Phone +38 (044) 333-95-16
Email office@bkadvisers.com.ua
Address Kyiv, 39-41 Shota Rustaveli str.
Private client practice — Bauman Kondratyuk
Private Client Practice

Confidential legal counsel for families with capital, businesses, and an international way of life

Bauman Kondratyuk Attorneys Association advises business founders, families with assets across multiple jurisdictions, and public figures. We work quietly, precisely, and for the long horizon — from day-to-day personal matters to structures designed to serve future generations.

Succession planning and wills

We design the architecture for passing assets within the family, so that capital reaches the heirs without conflict, tax leakage, or third-party interference.

  • wills, succession agreements, and lifetime gifts
  • contingency planning for incapacity and for unexpected events
  • coordination of succession across jurisdictions

Family offices, trusts, and foundations

We build wealth-holding structures — private foundations, trusts, holding companies, and nominee arrangements — with transparent governance and proper protection for beneficiaries.

  • family offices and asset management
  • trusts in recognised jurisdictions
  • governance, family charter, and voting trusts

Prenuptial agreements and family law

We protect the client’s private affairs: prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, division of property, maintenance, and arrangements for children — all handled confidentially and out of the public eye.

  • prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
  • division of corporate assets between the spouses
  • cross-border family disputes

Premium residential real estate

We advise on transactions involving residences, country estates, and investment real estate in Ukraine and abroad — with full legal and tax integrity.

  • purchase and sale of residences
  • real-estate holding structures
  • leases, devolution, and restrictions on title

Residency, CFC, and compliance

We arrange the individual’s tax residency, CFC reporting, CRS and FATCA compliance, NBU currency oversight, and onboarding for private-banking accounts.

  • change of tax residency
  • CFC, CRS, and FATCA reporting
  • private-banking KYC support

Reputation and asset protection

We represent the client in disputes where capital, privacy, or the family’s reputation is at stake — from civil claims through to dealings with regulators.

  • disputes over assets and control
  • protection of personal data and privacy
  • dealings with regulators and law-enforcement authorities
Jurisdictions where we work
European jurisdictions
  • UA · Ukraine
  • PL · Poland
  • LT · Lithuania
  • CY · Cyprus
Western jurisdictions
  • CH · Switzerland
  • UK · United Kingdom
  • US · United States
  • ES · Spain
How we work

One partner, one team, one protected perimeter — over years of advising the family

The single-partner principle

A single partner leads the work for your family from the first conversation through to long-term support. No material communication and no decision concerning assets is delegated to a junior lawyer without your consent. This is the foundation of our private clients practice.

Introduction and diagnosis

We listen. We map the composition of the family, the assets, the jurisdictions, and the risks. We set out clearly what is protected, what is exposed, and in what order to act.

Architecture

We build the holding structure for the capital, the legal backbone of the succession plan, the prenuptial arrangements, and the tax-residency position — on a ten- to twenty-year horizon.

Implementation

We execute: we register the structures, conclude the agreements, coordinate local counsel in the relevant jurisdictions, open the accounts, and formalise the real estate.

Ongoing support

We remain counsel to the family: annual reporting, updates to wills, responses to changes in law and to life events, and representation in disputes when required.

Engagement timeline

Time that saves capital — and time that preserves it

The most important private-client decisions are taken not in courtrooms but in advance. The earlier counsel is brought in, the less has to be put right later.

First week

Confidential meeting
In person or over a secure channel of communication. We sign a non-disclosure agreement before you share any details of your capital or family.

Month 1

Legal review of assets
We compile a complete map of assets, jurisdictions, beneficiaries, and obligations. We identify the risks that are typically invisible from within the family.

Months 2–4

Building the structure
We put in place the holding structure, the wills, the prenuptial agreements, the residency position, and the reporting framework. Every document passes through a single partner.

Years of support

Standing counsel
We remain the family’s personal counsel: we respond to life events, to legislative change, and to the issues that arise around your capital.
Action scenarios

What to do if

Typical private-client situations in which the decision must be taken before events become irreversible.

You are planning to pass a business or capital to the next generation+
  • decide to whom, and in what proportions, the assets are to pass
  • assess the tax consequences of succession in each relevant jurisdiction
  • consider lifetime gifts, trusts, or a family-foundation structure
  • contact us — and we will design the transfer plan and prepare the documents
You are entering a marriage, or preparing for a divorce involving assets+
  • fix the matrimonial property regime in a prenuptial agreement before the event
  • do not co-mingle personal and joint assets in day-to-day dealings
  • provide for the interests of any children, and for maintenance, within a protected structure
  • contact us — and we will draft the prenuptial agreement or guide the division of property
You are changing your country of residence, or planning a move abroad+
  • clarify the criteria for tax residency in each relevant jurisdiction
  • assess the consequences of exit tax and of CRS, FATCA, and CFC reporting
  • plan the transfer of assets and the documentation of their source
  • contact us — and we will design the relocation and tax-residency plan
Banks or regulators approach you, or disputes over assets arise+
  • do not communicate with the regulator on your own before consulting counsel
  • preserve all documentation on the source of capital
  • assess the cross-border risks before submitting any explanation
  • contact us — and we will represent your interests and shape the position
First contact
Privileged communication · protected by attorney–client privilege from the moment of first contact
Our code for the private client

We work quietly. We place the family’s interest above the interest of any single transaction. We enter your legal perimeter once, and we remain there for as long as your capital requires. We do not take decisions you have not understood. We are answerable for our advice — personally, in the name of the partner.

Anything you share with us at the first meeting remains inside the legal perimeter and is protected by attorney–client privilege — even before any engagement letter is signed. The Private Clients practice is led by partner Oleksandr Kondratyuk, who personally conducts the first conversation, takes the strategic decisions, and remains in contact with the client over the long term.

NDA-readyWe send the non-disclosure agreement before the first meeting — on request, through a secure channel of communication of your choosing.
Assurance
Absolute confidentiality
Names, family composition, asset structures, the jurisdictions in which capital is held, and the content of our advice are all protected by attorney–client privilege, and are not disclosed to third parties in any circumstances.
Partner as the single point of contact
Oleksandr Kondratyuk personally leads the family strategy, takes decisions on critical matters, and acts as your lawyer over the long term — not for a single transaction.
What we do not do
  • We do not act for both sides of a family dispute.
  • We do not advise clients listed on international sanctions registers.
  • We do not delegate the conduct of a matter to junior lawyers without your consent.
  • We do not discuss client matters — even on an anonymised basis — on any public platform.