Basic services
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Comprehensive advice to corporate clients, including strategies for preventing criminal risks and countering raider attacks.
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Provision of legal opinions and analysis of criminal, commercial, civil, and administrative cases, including assessments of their prospects and potential outcomes.
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Defence and legal counselling in high-profile criminal cases involving corruption and economic matters.
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Representation of clients in civil, commercial, and administrative cases across all court instances.
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Defence of individuals and legal entities subject to sanctions.
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Representation in cases involving the protection of honour, dignity, and business reputation.
Key team
Our partners have diverse legal experience with backgrounds in leading law firms, as well as judicial experience in courts that include the Supreme Court of Ukraine and public prosecution bodies, including the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, and other law enforcement bodies.
This unique expertise enables us to offer our clients in-depth legal solutions, as well as predict the actions of our opponents and stay multiple steps ahead.
Oleh Valendiuk
MANAGING PARTNER
Olga Shapovalova
PARTNER
Myroslav Hnatiuk
PARTNER
Oleksander Mykytenko
PARTNER
Natalia Gnatenko
PARTNER
Pavlo Otvinovskyi
PARTNER
Oleh Valendiuk
MANAGING PARTNER
Four of our partners hold the title of «Honored Lawyer of Ukraine».
Our firm’s partners take part in the drafting of bills passed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and represent Ukraine as national legal experts in the Council of Europe and the OECD.
Our team carries out projects in various branches of the law, utilizing the full suite of instruments of criminal, civil, administrative, and economic law.
Clients
Our clients include owners, shareholders, and top management of international and national companies, current and former state officials and industrial groups.
Specifics
/ We work with multi-jurisdiction projects
We have the resources and foreign partnerships necessary to undertake projects that require defense of our clients in multiple jurisdictions simultaneously, as well as representation in international judicial bodies (i.e. European Court of Human Rights) and international law enforcement organizations (i.e. Interpol).
/ We provide Independent legal opinions
Many clients turn to us for an alternative and independent analysis of litigation and representation strategies, or for independent legal opinions on court rulings.
/ We have a great track Record of legal defense in large-scale cases
Most cases in our client portfolio involve contested or litigated assets measured in tens of millions of dollars, while case parties include top companies from various industries as well as high-ranking individuals.
/ We involve highly Specialized professionals
When representing our clients in complex cases that require deep knowledge of specific areas of law, we form specialized teams that often include counsels from multiple legal firms.
News
30 December
2025
Managing Partner of Benchers Law Firm, Oleh Valendiuk, has received prestigio...
15 December
2025
Benchers Law Firm is recognised as one of Ukraine’s leading law firms, accord...
3 December
2025
Benchers Law Firm Brought the Legal Community Together at the Legal Anti-Corr...