Central & Eastern European (CEE) firm Kinstellar has opened its ninth office, launching in the Ukrainian capital Kiev with the hire of a former partner of local firm Avellum. Kostiantyn Likarchuk was a partner at Avellum from the firm’s launch in 2009 until May last year. He left to become deputy head of the country’s state […]
Latham & Watkins has added seven partners to its Hong Kong office through lateral hires, internal transfers and promotions, in a push to build up its private equity and leveraged finance practices.
Dan Oates is helping to build Fried Frank’s London private equity team
Carey Olsen has been ranked as the third largest offshore law firm in The Lawyer’s 2016 Offshore Survey. The firm has risen in the table following a 10 per cent increase in the number of qualified lawyers over the past year to a total of 188. The survey also positions Carey Olsen at the top […]
Central & Eastern European (CEE) firm Kinstellar has opened its ninth office, launching in the Ukrainian capital Kiev with the hire of a former partner of local firm Avellum. Kostiantyn Likarchuk was a partner at Avellum from the firm’s launch in 2009 until May last year. He left to become deputy head of the country’s state […]
Latham & Watkins has added seven partners to its Hong Kong office through lateral hires, internal transfers and promotions, in a push to build up its private equity and leveraged finance practices.
Dan Oates is helping to build Fried Frank’s London private equity team
Carey Olsen has been ranked as the third largest offshore law firm in The Lawyer’s 2016 Offshore Survey. The firm has risen in the table following a 10 per cent increase in the number of qualified lawyers over the past year to a total of 188. The survey also positions Carey Olsen at the top […]
Maksym Kopeychykov, partner and head of banking and finance at Ilyashev & Partners, delivered a speech on “Legal nuances of verifying beneficiaries and corporate affairs and credit default risk minimization” at the II Legal Banking Forum, held in Kyiv on February 24, 2016. In his report Kopeychykov emphasised that disclosure of ultimate beneficiaries has not […]
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