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Dispute resolution — Bauman Kondratyuk
Dispute Resolution

Protecting our clients’ interests in the courts at every level

We act for Ukrainian and international clients in commercial, civil, administrative, and tax disputes. We design the strategy before filing, run the trial at first instance, and defend the outcome on appeal and in cassation — up to and including the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

Commercial disputes

Debt recovery, contractual enforcement, corporate conflicts, and shareholder disputes — including matters arising under contracts governed by multiple jurisdictions.

  • debt recovery and enforcement
  • contractual and tortious claims
  • corporate and shareholder disputes

Administrative disputes

Challenges to decisions of the tax, customs, competition, and other regulatory authorities. We build the evidentiary record and run the case from filing through to cassation.

  • challenges to tax assessments
  • customs and competition matters
  • appeals against acts of local authorities

Civil disputes

Property and non-property claims, including inheritance, reall estate and damages. We act for private clients, executives and business owners.

  • real estate disputes
  • inheritance disputes
  • damages claims

Intellectual property disputes

Enforcement and defence of trademarks, copyright, know-how and trade secrets. We act for both claimants and respondents.

  • trademark protection
  • copyright disputes
  • unfair-competition claims

Enforcement

Support at the enforcement stage — engagement with enforcement officers, challenges to their actions, and the tracing and attachment of debtor assets.

  • state and private enforcement officers
  • attachment and sale of assets
  • challenges to enforcement actions

International arbitration

Representation in international commercial arbitration — including the ICAC, LCIA, ICC, and SCC — and the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Ukraine.

  • international commercial arbitration
  • recognition and enforcement of awards
  • investment-treaty arbitration
How we work

Four stages, from first consultation to the result

Position analysis

We review the documents, assess the prospects, and identify the risks. An NDA is in place before we receive anything sensitive.

Procedural strategy

We define the objective, the tactical plan, and the evidentiary set. Key decisions are taken with the client, and the litigation budget is agreed in advance.

Case handling

We prepare the procedural documents, attend hearings, respond to the opponent’s moves, and keep the client informed throughout.

Enforcement

We work with the enforcement service, recover against the debtor’s assets, and pursue the matter through to full recovery of what was awarded.

Critical stages

How a dispute unfolds over time

Litigation is not a single event but a sequence of moments in which precision and timing determine the outcome. Set out below is how a typical case develops.

Week 1

Prospects review
We review the documents, assess the prospects, and build the legal position and the forecast. If the case has no merit, we say so on day one.

Weeks 2–3

Filing the claim
We prepare the procedural documents, marshal the evidence, instruct experts where required, settle the court fee, and file the statement of claim.

Months 2–8

First instance
We attend hearings, file motions, and respond to the defendant’s position. We keep the client informed at every step.

Months 9–18

Appeal and cassation
Where required, we challenge the decision or defend it before the higher courts, and we prepare for enforcement as soon as the judgment becomes final.
Scenarios

What to do if

Practical guidance for typical situations in which a decision must be taken within a few days. The concrete steps as we run them in practice.

A claim has been filed against your company+
  • check the deadline for the response — normally fifteen days
  • gather all documents on the disputed matter; do not destroy correspondence
  • do not contact the claimant without coordinating with counsel
  • contact us within three days — that allows time for a robust response
The debtor is not complying with the court decision+
  • obtain the writ of execution from the court registry
  • choose the enforcement officer — state or private, which affects speed
  • check the debtor’s assets in the public registries
  • contact us — we will help locate hidden assets and realise them
Preparing an appeal against an adverse decision+
  • the deadline is thirty days from service of the full reasoned decision
  • gather the arguments on errors of law and on misassessment of evidence
  • review the prospects with the lawyer who ran the first instance
  • if the strategy needs to change, we bring in another lawyer from our team
A foreign counterparty has filed an arbitration at the ICAC against you+
  • check the arbitration clause — language, governing law, and number of arbitrators
  • the deadline for response is normally twenty-one or thirty days
  • do not miss the appointment of arbitrators — doing so means loss of control
  • contact us within a week — arbitrator selection and strategy take time
First contact

A preliminary consultation to discuss your case

First contact with the client is handled by a senior partner. The partner leading the practice then builds the team for the matter and coordinates it at every critical stage.

Our commitment
Attorney-client privilege
No detail of the case, of the evidence, or of the litigation strategy leaves the team handling it.
Partner involvement
The partner leading the practice runs the matter personally. The client is never left in the hands of a junior lawyer in court or at a decisive moment.