Magisters

The firm has since changed its name to Magisters and expanded across the territory of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The firm was founded in 1997 in Ukraine as "Magister & Partners" by two young lawyers – Oleg Riabokon and Serhii Sviriba.

In 2006, "Magister & Partners" merged with Ukrainian law firm "Pravis:Reznikov, Vlasenko & Partners" and launched in Russia by merging with "Legas Legal Solutions", this merge became the first-ever cross-border merger between independent law firms in the CIS and marked the beginning of the Firm's CIS-wide expansion.

Early 2009, Magisters also set up a representative office in London, UK.

[5] The firm's Kyiv office was raided by the Ukrainian police on February 3, 2011, for undisclosed reasons.