About

About.

Pavlenko Legal Group is a dynastic law company operating in the Ukrainian market for more than 20 years. Our activity is focused on litigation and business protection: we promote the business interests of our clients both domestically and abroad. We can proudly call ourselves a litigation boutique, as we concentrate our efforts on legal protection and work on complex and extraordinary cases. The key figures in our team are Oleksandra Pavlenko, the founder, political lawyer, and former member of the Government of Ukraine, and Grygoriy Pavlenko, the managing partner and attorney at law of litigation practice.

We will be useful to you in the following areas:

  • Business protection
  • Litigation practice
  • Banking/Finance
  • IT practice
  • Military law
  • Corporate/M&A
  • Antitrust law
  • International trade
  • Tax practice
  • Real estate and construction
  • Family law

Additionally, due to the military aggression, we emphasize the following directions:

  • Transactions: preparation of objects for sale, risk management, deal execution, and negotiation processes.
  • Representation in courts at any level and completion of processes started before the war.
  • Representative services for businesses: working under power of attorney.
  • Working with the AMCU regarding transactions involving the acquisition of property and corporate rights.
  • Negotiations with governmental bodies of Ukraine and the EU, including investment projects, new legislation and regulations.\
  • Official lobbying activities.
  • Working with loans, refinancing and mortgaged property.

There are complex and high-profile cases in the portfolio of Pavlenko Legal Group, including those with a state element, which can be provided upon request.

The company is recognized by key international and Ukrainian rankings:

  • Legal 500 2025 – Dispute Resolution (the company and Managing Partner Grygoriy Pavlenko, Counsel Anatoliy Melnychenko); Banking, finance and capital markets (the company and Managing Partner Grygoriy Pavlenko); Commercial, Corporate Law and M&A; Antitrust Law
  • Client’s Choice. TOP 100 Best Lawyers of Ukraine 2025 by Legal Newspaper – Managing Partner Grygoriy Pavlenko is among 100 best lawyers of Ukraine, leader in Business Protection, Banking and Financial Law; Counsel Anatoliy Melnychenko is among TOP-30 Under 30 Lawyers, leader in Military Law, Construction/Real Estate, Private Clients.
  • IFLR 1000 2024 – Banking/Finance; M&A; Restructuring and insolvency
  • Ukrainian Law firms. A Handbook for Coreign clients 2024 – Litigation (the company and Managing Partner Grygoriy Pavlenko)
  • Leaders of the Market 2024 by Legal Newspaper – recognized in: Business Protection; Litigation. Mediation; Banking and Financial Law; IT Law/TMT; Construction/Real Estate
  • Best Lawyers 2023 – Oleksandra Pavlenko, Litigation
  • Contest “Lawyer of the Year” by Ukrainian Advocates’ Association the Association – the company’s lawyers have been winners and finalists from 2018 to 2024 in key practices of their specialization
  • Benchmark Litigation Europe 2021 – Litigation
  • All-Ukrainian GR Award by the Ukrainian Association of Government Relations Professionals and Lobbyists – Best GR Tool 2021, Oleksandra Pavlenko – GR Ambassador 2020 and Best GR Specialist 2018

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