Magisters

Magisters
No. of offices	5
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
Slogan	Based in the CIS. Trusted Worldwide.
Website
www.magisters.com

Magisters is a large CIS-based law firm^[2] with 100+ lawyers in 5 countries and a total staff of more than 200. Magisters was founded in Kiev, 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.

History

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 Kiev 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 wit a belarusian law firm BelJurBureau and opened an office in Astana. Early 2009, Magisters also set up a representative office in London, UK^[5].

The firms Kiev office was raided by the Ukrainian police on February 3, 2011 for undisclosed reasons.^[6][7]

Recognitions & Memberships

Magisters is recognized by Chambers, Legal 500, PLC Which Lawyer?,IFLR 1000.

Magisters is a member of several international law firm associations including Lex Mundi, Globalaw,Taxand and FraudNet.

Global locations

• Kiev
• Moscow
• Minsk
• Astana
• London

References

1. ^ The Lawyer [1]
2. ^ legal500[2]
3. ^ International Law Office[3]
4. ^ ILFR[4]
5. ^ Legal Week [5]
6. ^ Law enforcement raid on prestigious law firm sparks more fears of persecution, Kyiv Post (February 11, 2011)
7. ^ Magisters, a leading Ukrainian law firm, raided by prosecutors, Kyiv Post (February 4, 2011)

External links

• Official firm website www.magisters.com
• Chambers and Partners Firm Profile