Salans, International Law Firm

Managing Partner - Oleg Batyuk

Salans is a full service international law firm with 21 offices worldwide. Salans' offices are located in Almaty, Baku, Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kyiv, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris, Prague, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Warsaw.
Salans was among the first international law firms to be licensed in Ukraine. Active in Ukraine since 1988, we opened our Kyiv office in 1992. Today, our Kyiv office includes more than 35 lawyers (including 6 partners and 3 counsels) dedicated full-time to our Ukrainian practice.
We advise multinationals and other foreign investors on acquisitions and divestitures, secured lending and project finance, bank financing, restructuring, joint ventures, corporate structuring, real estate-oriented transactions, securities law, privatisation projects, in-bound investments and trade issues, employment law, IP matters, establishment of representative offices and wholly-owned businesses and dispute resolution (including litigation and arbitration). We also offer assistance to various non-profit, charity and NGO organizations.
Salans is widely recognized for its high quality of service and years of experience in the region.
In 2009 Salans was awarded the Chambers Europe Award for Excellence for 2009 in Central and Eastern Europe by the leading legal directory Chambers and Partners.
In 2009 Salans Kyiv was recognized as the Most Trusted Law Firm of the Year in Ukraine by ACQ Finance Magazine, the leading international publication for the M&A industry, and won the ACQ Country Award for Achievement.
In 2007 and 2008 Salans was shortlisted to win the "International Firm of the Year" award from The Lawyer. In the same years Salans won the Euromoney award for Best Legal Team in Real Estate in Emerging Europe for two years in a row. In 2008 Salans was acknowledged as the Best Law Firm in Real Estate in Ukraine and received the National Legal Award 2008 in this sector.
PLC WhichLawyer named Salans among the leading law firms in the world.

Our areas of expertise include:
­ Corporate / M&A
­ Banking and Finance
­ Real Estate
­ Taxation
­ Employment
­ Competition
­ Energy / Natural Resources
­ Litigation / Arbitration
­ Intellectual Property