Kseniia Prokhur

Kseniia represents and advises clients in various types of commercial, corporate and employment litigation in Ukraine and has significant experience in enforcing the awards of the most prominent international arbitration institutions. Kseniia specifically focuses on challenging the acts of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and advises clients on all related legal aspects.

• Represented a Ukrainian tobacco distributor in the Ukrainian courts in connection with a fine imposed by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for anticompetitive concerted actions in the amount of UAH 3.4 billion. The client was the first company from the alleged cartel to win in the Supreme Court of Ukraine. This court decision established a precedent for other international manufacturers that were also fined.
• Represented a major oil products trader in the Ukrainian market in court proceedings challenging the decision of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine in a cartel case that ordered fines in the total amount of UAH 71 million (approximately USD 2.6 million).
• Represented a Ukrainian telecommunications company in court proceedings against the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, appealing its resolution that declared the client to hold a monopoly (dominant) position in the market for the distribution of television programs.
• Represented a large international banking group in the Ukrainian courts in a corporate litigation matter where a former shareholder of a member of the group challenged the squeeze-out and acquisition of their shares by the client.
• Represented a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate in two employment litigation matters initiated by former employees who had been terminated as a result of redundancy and were seeking reinstatement and payment of salary for the period starting from termination.
• Represented one of the major Ukrainian construction entities in a large commercial dispute against the Ukrainian government and Kyiv city state administration concerning the recovery of losses that the client suffered from the forced dismantling of the trade center building in preparation for hosting the Euro 2012 football championship in Ukraine.
• Represented an international trader of carbon steel products in litigation matters in the Ukrainian courts under the claims of a Ukrainian-based metal producer and related companies concerning the invalidation of a supply agreement between the client’s Lebanon-based company and Ukrainian legal entities, and in a separate litigation initiated against the Ukrainian legal entities concerning the invalidation of a fictitious contract.
• Represented a large Ukrainian chemical producer in a labor dispute concerning the urgent termination of employees’ illegal strike action.
• Acted for a UK-based division of one of the world’s largest oil and natural gas service companies in proceedings concerning the enforcement of an award of the London Court of International Arbitration against a Ukrainian debtor for the recovery of a debt.
• Advised and represented a major Polish oil and natural gas company in the Ukrainian courts with a view to recognizing and enforcing an arbitral award against a Ukrainian company.
• Advised a major aircraft provider on the recovery of one of Ukraine’s largest commercial airlines’ debts under aircraft lease agreements and represented the client in the bankruptcy proceedings of a major Ukrainian airline.
• Acted for an international Jewish humanitarian organization in a commercial litigation initiated by a nonprofit against the client under a charitable allowance agreement for the collection of additional funds for charitable activities.
• Represented a subsidiary of a well-known real estate investment trust in criminal proceedings by providing support during investigation actions (including interrogations), and in a court case on the cancellation of the seizure of premises imposed in criminal proceedings regarding the forgery and abuse of an office allegedly committed by the subsidiary’s director.
• Conducted a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance investigation in Ukraine for one of the world’s largest integrated telecommunications services operators, which involves reviewing the documents and interviewing the company’s employees.

• Leading Associate, The Legal 500 EMEA, 2025
• Rising Star, The Legal 500 EMEA, 2020-2024

• American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
• Ukrainian Arbitration Association
• Council of the Ukrainian Bar Association Procedural Law Committee
• European Business Association