About

Provided by Aequo

We have acted for major international and local companies in a wide range of market-highlight and complex precedent-setting cases in Ukrainian courts and at international arbitration tribunals.

The cornerstones of our expertise are daily trial practice, strong local and cross-border case management skills, combined private practice, government and legal academia background of our team members, and commercial value-oriented approach.


On top of extensive dispute resolution practice, our team members also authored and co-authored some key Ukrainian acts on judiciary, litigation and international arbitration.


What we do


Local and cross-border litigation

  • Antitrust and competition disputes
  • Banking and finance disputes
  • Bankruptcy proceedings
  • Contract disputes
  • Corporate disputes
  • Energy disputes
  • Employment disputes
  • Intellectual property disputes
  • Investment disputes
  • Insurance disputes
  • Human rights
  • Privatisation disputes
  • Product liability and consumer disputes
  • Public law
  • Public procurement disputes
  • Real estate disputes
  • Regulatory and trade disputes
  • Tax litigation


International arbitration

  • Commercial arbitration
  • Investment arbitration


European Court of Human Rights

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What the team is known for

Aequo has a robust team that is particularly well regarded for international investment and commercial arbitration mandates relating to oil and gas companies. The law firm is additionally active in cross-border litigation and the enforcement of arbitral awards in Ukraine. The legal practice is also well regarded for domestic corporate disputes, including large-scale debt collection matters. Aequo's client roster features major international corporates and domestic players, including those from the banking, agriculture, infrastructure and energy sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • Aequo represented the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine in a series of gas transportation pricing disputes with gas traders that was won at the Supreme Court.

Notable Practitioners

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Olena Pertsova
Olena Pertsova
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Olena Pertsova is adept at representing domestic and international clients in local courts.

Pavlo Byelousov
Pavlo Byelousov
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Pavlo Byelousov is well regarded for handling high-impact international arbitration cases within the energy sector. His expertise includes commercial as well as investment arbitration.

Yevgen Levitskyi
Yevgen Levitskyi
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Yevgen Levitskyi represents domestic and international clients in local courts.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Ukraine

Dispute Resolution

Olena Pertsova
Olena Pertsova
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Pavlo Byelousov
Pavlo Byelousov
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Yevgen Levitskyi
Yevgen Levitskyi
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Members

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Oleksiy Filatov

Head of Department

Clients

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ArcelorMittal

BlaBlaCar

Booking.com

Commerzbank

Corteva

DTEK

Danone

Darnitsa

Dragon Capital

DuPont

Forbes

Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine

Google

Inditex

Kyiv School of Economics

Naftogaz of Ukraine

Novo Nordisk

Philip Morris

ProCredit Bank

Vodafone

Industries

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Antitrust litigation

Corporate and commercial disputes

Energy and Natural Resources

Finance and insolvency litigation

IP litigation

Labour disputes

Life Sciences and Healthcare

Media and Entertainment

Real Estate and Construction