The firm —
a standard.
Austrian-Ukrainian Bar Association. Kyiv. Founded in 2007. The legal culture of three cities — Kyiv · Vienna · New York — in one working standard.
We don't promise a result —
we prepare it.
OUAV is an advocates' association working in Kyiv to an Austrian professional standard: procedure over pathos, silence over a loud name, preventive preparation over heroic reaction.
We do not take random matters. Every client goes through a preliminary acquaintance — so that both sides understand whether we can work to the appropriate standard of responsibility and confidentiality.
Over nineteen years we have built a practice in which one attorney is responsible for a matter from the first phone call to the last certificate. No transfers between offices. No re-routed calls.
Ruslan B. Andriychuk
The attorneys of our association have practical experience in the delivery of successful legal projects through the use of methods of detailed research and comprehensive analysis of materials and information, an individual approach to gathering evidence, and the qualified analysis and skilful, correct and competent application of the norms of current Ukrainian and international Law.
Prevention
Most of our matters are matters that never reached court. Regular due diligence, audits of procedures, staff briefing — so that nothing has to be rescued later.
Confidentiality
Attorney privilege is not a formality. Work on documents, correspondence, even the fact of cooperation — closed by default, without additional NDAs.
Multilingualism
Ukrainian, English, German, Chinese — working languages. Procedural documents, negotiations, correspondence — in the language convenient to the client and the counterparty.
An attorney's work — to keep the loud
from becoming public.
Austrian standard
Discipline of procedure, respect for client and opponent, full written record. A legal culture formed over centuries that also works in Kyiv.
Ukrainian context
We know how the registries, inspections and law-enforcement bodies actually work. We combine the letter of the law with knowledge of what happens on the ground.
Single point of contact
In every matter — one principal attorney who knows it from page one. The team handles documents and procedure. No re-routing between lawyers.
Clients and partners of the firm
