Ukraine

The Ukrainian law firm has been developing its tax practice since 2006, providing legal support and tax advice. The firm generally engages in tax work such as cross-border tax structuring, dispute resolution, tax optimisation, and audit support. Some of the key clients include Nestle Company, Alfa Bank, Merx and Inditex Group. Tatiana Daniltseva and Stanislav Karpov are the two tax partners heading the tax dispute department.

Client feedback

''Great professional background, efficiency, and client-oriented.''

''I prefer to work with Ader Haber concerning tax matters as they provide comprehensive consulting and representation services.

Moreover, the other advantage of working with this firm is the partners' and associates' professionalism and client orientation. They always offer several creative solutions with a description of the risks of each of them. We value the quality and quick response of the team.''

The tax practice of the full-service Ukrainian law firm is led by managing partner Semen Khanin. Following tax departments restructure, it now has sub-tax service lines for each area: tax consultancy, tax planning and tax structuring, tax-related disputes, tax compliance, and criminal tax-related charges, which collaborates and supports the firms separate legal departments.

The full-service law firm is highly recommended for its tax legal services. In October 2018, the firm merged with EPAP Ukraine forming one of the largest law firms. The firm provides full tax services including compliance and tax dispute resolution with offices in Kyiv, Brussels, London, and Washington D.C. The practice has expertise in outbound tax and structuring investments for national HNWIs. Constantin Solyar is the tax partner leading the practice.

The Ukranian law firm assists a range of clients from MNEs, domestic large-cap business, to HNWIs in all tax aspects, and represents its clients in all courts of law. The team focuses on sophisticated and complex tax issues such as tax structures for MNEs, loans, investment vehicles, and more. Vadim Medvedev is a partner leading the practice with more than 14 years’ experience in the market. Medvedev specialises in international tax planning, transaction structuring, succession planning and tax disputes.

Client feedback

''All the work was done in a professional manner, with due care and attention to the details, using a creative approach to the solution of certain tasks.''

''Great expertise, innovative solutions, and quick responses.'' 

The boutique law firm offers a one-stop-shop service for its clients on various tax legal matters focusing on international tax. The services provided includes risk assessment, compliance, international tax and corporate advisory. Olga Solovyova is the managing partner heading the tax team.

The multinational accounting firm has one of the largest tax practices in Ukraine offering a comprehensive tax legal service. The firm’s tax and legal department assists small to large clients with tax advisory, compliance and dispute resolution work. Firm partner Alexander Cherinko and Vladimir Yumashev are the key figures leading the practice.

The international law firm is highly recommended for its tax legal services with a team of dedicated tax lawyers. The practice advises on all tax compliance aspects and is skilled in tax dispute resolution work. Some of the tax services include IP taxation, individual clients, finance tax, real-estate tax, VAT and more. Igor Davydenko is the partner leading the tax practice.

The international law firm has a well-established tax practice with experience advising MNEs, large domestic companies on cross-border and local tax matters including dispute resolution. The team has experience assisting clients on outbound and inbound transactional tax work. Tax advice include post-merger, tax due diligence, restructuring and more. Some of its clients include Avon, Citibank, Mcdonald’s, Toshiba and Nike, to name a few. Illya Sverdlov is the partner heading the practice.

The Big Four accounting firm has one of the largest tax, customs, and people advisory practice in the market with more than 100 professionals. The tax practice advises all types of clients from large foreign/domestic clients to private small companies. Experience range across a variety of industries such as IP, IT, oil and gas, maritime services, financial services and more. Tax partners Vladimir Kotenko, Igor Chufarov and Olga Gorbanovskaya are among the key figures in the practice.

The tax practice offers full tax legal services with in-depth experience in tax litigation, international tax and tax audits. Managing partner Valentyn Gvozdiy leads the tax practice with support from tax partner Iryna Kalnytsk.

Founded in 2017, the boutique law firm provides tax legal support to foreign and domestic firms in various industries and on various tax issues. The firm opened its representative office in London, UK, in October 2019. However, Igor Pugaiko leads the team in Ukraine.

The law firm advises a mixture of clients such as domestic and international corporations, and private individuals, which services include assisting with tax planning, tax audit, due diligence, tax structuring, tax appeals and more. The stand-alone practice has a strong corporate support tax practice, and a litigation practice. Some of the recent acquired clients are The Kraft Heinz Company, JKX Oil & Gas Plc, The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and more. However, the firm has an office in Tallinn, Estonia. Roman Marchenko is the partner heading the tax controversy department. However, former head of tax Nina Bets left the firm in July 2022.

Client feedback

''The team proved to be focused on client service. Communication is easy and quick. I was impressed by the firm’s reactivity, quick understanding of our requests and needs, speed in delivering the work and excellent interpersonal contacts. They truly care about you: excellent response times, lawyers strictly follow the professional and ethical standards, and billing is fair and accurate.''

The professional service firm offers a variety of tax legal and compliance services with more than 12 years of experience in the market. Nadiia Chernysh heads the tax practice comprising tax partners Svitlana Matuzova and Oleksandr Gnatchuk; other key individuals include Kucherenko Sergiy and Zhukov Maksim.

The international law firm’s Ukraine office is well established with in depth tax expertise advising a variety of clients such as large cap and multinational companies with handling complex cross-border transactions and local tax needs. As well as having extensive experience in various tax disputes, the team has strong capacity in transfer pricing with a team comprising economists and accountants.

The Ukranian member firm of the WTS Global network specialises in tax, legal and consulting services. Indeed, the one-stop-shop tax practice offers tax, customs, transfer pricing and disputes resolution support. Senior tax partner Alexander Minin heads the tax practice with the support of tax partners Alexander Shemiatkin, Ivan Shynkarenko, Elena Bukuyeva, and Inna Taptunova. In addition, the tax practice strengthened its team with the recruitment of several counsels including principal counsels Tetiana Poberezhska and Andrii Denysenko in January 2023.

Client feedback

''Deep knowledge of the tax legislation with clear and applicable legal analysis and advice.''

''Deep knowledge of tax legislation with reliable business legal advice.''

The Ukrainian firm specialises in indirect tax and offers a range of advisory services on VAT taxation, functioning of the electronic administration system and monitoring system for risk operations. The team has experience representing clients in tax litigation and pre-trial settlement. The firm continues to develop its private-client tax services. Ruslana Pyvovarova heads the firm’s tax practice.

Recently founded in 2022, The Ukrainian boutique full-service law firm offers a variety of tax support including international tax, private client tax, business structuring, transactional tax, general corporate tax and more. Founding partner Maria Zagryadska leads the practice.

The Ukrainian boutique law firm advises multinational and domestic firms in various tax issues involving domestic and Inbound activities in Ukraine. Some of the services include tax dispute resolution, tax structuring, transactional tax, and tax due diligence. Tax partner Andriy Reun heads the practice consisting of four practitioners.

Client feedback

''In-depth knowledge of judicial practice and practical advice on strengthening the argument.''

The tax practice at the law firm has experience assisting various companies, whether local or international, on tax matters such as tax planning, dispute resolution and more. Some of the new clients include Bombardier Transportation, IMEXBANK, Black Iron and more. The team of three lawyers is led by Vasyl Andrusyak, who was recently promoted to partner. 

Client feedback

''Moris Group operates with great efficiency and their lawyers possess extensive expertise in tax planning. They provided valuable advice on the merits of each issue in the tax field and maintained constant accessibility to ensure effective communication and support. The legal team of Moris Group promptly delivered a thorough and comprehensive tax structuring strategy, taking into careful consideration the feedback provided by our management. They presented an innovative algorithm that effectively addresses the specific requirements of our business.''

The full-service Ukranian law firm’s tax practice offers a comprehensive tax legal and advisory services, with a niche focus on supporting investments into Ukraine and transactional structuring. In addition, the firm has industry sector strength across technology, life sciences, real estate, retail, and financial services. Tax partners Alexander Weigelt and Volodymyr Yakubovskyy are the key figures from the practice.

The international law firm’s Ukraine office has an extensive tax offering, which the tax team has vast experience in both legal consultancy, litigation and dispute resolution. Some of the firm’s key industry and sector experience includes renewable energy, engineering, machinery, transportation, pharmaceuticals, IT, and others. Galyna Melnyk, tax adviser and deputy director, is the key point of contact.

The Big Four firm has an established tax practice offering a comprehensive tax compliance and advisory services, which the tax department assists domestic and multinational companies in all contentious and non-contentious tax issues. key point of contact in the tax practice is tax partner Oleksiy Katasonov; Indeed, the tax team bolstered its capacity with newly promoted tax partner Maksym Dudnyk in January 2023.

Client feedback

''Great knowledge, expertise and practical experience in the customs and trade compliance areas.
Good cooperation and open-minded approach towards achieving the goal set following the deadline. Easy to adjust to customer's need depending on the circumstances.''

The firm’s tax practice has experience in advising on transactional tax, particularly in M&A and tax risk management, corporate restructuring, and international tax matters. Andriy Stelmashchuk and Alexander Borodkin are the tax partners leading the practice.