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No. of offices | 5 |
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No. of attorneys | 100+ |
No. of employees | 200+ |
Major practice areas | M&A and Corporate, Dispute resolution, IP, Tax, PPP, Banking & Finance, Restructuring and Insolvency, Competition Law, Oil & Gas, Real Estate & Construction, Sports Law |
Revenue | 22 mil.€ (2009) [1] |
Date founded | 1997 |
Company type | LLP |
Website | www.magisters.com |
Magisters was a large CIS-based law firm. [2] The firm was founded in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1997, as Magister & Partners. The firm has since changed its name to Magisters and expanded across the territory of the Commonwealth of Independent States. In July 2011, Magisters merged with Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners.
The firm was founded in 1997 in Ukraine as "Magister & Partners" by two young lawyers – Oleg Riabokon and Serhii Sviriba. Riabokon and Sviriba were studying of the Kyiv Institute of International Relations Law department, and the idea to establish a law firm came to them right at the university prom.
In 2006, "Magister & Partners" merged with Ukrainian law firm "Pravis:Reznikov, Vlasenko & Partners" and launched in Russia by merging with "Legas Legal Solutions", this merge became the first-ever cross-border merger between independent law firms in the CIS and marked the beginning of the Firm's CIS-wide expansion. [3]
After conducting a rebranding campaign in 2008 Magisters & Partners became Magisters. [4]
The years 2008 and 2009 have been a period of active expansion for Magisters. The firm merged with a Belarusian law firm BelJurBureau and opened an office in Astana, Kazakhstan. Early 2009, Magisters also set up a representative office in London, UK. [5]
The firm's Kyiv office was raided by the Ukrainian police on February 3, 2011, for undisclosed reasons. [6] [7]
In July 2011, Magisters merged with Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners. [8]
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