Litigation is both an expensive and time-consuming undertaking. Ukrainian legislation allows the mechanism of alternative dispute settlement, which certainly has its predicted benefits. However, it is not a widespread tradition as in the Western world. Oleg Malinevskiy, partner of EQUITY, explained that the instruments of alternative dispute resolution have wider potential and should definitely be reinstated for both parties and their legal representatives. 

Parliament adopted Draft Law No. 4546, which improves the mechanisms of withdrawing banks from the market and granting claims by the creditors of such banks. EQUITY counsel Oleksyi Stepanenko told readers how much the adopted amendments differ from the previous version of the law.

In the new issue of Ukrainian Law Firms 2021: a Handbook For Foreign Clients directory EQUITY partners Taras Poshyvanyuk and Olexandr Lysak discussed the topic of the pressure of law-enforcement bodies on the business community.

In 2021 edition of the Ukrainian Law Firms 2021: A Handbook For Foreign clients EQUITY partner Vyacheslav Krahlevych and counsel Bohdan Slobodian discussed the issue of the appeal process against decisions of the NBU and Deposit Guarantee Fund of Ukraine.

The UJBL editorial team asked EQUITY counsel Bohdan Slobodian about key provisions of the Law No 1150-IX which regulates the activity of institution, prospects of creation a bureau for businesses and key functions of the Bureau of Economic Security.

Associate at EQUITY Taras Shtokalo told the readers of The Ukrainian Journal of Business Law about Draft Law No 5065 on Financial Services and Financial Companies. 

The participants of the lecture "Advising a client on a case" by EQUITY counsel Andriy Ivaniv and senior associate Maksym Halan became a few steps closer to the desired profession of an attorney.

In the special interview for The Legal 500 directory senior partner at EQUITY Viktor Barsuk and partner Oleg Malinevskiy shared some thoughts on their greatest professional and personal achievements , peculiarities of EQUITY as a leader of the legal market and gave some tips for readers looking back on 20 years of experience.