MK Legal Service is a law firm with more than 13 years of proven expertise supporting market leaders in the IT, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) sectors, as well as the Hotel, Restaurant, and Café (HoReCa) industry. We advise and protect companies and private clients on matters including investment, corporate security, business structuring, and tax issues.

Helping businesses succeed is more than our slogan — it is the foundation and essence of our work.

Amid russia’s ongoing full-scale war aggression in Ukraine, MK Legal Service remains fully committed to providing comprehensive legal support. Our focus centers on two primary goals: strengthening the corporate structures and asset protection systems of our clients, and ensuring the legal and financial security of their profitable expansion both within Ukraine and internationally.

By combining profound legal knowledge with strategic advisory services and a partnership network abroad, we help clients to navigate complex legal landscapes, mitigate risks, and seize opportunities in dynamic markets.

Recent representative projects in 2024-2025

MK Legal Service continues comprehensive support for international business structuring, IP protection, and the growth of TMT leader GigaCloud’s franchise network. It is expanding and attracting investment in the USA, Canada, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kazakhstan, Romania, Poland, and across the EU.

Within the last year we supported the launch of over 40 startups in IT, MilTech, DefenseTech, Consulting, and Manufacturing, securing their inclusion in the Diia.City and reserving their key specialists.

Our clients in HoReCa and Retail, which encompass more than 200 establishments in Ukraine and abroad, recently launched more than 45 restaurants and retail outlets and continue to scale mostly using the legal basis of the franchising models developed by our team.

Gastrofamily, one of the largest catering networks (with over 70 establishments in Ukraine and abroad), continues to expand its presence within Ukraine in cities including Kyiv, Irpin, Bila Tserkva, Vinnytsia, Lutsk, Dnipro, Rivne, and Cherkasy. Under the “Gastrofamily Goes Global” project launched in 2022 and led by MK Legal Service, the chain is expanding its franchise presence across Europe in Wrocław, Kraków, Gdańsk, Warsaw, Poznań, Łódź, Lisbon, Prague, Bratislava, and London.

Chernomorka, a restaurant chain with 32 establishments in Ukraine and 12 abroad, has continued its international expansion into Vienna, Bratislava, Prague, Warsaw, Wrocław, Pohrebea, and Chișinău.

The franchisee of the Japanese retail brand USUPSO in Ukraine has, with support from MK Legal Service, successfully re-launched 13 stores in Kyiv, Boryspil, Odesa, Lviv, Lutsk, Chernihiv, and Rivne under the new brand “O!SOME.” The franchisee continues to expand in other regions of Ukraine, operating five additional stores under the original USUPSO brand.

Sam Udoma Kyiv, a franchise network specializing in hand-molded, craft, homemade semi-finished products, receives turnkey support from the MK Legal Service team. The network has opened up to 15 retail outlets in Kyiv and Kyiv Region and plans further expansion across other regions of Ukraine.

Recent recognitions

In 2025, MK Legal Service, led by Maksym Kurochko, received one of the most prestigious accolades to date from Legal 500: the ranking highlighted the firm among the category of Firms To Watch.

In the Corporate, Commercial and M&A practice, MK Legal Service is recommended as a trusted legal partner and a go-to for clients — particularly for hospitality, catering, restaurant, and retail companies. The team, led by Maksym Kurochko, Serhii Husiev, and Artem Ostapenko, has a strong track record in supporting franchise expansion, launching new branches, and structuring business growth.

In the Intellectual Property practice, Maksym Kurochko and Serhii Husiev are recognized as leading professionals in a broad practice who help businesses to register all kinds of IP, protect inventions, trade secrets, and other IP assets. The team also drafts high-quality licensing, commercial concession, and franchise agreements, provides strategic support in resolving IP disputes, bringing strength to matters in the catering and retail industries.

National legal rankings position MK Legal Service among the market leaders in IT and Telecommunications, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property, Tax Law and Consulting, Military Law, GR and Regulatory Activity, Antitrust and Public Procurement, Real Estate, Construction, and Land Law.

Our partners and practice leaders are acknowledged among the top experts on the legal market:

• Maksym Kurochko is listed among the TOP-100 lawyers in Ukraine and praised as one of the leading experts in IT and Telecommunications, Corporate, M&A, Investments, Intellectual Property, GR, and Regulatory Activity;
• Serhii Husiev ranks among the TOP 30 Lawyers under 30 years and is recognized as one of the TOP-5 Attorneys in Retail and HoReCa in Ukraine;
• Artem Ostapenko is regarded as one of the foremost specialists and attorneys in IT and Telecommunications;
• Tetiana Shuliak is featured among the TOP 35 Lawyers under 30 years of age in Ukraine.