1. Yuri Botiuk Grosvenor Law 60 Grosvenor Street Mayfair London
An Introduction to the British Ukrainian Law Association and Working with International Firms
Yuri Botiuk
Grosvenor Law
60 Grosvenor Street
Mayfair
London

2. The British Ukrainian Law Association (BULA)
The purposes of the Association are to:
Encourage and assist professional relationships between lawyers in the United Kingdom and Ukraine;
Assist the development of the legal profession in Ukraine by all appropriate means, including (but not limited to) mutual exchanges, placements and training programmes, the supply of information and advice, promoting workshops and seminars in Ukraine and the United Kingdom on topics of mutual interest;
To provide advice and assistance in connection with the administration of justice in Ukraine; and
Establish a forum for lawyers from the United Kingdom who wish to be involved in and with Ukraine and vice versa.

3. BULA www.bula.org.uk BULA is a voluntary organisation;
Full membership is open to qualified lawyers from the UK and/or Ukraine;
Associate membership is open to law students and also toany non-legally qualified person or organisation interested in promoting the objects of BULA can apply to be an associate member;
Corporate Membership (up to 10 representatives): £150;
Individual Membership: £25;
Students: Free;
Please do become involved – further information is available at our website.

4. Grosvenor Law
Grosvenor Law ( is a litigation boutique which specialises in all forms of English law disputes, including (but not limited to):
High Court actions;
Fraud;
Construction;
Defamation;
Commercial disputes;
Shareholder actions

5. Grosvenor Law
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (including from the Former Soviet Union);
Interim Measures – freezing orders, disclosure orders etc.;
Arbitration (LCIA, ICC, and ad hoc arbitrations);
Matrimonial/Family/Children;
Employment; and
White Collar. 

6. Grosvenor Law
We are creative, competitive and without conflicts and have experience in working with lawyers on matters arising from the Former Soviet Union over the past 20 years.
We are also entrepreneurial and innovative when it comes to the business of law. We are happy to pay referral fees but more importantly work together with international firms to ensure mutual benefit to each other and the client.
To put it simply, we fight to win for our clients.

7. What will we cover today
Cooperating with international firms
Honesty and ethics as a brand
Areas of cooperation with international firms
Referral fees and/or sharing the work
Innovation - what is on the horizon 

8. Cooperating with international firms
The legal market today is international
Finance and trade were at the start of matters
Those who have the money write the rules
The bank writes the terms of the mortgage/loan not the customer
That has led to the dominance of English law on commercial matters
Further issues arise through the globalisation of life and assets
Debt recovery
International matrimonial issues
White collar - Internpol notices

9. Honesty and ethics as a brand
This is a key fundamental that international firms and partners will look for in you (and never in themselves);
This is because international firms assume that they have it already;
Ukraine’s reputation for corruption across all levels of society and especially in the justice system means that there is a serious issue to be addressed;

10. Areas of cooperation with international firms
Litigation/Arbitration/Asset tracing
Privatisation/M & A/Floatation
Agriculture IT
Private wealth:
Immigration;
Matrimonial;
Property;
trusts etc.

11. Referral fees and/or sharing the work
How do we share the proceeds:
Referral fees – simple, effective and can be strongly disliked by clients;
Sharing the work:
For Ukrainian lawyers;
The facts happened in Ukraine so local lawyers are best placed to collect them;
Disclosure/discovery/due dilligence – the documents most likely are in Ukraine and are in Ukrainian/Russian;
In commercial matters there will be local law issues;
International firms will:
Draft/sign off on International law;
Need to be there because of lender/funder;
Present the matter in foreign courts;
Assist foreign counsel/experts.

12. Innovation - what is on the horizon
Funding arbitration/litigation – Third Party Funding/Contingency fees;
Boutique of full service?
Use of artificial intelligence / automation;
Change of government policy;
English Law Day in Kyiv – week of 20 March 2017.