Yaroslav Petrov is an associate at Asters. Mr.
Petrov focuses on international arbitration,
commercial litigation, international trade, and
energy projects. He was admitted to the bar in
2009. Mr. Petrov is a national reporter for
KluwerArbitration.com, the World Arbitration
Reporter, published by Juris Publications.
Prior joining Asters, Mr. Petrov worked at Volkov & Partners,
Baker & McKenzie CIS Limited, CMS Cameron McKenna LLC, Shell
Ukraine Exploration and Production I LLC. Mr Petrov graduated
from Donetsk National University, Economics & Law Faculty
(LL.M in commercial law) (2006), Stockholm University (LL.M in
international arbitration) (2007), University of Nebraska at
Omaha (USA) (1 year course in international business and
management) (2004). He speaks Russian, Ukrainian, and English.

Oleksiy Demyanenko is an associate at Asters. Mr.
Demyanenko focuses on banking & finance,
capital markets and international arbitration.
Before joining Asters, Mr. Demyanenko worked as
a Junior Associate at Lexwell & Partners. He is the
winner of the 1st award of Asters’ Scholarship
Contest (2009) and the 2nd award of “2008 Kyiv
Mock Jury Trial Competition” organized by Leavitt Institute, USA.
Mr. Demyanenko speaks Russian, Ukrainian, and English.

Liudmila Dudnik is Lawyer at Dragon Capital, a
leading investment bank in Ukraine. Ms. Dudnik
focuses on corporate law, banking, finance and
capital markets. Prior to joining Dragon Capital,
Ms. Dudnik worked at Baker & McKenzie CIS
Limited in its real estate practice group, and at Asters Law Firm as
an Associate in its corporate and telecommunication law practice
group. Liudmila graduated from Taras Shevchenko National
University of Kyiv (LL.M.) (2010). She is fluent in Russian,
Ukrainian and English.