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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: International - Ukraine

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Band 2

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

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  • The lawyers at Aequo represented Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine in proceedings before the Supreme Court, pertaining to a EUR1 billion gas trading dispute. 

Strengths

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The team's strengths are their reactivity, detailed knowledge of the case, ease in collaboration with other firms and openness to discussing creative solutions.

Dispute Resolution: International respondent
Global

They never give up. In the most challenging projects, they always find a solution.

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The Aequo lawyers are very strategic thinkers.

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The team always advises the best path forward for the most acceptable solution.

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Notable Practitioners

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Oleksiy Filatov
1
Band 1

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 somebody who clients really trust. He is happy to take on challenging cases and comes up with new legal thinking.

He has strong expertise, an understanding of the client's needs, and the ability to find non-standard solutions and achieve the specified result in a timely manner.

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Pavlo Byelousov
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Pavlo Byelousov
2
Band 2
Pavlo Byelousov is well regarded for handling high-impact international arbitration cases within the energy sector. His expertise includes commercial as well as investment arbitration.

Pavlo Byelousov is a really smart arbitrator with a great standing. I would particularly rate his judgement and ability to anticipate what a client wants to hear.

Pavlo is very talented, mindful and knowledgeable.

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Olena Pertsova
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Olena Pertsova
4
Band 4
Olena Pertsova is adept at representing domestic and international clients in local courts.

Olena Pertsova is a passionate lawyer, who is easy to communicate and co-operate with.

She is a highly client-focused lawyer with deep knowledge of procedural rules and current court practices, who is both creative and innovative.

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Dispute Resolution: Domestic
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Oleksiy Filatov
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Olena Pertsova
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Olena Pertsova
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Pavlo Byelousov
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Pavlo Byelousov
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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