Founder, Senior and Managing Partner, L.I.Group, (law company – LLC and law bureau)

Mykola Kovalchuk is a Ukrainian lawyer, attorney at law, insolvency trustee, public figure, philanthropist.

Professional Experience

• Chairman of the Insolvency trustees of the Kyiv region of the National insolvency trustee association. Bankruptcy expert in the international arbitration cases;
• Member of the Ukrainian-American bar association (UABA);
• Member of the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA).

Practice Areas

• Bankruptcy and restructuring
• Litigation
• Corporate disputes
• Business protection
• Mediation
• Tax law
• Competition law
• Private clients
• Military law
• Sports law.

Education

National Aviation University (Kyiv), 2001-2007;

Specialty: jurisprudence (commercial law)

Specialty: financier

PhD in Law, 2014

In current time – the recipient of a doctoral dissertation in the field of public administration at the Educational and Scientific Institute of Management and Civil Service of Kyiv National University named after T. Shevchenko.

Clients

Founder and Senior partner of both L.I.Group law company and law bureau, which has been successfully working with the biggest clients in Ukraine since 2008: UkrSibBank (BNP Paribas group), Bank Credit Dnipro, TasComBank, Universal Bank, PrivatBank, OTP Bank (OTP group), Piraeus Bank telecommunication company lifecell, TAS agro, TAS group, ONK Group and many others.

Mykola Kovalchuk is a  personal attorney of Oleksandr Usyk, Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Denys Berinchyk, Serhii Derevyanchenko and many other world-class sportsmen.

 Professional Achievements

According to the results of Market Leaders – 2024 annual research  of Yurydychna Gazeta, Mykola Kovalchuk was recognized as one of the TOP-20 most effective managers-partners of Ukrainian law companies. The law firm has taken leading positions in practices: bankruptcy and restructuring, private clients, sports law.

Mykola Kovalchuk is recognized as one of the best lawyers in the field of bankruptcy and litigation in TOP 50 lawyers of Ukraine by Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing, and law company L.I.Group joins TOP-10 leading legal companies of Ukraine according to TOP 50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine research in 2024.

Public Activity

In 2021, Mykola Kovalchuk headed the official representation of the World Boxing Council (WBC) in Ukraine, as well as the charity division WBC Cares Ukraine. He is the supervisory board member of the National Professional Boxing League of Ukraine.

Participated in some areas of organization the Peace Summit 2024 in Switzerland supporting with the Office of the President of Ukraine and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine.