Aequo has been top-ranked in 10 practice areas by The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2024, namely Banking, Finance and Capital Markets, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Competition, Dispute Resolution, Energy, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Private client, Real Estate and Construction, and Tax.
The directory has recognised 13 Aequo’s lawyers for their standout contributions to the respective practices:
· Executive partners Denis Lysenko, Anna Babych and Yulia Kyrpa are listed in the Hall of Fame for the fifths year in a row. This award highlights individuals who are “at the pinnacle of the profession”.
· Oleksiy Filatov, senior partner, has been recommended as head of Dispute Resolution at Aequo. He has been named "a strategic thinker and an excellent leader in his team."
· Executive partner Mariya Nizhnik, and partners Pavlo Byelousov, Sergey Denisenko, Nataliya Dryuk, and Tetiana Kudrytska are listed in the elite “Leading lawyers” group.
· Partner Michael Lukashenko and counsel Vasyl Mishchenko are listed in the “Next Generation Partners” group.
· Senior associates Yevgen Blok and Oleksandr Tereshchenko are named Rising Stars.
For more than 30 years, The Legal 500 has been analysing the capabilities of law firms worldwide, with a comprehensive research programme revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 100 jurisdictions. The ranking is based on a series of criteria, highlighting the practice area teams providing the most cutting-edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. The research is based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms, interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers with unrivalled legal market experience.