As reported on Law.com
Having endured day one of the incursion of Russian troops into the city, Kyiv’s legal community is urging the international legal industry to make itself heard as safety concerns grow.
While many lawyers have said that they are safe for the time being, several are setting out measures to protect staff and client data while calling upon the rest of the world to assist.
Arzinger, one of Ukraine’s elite firms with 80 lawyers in Ukraine, said in a post on LinkedIn: “We are safe and sound and have successfully sustained the first day of the most recent Russian invasion, which started yesterday early in the morning.”
But the firm’s founder and managing partner Timur Bondaryev added in a statement to Law.com International: “But we don’t know how the situation will develop on the ground and cannot exclude some communication interruptions should infrastructure fail.
“We ask for your understanding, that for obvious reasons our priorities have shifted at the moment and responses on business matters may take some time.”
He also reminded that the invasion “is not only about our country but about world security” and that “while Ukraine is doing its best to be the strong shield on European grounds we expect other countries to finally wake up and face the reality to stop the Russian monster!”
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