Oleksiy Koltok and Oleg Klymchuk have been appointed as Partners with Sayenko Kharenko in Kyiv.
Koltok specializes in litigation: commercial, corporate, government and regulatory, real estate, debt settlement, and bankruptcy disputes, among others. He joined the Sayenko Kharenko team back in 2013. Before that, he was the Head of the Litigation Unit with Universal Bank, between 2008 and 2013. Earlier, he spent two years as Head of the NPL Division in Kyiv for UkrSibbank.
Klymchuk focuses on intellectual property, media, and technology projects including advertising and marketing, data protection, and transactional work in the technology sector. He joined Sayenko Kharenko in 2014 and spent ten years with the firm, interrupted by a six-month stint with Brandsfield. He was appointed a Counsel in 2018 and Head of SK's Technology, Media, and Communications group in 2020. Earlier, he spent a year with Asters and almost six with Noerr as a Senior Associate. He started his career with the Alexandrov & Partners Law Office in 2006, spending a year and a half with the firm.
"Sayenko Kharenko celebrates its 20th anniversary this year," the firm announced. "We are proud that even during the difficult period of war, our specialists continue to grow professionally. The promotion of Oleksiy Koltok and Oleg Klymchuk recognizes their achievements and represents another important milestone in the firm’s development."
"I am sure that we have even more challenges ahead, but with such a great team this journey becomes exciting and rewarding," Partner Nazar Chernyavsky commented. "Trusting Oleksiy and Oleg with partnership status is an evolutionary stage of our growth, and I strongly believe that it will make us even more resilient and dynamic."