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. As with the previous year, the firm was above the competition in the Best Litigation Lawyer nomination, where Vadym Belyanevych was recognized to be a winner. Also Vasil Kisil & Partners scored number 1 in Best Litigation Practice, the new awards nomination.

Accepting this award, Partner and Head of Litigation Practice of the Company 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".

Vadym Belyanevych, named Best Litigation Lawyer of 2008, also emphasized that this was, first and foremost, an achievement of the whole Vasil Kisil & Partners' litigation team, which was further confirmed by the company's victories in other nominations. Last year the best litigation lawyer nomination was also awarded to a Vasil Kisil & Partners' representative, Managing Partner Oleg Makarov.

This 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.

Vasil Kisil & Partners scoring three 1st places in 2008 Legal Awards