Mr. Zagariya’s practice focuses on private and public mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including structuring of cross-border transactions, direct investments, establishing and structuring of foreign investment funds, private equity funds and other ventures funds as well as asset management companies. He also provides advice on corporate and antimonopoly law as well as real estate and land use law.
Valentyn Zagaria is recognized by Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Clients as one of the top 5 lawyers for investments in 2008 and 2009, ranked among top 10 Managers of Ukrainian Legal Market according to independent research “Top 100.The Best Top Managers of Ukraine”, conducted by Investgazeta, Ukrainian financial and economical weekly and listed as a one of the leading lawyers for Ukraine in investment, corporate, real estate and land use and zoning by Best Lawyers 2010, the most respected U.S. publication for legal market; listed in Who's Who Legal: CIS 2011 among leading practitioners for Project Finance. According to "Ukrainian Law Firms 2011", survey which is published on annual basis by Yuridicheskaya Practika newspaper, Mr. Zagariya was named among 25 most famous lawyers in Ukraine. He was recommended in corporate law, investments, land use and zoning, mergers and acquisitions, as well as in real estate by Best Lawyers 2013 one of the leading researches on international legal market. Due to the Advocacy day Valentyn Zagariya has been honored by the Ukrainian National Bar Association of Ukraine with an award “Outstanding Attorney of Ukraine 2013”.
Apart from his extensive legal practice, Mr. Zagariya is actively involved in social activity. Thus, from 2004 Valentyn has been a member of Ukrainian Bar Association, in 2008 – 2009 Valentyn Zagariya was a Member of Council of UBA Kiev Branch, from 2009 to 2011 he has been Member of the Board of Ukrainian Bar Association, and from June 2011 to June 2013 he was President of the Ukrainian Bar Association. Besides, Mr. Zagariya is Head of Higher Qualification and Disciplinary Bar Commission as well as a member of various international professional organizations of lawyers.