Opanas Karlin
Partner, Head of White Collar Criminal and Business Defence Practice
Opanas Karlin
Partner, Head of White Collar Criminal and Business Defence Practice
Over 10 years of experience as an Attorney.
Main areas of expertise are criminal law, namely economic crimes and crimes committed by personnel on duty.
Prior to joining the Bar, he investigated criminal offenses for 5 years.
«Recognized specialist in the field of Business Defence and Criminal law»
Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients
«Leading specialist in Criminal Law and the process»
Client’s Choice. TOP 100 Lawyers of Ukraine – 2020
Professional experience:
• Défense in criminal proceedings of the largest Ukrainian logistics centre in Ukraine for goods storage;
• Défense of the tender committee chairman in criminal proceedings regarding the development and construction of the largest sport arena in Ukraine;
• Défense of the company’s chief executive officer of the largest importer of rubber in Ukraine regarding a suspicion of committing an economic crime;
• Défense of the director of the Ukrainian company regarding charges of illegal VAT refunds in amount UAH 10,000,000.00;
• Défense of the doctor in the case of human trafficking for the purpose of organs transplantation, which has become widely publicized in Ukraine;
• Representation of one of the largest Ukrainian developers in corporate dispute;
• Défense of the business of the Ukrainian company, which is the leader in the furniture industry;
• Défense of the corporate top managers regarding charges of tax evasion;
• Défense of the high-ranking official of one of the largest Ukrainian agricultural companies regarding charges of committing an economic crime;
• Representation of one of the largest logistics companies of the railway transport in a dispute against Ukrzaliznytsia.
