Asters

Legal Services | Belgium
tel: +32 2 808 9690 | fax: +32 2 808 9690
200 Avenue Louise | Brussels | 1050 | Belgium

Main Contacts

Oleksiy Didkovskiy

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Managing Partner, Head of the Management Committee

Offices

Brussels, Belgium | London, England | Kyiv, Ukraine | Washington, D.C.

Overview

Asters office in Brussels provides a convenient interface for the firm's friends and clients in Brussels and throughout the EU. This helps further optimize and streamline domestic work done for our partners, such as multi-jurisdictional merger filings and trade issues.

The office does not advise on EU law but focuses on development of the longstanding relationships with international law firms to better serve our mutual clients. It also acts as a liaison to EU institutions and Brussels-based NGOs.

Asters presence at the heart of EU enables our lawyers from multiple practices to closely monitor developments in European law and policy and offer Ukrainian clients timely reports on the issues likely to affect them — whether now or soon.

Such firm's access to the EU outlook contributes to legal and advocacy skills of our lawyers enabling the team to provide comprehensive advice in various legislative, regulatory, and policy projects.

Asters was the first Ukrainian law firm to open an office in Brussels in November 2018.

Year this Office was Established: 2018
Lawyers Worldwide: 120

Notable

Areas of Practice

  • Competition & Antitrust
  • International Trade

Representative Clients

  • Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
  • EBRD
  • Ferrero S.p.A.
  • Home Box Office
  • IFC
  • Millennium & Copthorne
  • Microsoft
  • Molson Coors
  • Nielsen
  • Prada S.p.A.
  • PrivatBank
  • Siguler Guff & Company
  • Societe Generale
  • The State of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian Railways
  • Visa
  • Webuild S.p.A
  • the World Bank

Professionals

Articles

Global Arbitration Review - Invitation for New Series - Commercial Arbitration Know-How 2023: Ukraine

Asters, July 2023

Infrastructure 1 Is your state a party to the New York Convention? Are there any noteworthy declarations or reservations? Yes, Ukraine is a party to the New York Convention. It was ratified in 1960 by the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) (as a part of the former Soviet Union). Following the declaration of independence in 1991, Ukraine confirmed its obligations under all international treaties entered into by the Ukrainian SSR, including the New York Convention...

One Year Later: The Results and Prospects of the Ratification of the Istanbul Convention

Asters, June 2023

  One year ago, on June 21, 2022, the President signed the law on the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on the prevention of violence against women and domestic violence and the fight against these phenomena. The Convention entered into force for Ukraine on November 1, 2022. Asters  partner  Talina Kravtsova  and the company's lawyer  Maryna Kornienko analyzed what happened during this time and what steps Ukraine took to combat violence against women  . On June 1, 2023, the EU Council approved the accession of the European Union to the convention...

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Press releases

Asters Successfully Represents Teva Ukraine

Asters, February 2026

Asters has successfully represented Teva Ukraine in proceedings before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) concerning alleged violations of competition law.The AMCU investigated whether Teva Ukraine’s system of retrospective discounts on pharmaceutical products restricted competition or contributed to price increases.Throughout the proceedings, Asters’ team collected extensive analytical data, market studies, and other supporting evidence to demonstrate that the company’s discount mechanism had no anti-competitive effect. Instead, it fostered competition and helped reduce prices across the distribution chain...

Olena Kozhokar is promoted to Counsel

Asters, January 2026

Asters is pleased to announce the promotion of Senior Associate Olena Kozhokar to Counsel in the Intellectual Property team, effective 1 January 2026.Olena's practice focuses on IP rights enforcement, data protection, and advertising matters. She also advises on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance and internal investigations issues.Since joining Asters in 2011, she has gained experience in licensing and assignment matters, including complex transactions involving IP rights, representation before the Ukrainian IP Office and customs authorities, and in trademark and patent disputes...

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