About

Provided by Aequo

Aequo has acted for major international and local companies in a wide range of market-highlight and complex precedent-setting cases in Ukrainian courts and at international arbitration tribunals.


The cornerstones of the Aequo team expertise are daily trial practice, strong local and cross-border case management skills, combined private practice, government and legal academia background of our team members, and a commercial value-oriented approach.


On top of extensive dispute resolution practice, the Aequo team members also authored and co-authored some key Ukrainian acts on the judiciary, litigation and international arbitration.


What the Aequo team does:

  • Local and cross-border litigation
  • Antitrust and competition disputes
  • Banking and finance disputes
  • Bankruptcy proceedings
  • Contract disputes
  • Corporate disputes
  • Energy disputes
  • Employment disputes
  • Intellectual property disputes
  • Investment disputes
  • Insurance disputes
  • Human rights
  • Privatisation disputes
  • Product liability and consumer disputes
  • Public law
  • Public procurement disputes
  • Real estate disputes
  • Regulatory and trade disputes
  • Tax litigation
  • International arbitration
  • Commercial arbitration
  • Investment arbitration
  • European Court of Human Rights

Chambers Review

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Dispute Resolution: Domestic - Ukraine

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What the Team is Known For

Aequo has a robust team that is particularly well regarded for its expert handling of domestic litigation, including domestic corporate disputes and large-scale debt collection matters. The department is also well placed to advise on international investment and commercial arbitration mandates. The law firm is additionally active in cross-border litigation and the enforcement of arbitral awards in Ukraine. Aequo's client roster features major international corporates and domestic players, including those from the banking, agriculture, infrastructure and energy sectors.

Work Highlights

  • Aequo lawyers acted for Darnytsia on fraud proceedings arising from a scheme orchestrated by the management and controlling shareholders of BCPP.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Oleksiy Filatov
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Oleksiy Filatov
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Oleksiy Filatov is one of the go-to lawyers for domestic disputes. He acts for local clients on commercial litigation, with further activity assisting international companies with debt collection.

Oleksiy Filatov is very knowledgeable regarding energy and arbitration disputes and is quite savvy when it comes to tactical and strategic considerations.

Oleksiy Filatov is a brilliant man. He is strategic and tactical genius personified, delivering extraordinary results.

Olena Pertsova
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Olena Pertsova
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Olena Pertsova is adept at representing domestic and international clients in local courts.

Olena has deep expertise in complex litigation and offers well thought-out solutions. She is focused on results and economic impact for the client, considering risks and strategic implications.

Olena's customer service is always at a very high level and she gives timely, quality feedback on projects. She provides quality, deep legal advice and explains it in detail.

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Yevgen Levitskyi
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Up and Coming

Yevgen Levitskyi is up-and-coming partner who has experience advising clients on compensation and damages claims that arose as a result of war in Ukraine.

Yevgen Levitskyi is totally dedicated to the cause, totally determined to win and tirelessly and totally deploying his great experience and expertise to push every button.

Yevgen Levitskyi is a super smart litigator who I really rate.

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Ukraine

Dispute Resolution: Domestic

Oleksiy Filatov
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Oleksiy Filatov
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Band 1
Olena Pertsova
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Olena Pertsova
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Yevgen Levitskyi
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Up and Coming

Members

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Oleksiy Filatov

Head of Department

Clients

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ArcelorMittal

BlaBlaCar

Booking.com

Commerzbank

Corteva

DTEK

Danone

Darnitsa

Dragon Capital

Forbes

Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine

Google

Inditex

Kyiv School of Economics

Naftogaz of Ukraine

Novo Nordisk

Philip Morris

ProCredit Bank

State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine

Vodafone

Industries

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Antitrust litigation

Corporate and commercial disputes

Energy and Natural Resources

Finance and insolvency litigation

IP litigation

Labour disputes

Life Sciences and Healthcare

Media and Entertainment

Real Estate and Construction

Tax disputes