Partners of the Kyiv office of the international law firm Jeantet Illya Tkachuk and Igor Krasovskiy joined INTEGRITES, bringing the total of the firm’s partners to 19 across 6 offices.
The arrival of new partners along with their teams will reinforce M&A and Finance capabilities of INTEGRITES and will establish the firm’s French Desk.
This move continues a series of impressive top-ranked partner and practice team recruitments. In the past 5 years INTEGRITES welcomed 3 partners from Gide Loyrette Nouel Kyiv, counsel and partner from Sayenko Kharenko and Avellum in Ukraine, the ex-managing partner of Grata in Kazakhstan and a top-notch ex-Dentons counsel, as well as merged with the high-profile litigation firm Pravochyn. Since 2017 the firm’s capabilities across practice areas have been ranked by all international and local legal directories, including the Chambers Global, the Legal 500, the IFLR 1000, the Who’s Who Legal, the Ukrainian Law Firms.
In his new role Illya will be focused on assisting clients on M&A transactions in CIS region and advising clients on structuring of their business activity in Ukraine.
Igor will be primarily focused on project finance, syndicated and secured loans, commodity and structured finance as well as regulatory issues.
Illya Tkachuk has over 10 years’ experience and specializes in advising on investment projects, cross-border transactions, corporate and M&A, foreign investments, securities, as well as compliance and labour law.
He has been involved in the structuring and implementation of investment projects for big international groups in agricultural, mineral resources, manufacture and other sectors. Also, Illya assisted foreign and Ukrainian clients on numerous M&A transactions. Finally, he also has extensive experience in start-up companies, setting up of joint ventures, corporate restructuring, securities, as well as contract-related and labour matters.
Illya’s industrial expertise includes energy and natural resources, agrifood and retail.
Igor Krasovskiy has over 14 years’ experience across a broad range of finance transactions in emerging economies having acted for the full spectrum of multilateral financial institutions, high yield lenders, project sponsors and blue chip borrowers in complex project, acquisition and structured financings. His experience also covers debt restructuring, high profile disputes, banking regulations and insolvency.
Among his key clients are high-yield lenders, project sponsors, IFIs, ECAs and blue-chip borrowers in the industrial, agriculture, telecommunications and energy sectors.
Both Igor Krasovskiy and Illya Tkachuk are highly praised on international and local markets and recommended by the leading legal guides as Chambers, IFLR 1000, The Legal 500, Who is Who Legal and Ukrainian law firms in their practice areas.
“We are happy to welcome a team of new partners and delighted to see that INTEGRITES family has become a top choice for market leading lawyers. Gathering a stellar team of legal practitioners with impeccable reputation and global recognition compliments our strategy of becoming a strong regional partner for international business”, – comments Dr. Oleksiy Feliv, INTEGRITES’ managing partner.
Illya Tkachuk: INTEGRITES is one of the most dynamic firms in CIS region and we are glad to join such prominent team. We believe that our experience will accomplish the existing practices and we will be able to deliver a wide range of legal services to our clients.
Igor Krasovskiy: I am very proud to join INTEGRITES which is ideally positioned in the market and has highly regarded specialist teams to serve the growing needs of our clients. The combination of our experience in project finance and experience of INTEGRITES in large scale energy projects allows us to offer our clients a unique support on all aspects of project finance in renewable energy
