Press Releases

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 ...

Asters has been recognised as Ukraine Law Firm of the Year 2025 by the Lexology Index Awards (formerly Who's Who Legal). This marks the eighth consecutive year that the firm has received this prestigious distinction ...

Asters acted as a Ukrainian legal counsel to AIRO Group Holdings Inc. (USA), Nasdaq listed company, in connection with execution of a definitive agreement for creation of a transatlantic defence joint venture between AIRO Drone, LLC, its wholly owned subsidiary, and Nord Drone Group LLC (Ukraine) ...

Asters successfully represented Saga Development in a dispute regarding the termination of the right to use land plots where the O₂ Residence Residential Complex is under construction.After reviewing the case, the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the court of first instance and closed the proceedings. This decision takes into account the rights and legitimate interests of apartment owners, which the court of first instance had ignored ...

On 24 October 2025, the Parliament of Ukraine registered bill No. 14150 "On Public-Private Cooperation in the Field of Cybersecurity" (the Bill) ...

Asters acted as a legal adviser to one of the largest agricultural traders in a transfer pricing tax dispute, successfully appealing additional corporate income tax charges exceeding UAH 11 million.The tax authority conducted an unscheduled external documentary tax audit regarding the arm's length principle (transfer pricing) in connection with controlled transactions involving non-resident entities for the period 2015-2017 ...

Asters advised NetNation, a leading provider of white-label web service solutions for business service providers, on Ukrainian law aspects of acquisition of Yola, an AI-powered website builder with over 15 million users worldwide. Yola's intuitive platform uses AI to help business owners quickly and easily build full-featured websites. The acquisition marks a major step forward in NetNation's mission to deliver seamless, scalable online presence solutions to businesses ...

Asters acted as a Ukrainian legal counsel for business advisory company Sobro on the acquisition of the majority shareholding in the supply chain management company vChain. Asters provided comprehensive support to Sobro on Ukrainian law matters, including due diligence and transaction advice. Vinge (Sweden) acted as a lead counsel in transaction ...

Asters acts as legal advisor to Riverside Development Ltd., the developer of the New Podil project implemented in partnership with Saga Development and Perfect Group.The team successfully represented the client's interests and ensured the protection of its legal position in a number of court disputes and corporate proceedings related to the implementation of the New Podil project.As a result, the parties reached a balanced agreement and settled the case to their mutual benefit ...

Asters acted for MHP, Europe’s largest poultry producer, in proceedings before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC), which after nearly four years of investigation, closed the gun-jumping case without finding any violations.The investigation concerned allegations that MHP acquired control over Ukrainian meat producer Skott Smeat without merger clearance ...

Asters contributed to conducting a cybersecurity assessment of the Dnipro City Council and its municipal enterprises (the ‘Objects’) and evaluating the current maturity of their systems in accordance with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 ...

Asters successfully represented the Ukrainian permanent establishment of one of Europe's largest pharmaceutical companies in a transfer pricing dispute with the tax authorities.The tax authority conducted an unscheduled on-site documentary audit to examine compliance with the "arm’s length principle" (transfer pricing) in relation to financing provided by the parent company to its permanent establishment in Ukraine in 2018 ...

Asters successfully represented the interests of the renowned Ukrainian writer and poet Lina Kostenko in a case concerning the infringement of her copyright. The organisers had announced and planned Lina Kostenko's poetry concerts in Lviv and Kyiv without obtaining the author's permission for the public use of her works, despite the request obtain it for such events ...

Asters has acted as a national legal counsel to PrivatBank in a multi-billion dollar litigation against its former owners Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov. On 30 July 2025, the High Court of Justice in London ruled that they had misappropriated almost USD 2 billion of the Bank's funds under a re-lending scheme ...

On 9 July 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) handed down its ruling on the admissibility and merits of the inter-state case of "Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia", whereby the Court upheld most claims advanced by the Government of Ukraine in its application against the Government of Russia ...

Asters is delighted to announce that Borys Tyshchenko has joined the team as Counsel and Head of Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare industry group. He will reinforce the firm's focus on developing relationships with companies in this sector and, together with other legal experts from different law areas, will provide tailored legal solutions to support their businesses ...

Asters advises Shark Robotics on initiative related to the supply of 40 AI-powered Colossus firefighting robots to Ukraine's Emergency Service. The robots are designed to operate up to 12 consecutive hours and can be remotely controlled up to 1,000 meters away ...

Asters has successfully defended PrivatBank in a lawsuit brought by six foreign companies seeking to recover over USD 250 million from the state-owned bank.The claimants attempted to recover funds deposited in their accounts at the bank’s Cyprus branch through challenging decisions, orders, and agreements made during the PrivatBank resolution with the participation of the State ...

Asters acts as a legal counsel to Uklon Group, one of the leaders in the Ukrainian online car rental and delivery market, in connection with obtaining merger clearance for its acquisition by Kyivstar, the largest telecommunications company in Ukraine.The transaction, valued at USD 155 ...

Asters advises the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in connection with its EUR 15 million loan to one of the leading Ukrainian pharmaceutical companies Yuria-Pharm.The loan will be used to finance the company's investment plans in Ukraine and Uzbekistan. In Ukraine, the company plans to certify its production with the European Union (EU) Good Manufacturing Practice standard, install solar panels and carry out critical IT upgrades ...

Asters advises the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on the restructuring of USD 120 million loan to Nibulon, one of Ukraine's largest grain exporters and market operators. The new arrangements aim to allow the company to cope with the consequences of operational difficulties and disruption caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine ...

The court of cassation upheld the decision of the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal of 15 November 2023, which overturned the unlawful first instance judgment granted to PrivatBank's former owner and terminated the proceedings in this case. By deciding so, the court of cassation definitively reaffirmed that PrivatBank cannot not be returned to its former owners.Asters successfully defended PrivatBank in this case, which was pending before courts of different levels since 2017 ...

Asters is pleased to announce the promotion of Yuna Potomkina to Partner effective from 1 March 2025. After joining the firm in 2018, she took the lead over Alternative Dispute Resolution practice and later co-headed the new Public Advocacy & Law practice as it developed.She focuses on negotiation, mediation, settlement agreements, developing and implementing effective dispute resolution strategies ...

Asters has successfully represented one of the largest manufacturers of welding products in Europe and Central Asia in a dispute against the Russian Federation regarding compensation for damages suffered by the client due to the nationalization of its subsidiary by the authorities of the Republic of Belarus following the onset of the full-scale invasion ...

Asters has expanded its business protection expertise with the introduction of Forensic practice. The practice focuses on fraud detection, economic crime investigation, and developing protective measures against financial, operational, and reputational risks. Its lawyers provide comprehensive analysis of the companies' activities to support decision-making for business owners, investors, and senior management ...