We are featured in Ukrainian Law Firms: A Handbook for Foreign Clients 2026. It is an annual English-language directory published by Yurydychna Praktyka Publishing for foreign clients looking for legal counsel in Ukraine, and it has covered the Ukrainian legal market for over twenty years.
This year, Mentors Law Firm is recognized in three practice areas:
- Intellectual Property
- Tax
- Dispute Resolution
In the IP section, the firm is listed among Other Established Practices, and our partner Maksym Popov is noted as a Notable Practitioner.
The handbook describes our IP practice as focused on fashion, creative industries, consumer brands, and cross-border IP protection. That is a fair reflection of where most of our work actually happens. Among the highlighted matters:
- defending a Polish confectionery manufacturer in a Ukrainian trademark opposition;
- overturning a trademark refusal for a food producer;
- cancelling a conflicting registration for a Ukrainian beekeeping equipment manufacturer;
- anti-counterfeiting campaigns for Ukrainian fashion brands;
- securing EU trademark protection after opposition proceedings.
We are grateful to the clients and colleagues who make this kind of recognition possible, especially at a time when running a law firm in Ukraine comes with challenges well beyond the legal ones.