As accountability and transparency in public life becomes increasingly important and society tends to be more critical, there is a need for organizations to clearly communicate with their stakeholders as well as with the wider public.

AstapovLawyers has extensive experience both of working for central and local government and of advising private sector commercial and funder clients on their dealings with the public sector.

AstapovLawyers works with a range of government departments, not-for-profit organizations and non-governmental department bodies, supporting their in-house teams, as well as providing a full service press office and media relations function.

Our particular areas of public sector expertise are:

• privatization;
• infrastructure;
• PFI/PPP;
• lobbying and governmental relations;
• regulatory and licensing matters;
• dispute resolution and judicial review, etc.

We have advised the CABINET OF MINISTERS OF UKRAINE and the MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES OF UKRAINE in $1 billion arbitration claim against VANCO ENERGY COMPANY.

Among our key clients in Government & Public Sector are - ENERGOATOM, UKRAERORUH (UKRSATSE), UKRAINIAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES (UIA), and STATE RODOVID BANK.