ILF

What ILF does

ILF is a privately held Ukrainian law firm founded in 1994 by research fellows of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy and a group of practicing lawyers. Headquartered in Kharkiv, with a regional office in Kyiv, the firm serves both international companies with Ukraine-based operations and rapidly expanding Ukrainian businesses across six declared practice verticals: Business and Partnership, IT, Banks and Finance, Power Engineering, Creative Economy, and Healthcare and Pharmacy. The firm reported 795 clients and 1,716 matters over the 2015–2019 period with a stated 98% client-favorable resolution rate, and a flagship 2016–2017 engagement recovered more than USD 550 million in problem debts for Ukrainian and foreign banks.

The firm's revenue model is professional-services billing on an hourly, fixed-fee, or project basis across corporate consulting, dispute resolution, banking and finance, intellectual property, healthcare regulatory, and IT engagements. Distribution is direct enterprise sales through its two offices and partner-network channels, augmented by content marketing (blog, social media, YouTube, and event participation). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quoted case-by-case.

ILF's competitive position rests on three pillars: a talent moat anchored by named partners with individual credentials (Merited Lawyer of Ukraine, TOP 5/TOP 20 litigator rankings, Honorary Consul of Germany); a regulatory moat built on legislative-design work for Ukraine's primary healthcare transformation in cooperation with the European Commission; and a brand moat reinforced by 27 years of continuous operation and TOP 15 standing in the Ukrainian legal market per the TOP 50 Legal Practice rating. The firm has no disclosed parent company, no institutional investors, no funding history, and no AI/technology initiatives disclosed in the public record; the relevant pipeline instead is a hierarchy of partners and senior lawyers (Tetyana Gavrysh, Olexiy Kharytonov, Arsen Buchkovskii, Kateryna Zaslavska, Oleksiy Golovin) operating a conventional professional-services practice.

Name

ILF

Legal name

ILF

Website

https://ilf-ua.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ILF is a privately held Ukrainian law firm founded in 1994 and headquartered in Kharkiv with a Kyiv office, providing corporate, banking, healthcare, IT, power-engineering, and creative-economy legal services to international companies and expanding Ukrainian businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kharkiv

HQ country

Ukraine

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Professional legal services billed on an hourly, fixed-fee, or project basis depending on the nature and complexity of the engagement. Services include corporate consulting, dispute resolution, banking law, intellectual property, and healthcare regulatory matters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ILF is a Ukrainian law firm providing legal and consulting services across industries including business and partnership, IT, banks and finance, power engineering, creative economy, and healthcare and pharmacy. Services include corporate consulting, contracts and deals, dispute resolution, problem debt recovery, regulatory compliance, investment consulting, intellectual property protection, and representation in criminal cases, delivered through offices in Kharkiv (headquarters) and Kyiv.

Product overview

ILF is a Ukrainian law firm founded in 1994 that provides legal and consulting services across multiple industries including IT, banks and finance, power engineering, creative economy, and business and partnership. The firm offers services such as corporate consulting, dispute resolution, investment consulting, healthcare law, contract drafting, and regulatory compliance advisory. Services are delivered through a team of lawyers and consultants based in Kyiv and Kharkiv offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business and Partnership Legal Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Recovered over USD 550 million of problem debts for Ukrainian and foreign banks in 2016-2017
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Baker McKenzie: Global law firm with a long-established Kyiv office serving multinationals doing business in Ukraine. Comparable to ILF as a competitor for international-client mandates, but with substantially broader geographic and practice coverage.
• CMS (Cameron McKenna): Major European-headquartered international law firm with a Kyiv presence serving cross-border clients in Ukraine. Comparable to ILF in practice areas (banking, corporate, dispute resolution) but with much broader geographic reach.
• Dentons: World's largest global law firm with a significant Kyiv office and full-service Ukrainian practice. Competes with ILF for large cross-border mandates from multinational clients, particularly in banking, corporate, and energy.

Direct peers

• Sayenko Kharenko: A top-ranked Ukrainian law firm with deep expertise in banking, finance, corporate/M&A, and dispute resolution. Closely comparable to ILF in practice mix, client base (multinationals and large Ukrainian corporates), and domestic market positioning.
• Redcliffe Partners: Ukrainian law firm (formerly the Kyiv office of CMS Cameron McKenna) with strong practices in corporate/M&A, banking & finance, and dispute resolution. Directly comparable to ILF in client base and practice areas.
• Asters: One of the largest full-service Ukrainian law firms, with practices spanning corporate, banking & finance, dispute resolution, and IP. Directly comparable to ILF in serving international and Ukrainian clients across similar verticals.
• Avellum: One of the leading Ukrainian full-service law firms, with strong practices in M&A, banking & finance, and dispute resolution. Directly comparable to ILF as a top-tier domestic firm serving both Ukrainian and international clients in similar verticals.
• Integrites: Full-service Ukrainian law firm serving international clients in energy, IT, banking, and agribusiness. Comparable to ILF in vertical coverage and cross-border mandates, with a similar mid-tier positioning in the Ukrainian market.
• Arzinger: A leading Ukrainian law firm with strong cross-border practice and offices in several jurisdictions. Comparable to ILF in serving multinational clients in Ukraine across corporate, banking, and dispute resolution matters.

Regional players

• Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners: Leading law firm in the CIS region with a Ukrainian office, serving multinational and large domestic clients in corporate, banking, and dispute resolution. Comparable to ILF in practice areas, though primarily operating across Russia/CIS rather than Ukraine-only.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ilf.ua
• Instagraminstagram.com/ilf_team

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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