JVS Law (Yurzovnishservice/Jurvneshservice) is a Kyiv-based law firm advising international and Ukrainian clients on complex cross-border matters. Practiced since 1987, the firm combines academic depth with hands-on transactional and dispute resolution experience.
The firm's core practice is international aviation law, including aircraft finance and leasing, airport investment structuring, regulatory matters, and the application of the Cape Town Convention in Ukraine. JVS Law also represents clients in international commercial arbitration and in the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards across multiple jurisdictions, working with local counsel in Europe and beyond.
Further areas of practice include international commercial contracts, export control and dual-use goods compliance, franchising, and Ukrainian civil law more broadly. Members of the firm participate in Ukrainian civil law reform and publish regularly on aviation law, arbitration, and contract law in Ukrainian and international legal periodicals.
Clients include airlines, lessors, investors, state agencies, and industrial enterprises. The firm works in Ukrainian, English, Russian and Spanish and is accustomed to coordinating multi-jurisdictional teams in cross-border transactions and enforcement proceedings.
JVS Law's approach is analytical and practical: every recommendation rests on primary sources, a realistic assessment of risk, and the client's commercial objectives.
Firm Information
Founded
1987
Team Size
7 people
Office
1 location
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Kyiv
Ukraine
46/11 O. Konyskoho St., suite 2, 01054
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Practice Areas
Banking & Finance
Acquisition / Leveraged Finance
Project Finance
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Case Results
Successful outcomes we've achieved for our clients
Enforcement of international arbitral awards against a foreign debtor
International Arbitration
Enforcement of international arbitral awards against a foreign debtor
International Arbitration
Advised a Ukrainian enterprises on the recognition and enforcement of multiple international arbitral awards against a foreign counterparties, including selection and coordination of local counsels in the debtor's jurisdictions, asset tracing strategy, and structuring of the engagement to reduce the client's overall enforcement costs.
Aircraft leasing and Cape Town Convention advice
Aviation
Aircraft leasing and Cape Town Convention advice
Aviation
Advised international lessors and Ukrainian operators on aircraft lease structuring, registration of international interests, and the practical operation of IDERA-based deregistration in Ukraine, including identification of enforcement gaps relevant to repossession planning.
Financing of commercial aircraft acquisitions by Ukrainian operators
Acquisition / Leveraged Finance
Financing of commercial aircraft acquisitions by Ukrainian operators
Acquisition / Leveraged Finance
Advised on the debt and lease financing of commercial aircraft acquisitions, acting for parties on both the lessor and operator side. The work covered negotiation of finance and operating lease documentation, security arrangements over the aircraft, and the perfection of creditors' rights under the Cape Town Convention framework. The advice enabled the transactions to close with a realistic assessment of security enforcement in the Ukrainian jurisdiction.
Cross-border commercial contracts: drafting, risk allocation and dispute prevention
Contract
Cross-border commercial contracts: drafting, risk allocation and dispute prevention
Contract
Advised Ukrainian and foreign clients on international sale, service and agency contracts, including choice of law and dispute resolution clauses, payment security, and allocation of performance risks in wartime conditions. The practice also covers contentious contract issues, such as defending clients against set-off declarations raised by foreign counterparties in enforcement contexts, and aligning contract structures with Ukrainian mandatory rules on penalties and liability. The work has helped clients enter cross-border transactions with enforceable dispute resolution mechanisms and avoid disputes that arise from poorly allocated risks.
Franchising in Ukraine: structuring, disclosure and regulatory advice
Franchising
Franchising in Ukraine: structuring, disclosure and regulatory advice
Franchising
Advised franchisors and franchisees on the structuring of franchise arrangements under Ukrainian law, including adaptation of international franchise documentation to mandatory local rules, registration and intellectual property aspects, and pre-contractual disclosure practice. The firm's expertise in this area extends to law reform: its lawyers have contributed to the modernization of Ukrainian franchising legislation, drawing on French, Belgian, Spanish, Australian and EU regulatory models. Clients benefit from advice that reflects both current Ukrainian law and the direction of its ongoing reform.
Bankability of Ukrainian airport infrastructure: financing structures, state aid and war risk
Project Finance
Bankability of Ukrainian airport infrastructure: financing structures, state aid and war risk
Project Finance
Advised on the legal preconditions for private financing of Ukrainian airport infrastructure, focusing on the issues that determine bankability for lenders and investors. The work covered the compatibility of state support measures with EU State aid rules as applied to Ukraine's reconstruction context, the availability and limits of war risk insurance instruments for large infrastructure assets, and the structuring of revenue-based financing within the Ukrainian regulatory framework. The analysis equips financing parties with a realistic map of legal risks before committing to Ukrainian aviation infrastructure projects.
Airport concessions and public-private partnership structuring in Ukraine
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
Airport concessions and public-private partnership structuring in Ukraine
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
Advised on the structuring of private participation in Ukrainian state-owned airports, including the sequencing of corporatization and concession under Ukrainian PPP and concession legislation. The firm publicly advocated the corporatization-then-concession model for Ukrainian airports before it was adopted in official practice, and its analysis covers tender design, risk allocation between the public and private partner, and the regulatory constraints specific to aviation infrastructure. Clients receive advice grounded in both the letter of Ukrainian PPP law and the practical dynamics of its implementation.