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Did You Know: Most Active CEE Firms During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Did You Know that, according to the Activity Rankings function of the CEELMDirect website, Clifford Chance worked on the most reported deals in CEE during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, from April 1, 2020, through January 1, 2022? In fact, the Magic Circle stalwart worked on an impressive 51 reported deals in CEE during that period – more than any other firm.

CMS, which worked on 46 reported deals in CEE during that period, is not far behind, and Dentons, which worked on 41, is in third place.

Sorainen worked on 29 reported deals during that period, and both Allen & Overy and White & Case worked on 27. Cobalt worked on 24 reported deals, Schoenherr worked on 21, and Asters worked on 19. Kinstellar worked on 18 reported deals, rounding out the Top Ten.

Want to see what other firms worked on deals during the COVID-19 crisis – or any other period over the past decade? Visit CEELMDirect.com, the world’s only truly dynamic legal directory, and find out!

Asters at a Glance

Founded in 1995, Asters is the largest Ukrainian law firm with offices in Kyiv, Washington D.C., Brussels and London.

The Firm provides efficient transactional legal advice and represents clients on a broad spectrum of matters arising in the course of doing business in Ukraine. Asters has extensive industry-specific experience and plays a leading role in advising clients in various market sectors.

Asters’ 130-strong legal team combines world-class professionalism and quality with clear understanding of local realities so that our clients receive practically oriented advice in the most client-friendly manner. Asters’ lawyers received law degrees from the best European, Ukrainian and US law schools, including Yale, Harvard, Chicago University.

Asters has consistently remained at the top of the Ukrainian legal market throughout its history being acknowledged as Ukraine Law Firm of the Year by Who's Who Legal (2018-2022), The Lawyer European Awards (2020-2021), Chambers Europe Awards 2020 and holds top positions in the most authoritative international market reviews: The Legal 500, Chambers Global and Chambers Europe, IFLR 1000, Who's Who Legal, Best Lawyers.

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