Firm of the Year. This year VKP scored number one in the new awards nomination - Best Litigation Practice.

Accepting this award, VKP’s Partner and Head of Litigation Practice Oleksiy Filatov said: "We are extremely pleased and honored to receive this award. It reflects the merit of the whole Vasil Kisil & Partners's Litigation team and not only such well-known lawyers as Oleg Makarov and Vadym Belyanevych, but also Oksana Voynarovska, Andriy Stelmashchuk, Yaroslav Teklyuk, and many other younger colleagues we are privileged to be working with".

The prestigious award ceremony, initiated and organized by the newspaper Yuridicheskaya Practika, was attended by the country's prominent lawyers, industry leaders, corporate top-managers and mass-media representatives.