Ganna Prokhorova

Ganna Prokhorova is an attorney-at-law, mediator, and arbitrator focused on Intellectual Property, and particularly on trademarks, copyright and designs, unfair competition, and art law.

Since 2005 she has been advising well-known domestic and international companies for protection of intangible assets through a combination of monitoring and filing strategies, negotiating and drafting IP assignments, licensing and franchising agreements, as well as judicial and out-of-court remedies against infringements and dilution. She is also regularly engaged in combating counterfeits and protecting plant varieties in Ukraine.

Ganna is passionate about IP. Her emphatic, dynamic and flexible approach to handling matters, together with the ability to manage and foresee different issues in advance, and the solid network of relations with IP professionals worldwide, are the values appreciated by clients.

Ganna combines sophisticated IP litigation and trademark practice with internationally recognized leadership in domain name disputes, copyright policy, and art law. She also serves as a WIPO Domain Name Panelist under the UDRP and the UA-DRP procedures (Ukrainian variation of the UDRP). In addition, Ms. Prokhorova is a UDRP Panelist at the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (Hong Kong), and the Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre (Vancouver, Canada), as well as a URS Examiner at MFSD (Milan, Italy).

In 2023 Ganna Prokhorova was elected as the Chair of the INTA Copyright Committee for the 2024-2025 term, making her the first Ukrainian professional to ever lead an INTA committee.

Ms. Prokhorova is the only art law arbitrator from Ukraine at the Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA) (the Hague, the Netherlands). She is the key contributor to Lexology In-Depth: Art Law - Edition 5 (2025) - Ukraine.

• International Trademark Association (INTA), member since 2015 (Chair of the Copyright Committee, 2024–2025)

• European Community Trade Mark Association (ECTA), member of the Anti-Counterfeiting Committee (2019–2025)

• Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG), member since 2016

• MARQUES, member of the Programming Team (2023–2024)

• Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA), member of the IP Committee Board since 2019

• Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA), member since 2006

• National Association of Patent Attorneys of Ukraine, member since 2021

• Chambers and Partners: Trade Marks & Copyright. Ukraine 2026

https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/trade-marks-copyright-2026/ukraine

• The Legal Industry Reviews: Ukraine 11th Edition

https://www.flipsnack.com/cejchile/the-legal-industry-reviews-ukraine-edition-11-august-2026?p=46

• Chambers and Partners: Patent Litigation. Ukraine 2026

https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/patent-litigation-2026/ukraine/trends-and-developments

• Chambers and Partners: Fashion Law. Ukraine 2026

https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/fashion-law-2026/ukraine/trends-and-developments

• Lexology: Art Law in Ukraine 2026

https://www.lexology.com/indepth/art-law/ukraine

Sotheby’s Institute of Art

2018

State Institute of Intellectual Property

IP Law

2016

The Hague Academy of International Law

2015

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy

2007

Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman (KNEU)

Commercial Law

2006

Trademark Star

Managing IP

2026

Next Generation Partner

The Legal 500 EMEA

2026

Silver League

IAM Patent

2026

Gold League

World Trademark Review 1000

2026

One of the 50 most influential people in IP

Managing IP

2024

Global Leader in IP - Copyright

Who's Who Legal

2024

Leader in IP Practice

TOP 100 Ukrainian Lawyers 2021 by Yurydychna Gazeta

2021