Vasil Kisil Receives UBA's Prestigious Award for Professional Honour and Merit 2013

In 2013 UBA has chosen VKP's Senior Partner Vasil Ivanovich Kisil to receive its prestigious Award for Professional Honour and Merit.

UBA board has made this decision during its regular meeting. This distinguished Award for Professional Honour and Merit is the highest award of the Ukrainian Bar Association. It is awarded annually to a lawyer with impeccable reputation and significant professional achievements.

«For the first time in history of these awards, it was given to an attorney with outstanding achievements in all spheres of legal efficacy. As a senior partner in one of the best law firms, he represents the sector of so-called "business law practice" and on the other hand, S.J.D. Vasil Kisil is pretty much the most beloved teacher of many successful lawyers, and now the author of numerous books and scientific papers on international law. In addition, this lawyer is also a well-known public figure, who from the first days of UBA's establishment has been actively involved in its life, providing guidance, invaluable experience and advice as the Head of UBA's Board of Trustees», - noted UBA's vice-president Oleksii Reznikov, Partner with Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners while justifying this nomination.

Vasil Ivanovich is very active as a public figure. He serves as the Head Ukrainian Legal Foundation Supervisory Board, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine and the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine, and also a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Vasil Kisil's professional achievements in the field of law are recognized by all the leading international and national rankings and directories.