Antonina Yaholnyk

Competition/Antitrust, Competition Litigation, Regulatory

Antonina Yaholnyk, Founding and Managing Partner of CLACIS, has significant experience in handling numerous multijurisdictional cases on antitrust issues like multijurisdictional merger control matters, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance & unfair competition law cases in Ukraine advising numerous multinational and national companies in telecommunications, retail, industry, agriculture, banking and finance, consumer products and beverages, pharmaceutical, shipping, etc.

Mrs. Yaholnyk has overall 28 years of legal practice of which over 20 years of daily experience handling antitrust and compliance matters. Prior to founding CLACIS, she headed Baker & McKenzie’s Competition & Compliance Practice Groups as well as was the head of Competition Practice in one of the leading regional firms.

• Fully licensed Advocate in Ukraine since 2004

• Member of Ukrainian National Bar Association

Antonina Yaholnyk is an author and co-author of numerous publications and books on competition and trade law, some of which are recommended as manuals for students by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine:

• International Trade Law (manual for students), 2005

• Multilateral Trading System – Legal and Economic Aspects (Collection of Essays), 2003

• Accession of Transition Economies to the WTO: Impact on the Development and Regulation of Foreign Direct Investments, 2003