Partners

Eugene Dankanych

Eugene Dankanych's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, energy regulation, finance, foreign investments, securities, real estate and insurance, as well as general corporate and commercial matters. He has also handled intellectual property issues relating to the pharmaceutical industry and human genetics studies.

Mr. Dankanych is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, admitted to practice in Ontario, Canada; Notary public Ontario; admitted to practice in Ukraine 2000; Ukrainian Bar Association, 2005; Ukrainian American Bar Association, 2005; Canadian Bar Association, 2006; Judge at the Arbitration tribunal of Ukraine 2006.

Education

Academy of Trade and Social Relations, law degree, summa cum laude, 2000; McGill University, Certificate, 2001; National Agrarian University, M.S., summa cum laude, 2001; University of Ottawa Law School, LL.B., 2006

Professional Background

In-house counsel, Avtosvit (Avtoline Russia), 1999-2001; Counsel, Executive Director, Center of Energy Initiatives, 2001-2003; Counsel, Montreal Research General Hospital, 2004; Counsel, Embassy of Ukraine in Canada, 2005-2006; Adviser, Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine to date

Viktor Dovhan

Viktor Dovhan's practice focuses on general corporate law, international commercial transactions and real estate. His experience includes representing clients in a variety of real estate transactions, business acquisitions and import-export operations and related commercial and customs matters.

Dr. Dovhan is a member of the Kyiv City Bar and lecturing professor at Kyiv Mohyla Academy.

Education

Ivan Franko National University of L'viv, Ukraine law degree, with distinction, 2002; University of Bonn, Germany, Master of Law, 2002; Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Institute of International Relations, Ukraine, Ph.D., 2006

Professional Background

Economic and Trade Law Expert, Ukrainian-European Policy Legal Advice Center (UEPLAC), 2003-2004; Legal Adviser, USAID World Trade Organization Accession Project, 2004-2005; Associate, leading Ukrainian and International Law Firms, 2006-2009

Maksym Ferents (Counsel)

Dr. Maksym Ferents specializes in field of the European law, trade law of Poland and Ukraine, as well as the constitutional and civil law of these countries.

Education

Graduate of the Law School at the Ivan Franko Lviv State University, he has studied at the Law and Economy Faculty of the Free University in Munich (Germany), doctoral dissertation concerning the Ukrainian law in prospect of the European integration has been defended at the Law and Administration Faculty of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (UMCS).

Professional Background

Worked as a head specialist in the Ukrainian State Committee for Regulation Policy and Entrepreneurship. Legal advisement for small and medium businesses, control of the State Registrators in field of keeping of the Single State Register of Entrepreneurs, control of the state authorities and local governments relating to execution of main directions of the state regulation policy in the field of entrepreneurship's development, control of execution by entrepreneurships of license requirements connecting to a running business activity, contacts to state authorities, drawing up official letters, organization of meetings and conferences for the entrepreneurs, currying on seminars and trainings for businessmen, advisement by preparation and execution of the grant projects, running of a CD matrix deposit.

Dr. Ferents is an author of numerous scientific researches in field of the European and economic law, inter alias: Relationships of the Ukraine with OSCE and the European Council, The Ukraine in international relationships, red. M. Pietras, UMCS, Lublin 2007; Changes in national legislation in connection with joining of the Ukraine the European Council, EKPiUU Yearbook, UMCS, Lublin 2007; Democratic principles of Ukrainian legal system transformation, Luck 2006; Lublin-Kiev Lawyers Seminar "Concept of interest in jurisprudence, determined law and verdicts of constitutional courts of Poland and the Ukraine", Lublin, Semi-annual magazine Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, volume VI – year 2005, page 213; The legal basics of adaptation of the Ukrainian legislation to the law of the European Union, British Council, Lviv 2005; Collateral (real estate deposit) according to the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ivan Franko University in Lviv, Lviv 2001; Legal entity in the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ivan Franko University in Lviv, Lviv 2000; Civil petition in Criminal Codex of the Ukraine, Ivan Franko University in Lviv, Lviv 1999.

Anton Horshkov (Counsel, Bratislava, Slovak Republic)

Special consultant on EU, competiton, telecom and media law.

Anton Horshkov graduated from Law School of Ivan Franko National University of L'viv, holds masters degree from the University of Bonn, and has 6 years of in-house practice in a CEE subsidiary of a major EU telecom operator. He is concentrating on EU telecom and competition law, and has considerable body of experience of communicating with EU legislative and executive bodies in those matters.