The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has permitted law firms Asters and EPAP Ukraine (both based in Kyiv) to merge. The committee said that after the merger of operations and assets of the two law firms the merged group Asters and some entities of the EPAP Ukraine group would have joint control over Magisters law firm.
Magisters law firm was founded in Kyiv in 1997 as Magister&Parnters and later was renamed Magisters and expanded its operations to the CIS. In summer 2011, the firm merged with Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners (EPAP).
As reported, in August 2018, the law firms Asters and EPAP Ukraine announced their intention to merge. It was planned that the merger will be completed on October 1, 2018.
The combined firm with its offices in Kyiv and Washington will be the largest in Ukraine with 26 partners and more than 140 lawyers. Over 250 employees will work in the firm.
The Asters and EPAP Ukraine law firms have been working in Ukraine for more than 20 years. They are the leaders of the legal market, have the highest recommendations of international and national ratings.
ANTIMONOPOLY COMMITTEE LAW FIRMS, ASTERS, EPAP
