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[1] Olga Lepikhina (Asters) left the firm.

AGA Partners has a well-established standing in the field of private client and family law, representing clients in Ukraine as well as abroad. The family law team acts on divorces, property division, inheritance, custody issues, collection of alimony, marriage registration under martial law, etc. Most recently the firm advised a Ukrainian private client in his civil and family disputes over child maintenance against his former wife; became the sole Ukrainian advisor of the client in his dispute over the illegal removal of his minor daughter from New Zealand to Ukraine; advised the client on complex peaceful property division in Cyprus, France, and Ukraine. The firm’s pro bono work includes advising military personnel and their families on inheritance issues, facilitating remote marriages during active duty, assisting in legal recognition of deaths in conflict zones, counseling on alimony adjustments, and helping widows obtain compensation, even in cases regarding civil marriage. The team has two partners on board – Aminat Suleymanova and Iryna Moroz, and two counsel – Olena Sibirtseva and Oleksandr Gubin.

Asters offers comprehensive services in family and inheritance law to both Ukrainian and international clients, encompassing legal advice and the preparation of contracts related to family issues and inheritance. The family law team is a port of call for high net-worth individuals and businessmen seeking representation across family law matters, particularly dissolution of marriage, division of common property, children custody, inheritance, including multijurisdictional cases. The firm also resolve clients queries throughout negotiations and mediation. Practice lead partner Talina Kravtsova is known for her long-lasting expertise. Yuri Neklyaev was promoted to counsel. 

Gramatskiy & Partner handles family law matters for its regular and corporate clients, their beneficiaries and managers. In 2022-2023, the firm saw a rise in the number of relevant queries spanning dissolution of marriage, determination of the order of upbringing and maintenance of children, collection of alimony, disputes regarding the division of matrimonial property. Among notable highlights is obtaining court authorization for the removal or return of a child to Ukraine, application of the Hague Convention in terms of justification of a special threat on the territory of Ukraine. Ernest Gramatskiy is the main point of contact.

Ilyashev & Partners has for over two decades now represented both foreign and Ukrainian clients in a wide range of civil and family law matters. The firm has a strong litigation team that recently acted on a wide array of matters – divorce, property division, divorce proceedings between Ukrainian citizens living abroad, deprivation of parental rights, child custody, financial settlements, recovery of alimony, broad range of inheritance issues, especially taxation. Oleksandr Denysenko leads the family law matters.

Mitrax attorneys at law consistently represents a diverse array of private clients in family law matters. The scope of the team’s recent caseload encompassed divorce, division of property, business, property rights of spouses; issues related to paternity, including establishing or disputing paternity, deprivation of parental rights, adoption, custody of children; protection of children’s rights and dispute resolution between parents regarding establishing the order of communication with the child, determining their place of residence, returning illegally displaced children to Ukraine. For example, the firm assisted its male client, unattached and residing abroad, with adopting a child through a court case that set a precedent in this field, with arrangements made for his remote participation in the relevant legal proceedings. The practice team also deals with inheritance matters. Yurii Babenko heads the private clients and family practice. 

Oksana Voynarovska, partner at Vasil Kisil & Partners, Svitlana Trofimchuk, managing partner at LexArs, Kateryna Vlasiuk, sole practitioner, were noted for handling active family law practices.