Lawyers Profiles
Anna VLASYUK Anna VLASYUK Associate, B.C. Toms & Co. Legal education: National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Law School (Bachelor, Honors, 2008; Master, 2010)

B. C. Toms & Co

Address:
18/1 Prorizna Street, Suite 1,
Kiev, 01001, Ukraine
Tel.:
+380 44 490 6000
Fax:
+380 44 278 6508

B.C. Toms & Co is a multinational law firm of Ukrainian and Western lawyers specializing in Ukrainian law. It was the first Western law firm to open a Kiev office, having focused its practice on Ukraine at its independence in 1991. The firm has handled, for example, many of Ukraine’s largest agricultural land leasing projects and acquisitions of land for commercial property developments as well as the first and the most IPOs to raise funding for Ukrainian projects. Based on our over 23 years of experience in Ukraine, we can provide practical commercial advice on how to establish and develop a business in Ukraine.

The firm has recruited and trained its Ukrainian lawyers from students at Ukraine’s leading law schools, most of whom have also studied at UK and US law schools as Chevening, Pinchuk, Fulbright and Muskie fellowships. Based on the firm’s practical experience, it has written numerous articles on Ukrainian law, including the legal section of the book Doing Business in Ukraine.

The principal practice areas of B. C. Toms & Co include real estate and land development, oil and gas and natural resources, agriculture, banking and finance, M&A, environmental, labor, bankruptcy and administrative law. In addition, the firm has a successful litigation and arbitration practice. The firm also regularly advises on Ukrainian tax law, including from a multinational tax planning perspective.

B. C. Toms & Co has prepared a wide variety of documentation for clients, including Ukrainian law share purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, construction contracts, project financing documentation, production sharing and oil and gas sales agreements, airport investment and management agreements, hotel management agreements, private placement agreements, real estate acquisition agreements, loan agreements, leases and corporate acquisition, agency, distribution, franchise and licensing contracts.