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.