Effective April 2024, former LCF Law Group Partner and Head of International Arbitration Yuliya Atamanova has joined JSC CB PrivatBank as a Legal Counsel and the head of the bank’s International Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation Department.
Atamanova spent over eight years with the LCF Law Group, the last four of which as a Partner. She had initially joined the firm back in 2016, as a Counsel. Before that, she spent ten years with Yaroslav Mudriy National Law University’s Research Institute of Legal Innovation and 12 years with the same university as commercial law professor, between 2003 and 2015. Earlier, she spent three years with Kibenko Onika and Partners and six more in-house with a Kharkiv-based gas producer.
PrivatBank describes itself as the largest Ukrainian bank in terms of assets and the leader of the Ukrainian retail banking market.
“We want to express our gratitude to Yuliya for her fruitful cooperation and management of LCF Law Group’s arbitration practice,” the firm announced. “Over the years of working together, we have completed many large-scale projects and built a professional team. We wish Yuliya success, achievements, and inspiration in her new position!”