Asters Counsel Anzhelika Livitska has been appointed as Head of the Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development practice.
Anzhelika has more than 24 years of professional experience. She focuses on Ukrainian and European environmental law, preparation of due diligence reports, issues of environmental pollution, obtaining special ecological permits, resolving disputes with the environmental inspection. Anzhelika Livitska has profound expertise in developing and commenting on draft laws and regulations in the environmental protection sphere. In 2012, she received an MBA from Green Power Academy (London).
Asters has a well-established track-record of providing substantial legal support on various environmental matters to its clients, including exploration and processing companies, energy companies, investment funds, and governmental agencies related to environmental protection.
Asters is a legal partner of the European Business Association's Committee on Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Development focusing on the reduction of industrial pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the introduction of circular economy principles in Ukraine.
"Today environmental protection and sustainable development is not only a worldwide theme for academic discussions and activists' actions, but a new legislative standard chosen by a large number of countries, including Ukraine, and thus a matter concerning our clients", – comments Asters Senior Partner Armen Khachaturyan. "Anzhelika Livitska is well known as one of the best Ukrainian experts in this area trusted by clients and regarded by peers. We view Anzhelika's appointment as Head of Asters' Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development as a natural decision based on her professional and managerial credentials and market demand in this specific expertise."
Concurrently with her chairing Asters' Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development practice Anzhelika will continue to co-chair the Energy, Natural Resources & Construction practice advising the Firm's clients on land law, energy, geological research and mining, as well as on the construction and real estate issues.
Asters is the largest law firm in Ukraine with offices in Kyiv, Washington D.C., Brussels and London. Chambers Europe 2021 recognizes 23 lawyers of Asters – the largest number of the renowned practitioners in a single Ukrainian law firm.
