Mariya Nizhnik

Practice Areas

Head of Antitrust, Competition & Trade, Environment, and Hospitality & Leisure industry group.

Mariya is a well-renowned expert in the area of antitrust and competition law, with extensive experience at leading Ukrainian law firms advising national and international clients on competition and international trade matters. Mariya's practice also involves assistance to public and private clients on environmental and climate change matters.

She has primarily focused on antitrust investigations (abuse of dominance and cartel cases - anticompetitive distribution arrangements, price fixing, market allocations, and exclusionary behaviour), and other competition matters, including merger control and state aid. Mariya has deep knowledge of EU competition law, which allows her to work effectively with multinationals.

In 2015 Mariya was appointed as the First Deputy Chair of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. In this role, she focused on improving the efficiency of competition regulations and enforcement mechanisms to make the Ukrainian market more competitive. Mariya drove all the major reforms in this sector between 2015-2019, including the introduction of a state aid system in Ukraine, developing standards of proof in antitrust investigations, and assessments in merger control proceedings.

Professional Memberships

• International Bar Association (IBA).

• Kyiv City Bar Association.

• Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA)