Acting Prosecutor General of Ukraine Oleg Makhnytsky has appointed Arzinger Partner Vitalii Kasko Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine. According to Arzinger, one of Kasko's primary responsibilities will be issues of international legal cooperation.
Kasko started his career in 1998 as an investigator in Lviv District Prosecutor’s Office. Later he worked as a senior investigator and deputy chief investigator of the Prosecutor’s Office in the Lviv region, where he led investigations into complex white collar and corruption crimes. In early 2002 he was transferred to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, where he worked first as a Senior Prosecutor and then headed the international legal department.
Prior to joining Arzinger Kasko gained experience in complex criminal proceedings, criminal assets recovery, and relations with law enforcement agencies as well as representation in the European Court of Human Rights.
Arzinger released a statement explaining that "representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office note that the international legal cooperation is the present-day key area of activity, as to solve the urgent problems, in particular, to return stolen assets from abroad one requires prompt and high-quality solutions. To improve the organization of prosecution of Ukraine in the field of international cooperation and to bring it closer to the European standards, the General Department for International Legal Cooperation was established as a result of reorganization."
Timur Bondaryev, the Managing Partner of Arzinger, commented that, “his appointment is a great honor and a sign of huge confidence which Vitalii will surely justify by helping even more effectively to implement important reforms in the country. We truly believe and hope that Vitalii’s appointment will let us see and experience systemic changes not only in the prosecution, but also in the establishment of the rule of law in Ukraine.”