Considering the difficult times related with aggressive war of the russian federation against Ukraine, the 20th anniversary annual research of the Ukrainian legal services market for foreign clients Ukrainian Law Firms 2022 came out in an unusual format - without ranking tables, but with a detailed analysis of the legal market by areas of law for the period 2021.
In the analytics of Ukrainian Law Firms 2022 Doubinsky & Osharova traditionally appears among the leaders of the legal market in the field of intellectual property and was admitted by the publication as an internationally recognized IP boutique. It is also noted that the Agency is effective in developing brand development strategies and has exceptional expertise in prosecution, including registration of patents and trademarks and litigation of infringement cases in various industries.
Additionally, the firm’s achievements are noted concerning complex infringement cases in life sciences and pharmaceuticals, as well as in the food and beverages, tobacco and heavy industry. In particular, it concerns the successful protection of intellectual property rights of the international corporation McDonald's International Property Co., Ltd and the Irish company R&A BAILEY & CO, the protection of rights to well-known trademarks for the US whiskey brand Jack Daniel's Properties Inc, and the representation of the interests of a number of national and international companies such as such as Amazon, HP, The Coca-Cola Company, Three Bears LLC, Tiffany, Sotheby's, Trek Bicycle Corporation, American Petroleum Institute, Tupperware.
The founding partners, Michael Doubinsky and Irina Osharova, are recognized luminaries. Partner, Head of Legal Department Victoria Sopilnyak is described as one of the top IP litigators with a strong focus in the pharmaceutical sector. It is pointed out that partner Anton Koval is highly proficient in cases related recognizing trademarks as well-known. Senior partner Tatyana Shpakovich heads the patent and trademark department and lawyer Olga Sopilnyak is part of the growing young generation of the Doubinsky & Osharova team which was strengthened by Taras Vishnevsky, who is an experienced IP practitioner.