Expansion of the Management Team at Vasil Kisil & Partners

21/ 12/ 2025

Vasil Kisil & Partners announces the expansion of its management team. Ilarion Tomarov became a Partner, while Artem Shmatov – a Counsel in the firm. Ilarion Tomarov has been with Vasil Kisil & Partners since 2017 and heads the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. He specialises in the litigation and enforcement of intellectual property rights, recovery of damages, combating parallel imports, advising IT companies, supporting e-commerce projects, protection of intellectual property assets, and legal aspects of data use for machine learning. Ilarion Tomarov is recognised as a leading practitioner in intellectual property law by Chambers Europe, The Legal 500,World Trademark Review 1000, and IP Stars. Artem Shmatov joined Vasil Kisil & Partners in 2017, beginning his career with the firm as a junior associate in the Corporate and M&A practice. He advises on a broad range of corporate matters and has substantial experience in M&A and shareholder transactions, investments, complex corporate restructurings, as well as corporate governance and taxation projects. ### For more details please contact Olga Shevchenko, PR Manager Tel.: +380 67 358 47 82 E-mail: [email protected] About the Firm Established in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is a Ukrainian law firm that delivers integrated legal advice in banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, antitrust, competition and trade, dispute resolution, public advocacy, tax law, energy and natural resources law, intellectual property law, labor and employment law, real estate and construction law, as well as PPP, concessions and infrastructure law. Vasil Kisil & Partners is a member and exclusively represents Ukraine in such international professional associations as TerraLex (160 law firms in 100 countries), Cathay Associates (40 high-profile law firms with over 500 headcount worldwide in 43 major cities and countries across Europe and Asia) and Ius Laboris (1700 labor and employment lawyers in 50 countries). Andriy Stelmashchuk is a managing partner of Vasil Kisil & Partners law firm.

Vasil Kisil & Partners announces the expansion of its management team. Ilarion Tomarov became a Partner, while Artem Shmatov – a Counsel in the firm.

Ilarion Tomarov has been with Vasil Kisil & Partners since 2017 and heads the firm’s Intellectual Property practice. He specialises in the litigation and enforcement of intellectual property rights, recovery of damages, combating parallel imports, advising IT companies, supporting e-commerce projects, protection of intellectual property assets, and legal aspects of data use for machine learning.

Ilarion Tomarov is recognised as a leading practitioner in intellectual property law by Chambers Europe, The Legal 500,World Trademark Review 1000, and IP Stars.

Artem Shmatov joined Vasil Kisil & Partners in 2017, beginning his career with the firm as a junior associate in the Corporate and M&A practice.

He advises on a broad range of corporate matters and has substantial experience in M&A and shareholder transactions, investments, complex corporate restructurings, as well as corporate governance and taxation projects.

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For more details please contact Olga Shevchenko, PR Manager
Tel.: +380 67 358 47 82

E-mail: [email protected]

About the Firm

Established in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is a Ukrainian law firm that delivers integrated legal advice in banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, antitrust, competition and trade, dispute resolution, public advocacy, tax law, energy and natural resources law, intellectual property law, labor and employment law, real estate and construction law, as well as PPP, concessions and infrastructure law. Vasil Kisil & Partners is a member and exclusively represents Ukraine in such international professional associations as TerraLex (160 law firms in 100 countries), Cathay Associates (40 high-profile law firms with over 500 headcount worldwide in 43 major cities and countries across Europe and Asia) and Ius Laboris (1700 labor and employment lawyers in 50 countries). Andriy Stelmashchuk is a managing partner of Vasil Kisil & Partners law firm.