Former Counsels Oleksiy Stolyarenko and Andrii Moskalyk have been appointed as Partners with Baker McKenzie in Kyiv on July 1, 2023.
Stolyarenko is an IP and technology lawyer also working on data privacy, e-commerce, media, and advertising matters and representing clients in trademark and patent litigation. He joined the firm in 2008, after spending over two years with the State Department of Intellectual Property of Ukraine, as a Senior Specialist in the Copyright and Related Rights Division.
Moskalyk is an M&A lawyer focusing on oil and gas, energy, and mining and infrastructure transactions as well as deals in IT, financial services, transportation, and agriculture. He joined the firm in 2016 as a Senior Associate, before making Counsel in 2018. Earlier, he spent two years with EY Law and six years with Clifford Chance as a Senior Associate, between 2009 and 2015.
"With the new appointments, today, Baker McKenzie's Kyiv office has more than 50 lawyers, including ten Partners, six Counsel, and 15 Senior Associates," the firm announced.
"My sincere congratulations to our newly promoted Partners. Each promotion is an immensely deserved recognition of deep knowledge, hard work, and dedication to the profession. The promotions reflect our firm’s steady global growth and strong market positions," Managing Partner Viacheslav Yakymchuk commented.