Timur Bondaryev

Timur Bondaryev is a managing partner and head of antitrust and competition practice at Arzinger. Mr Bondaryev is a top-ranked practitioner with more than 20 years' diversified professional legal experience and a primary focus on M&A and Ukrainian and CIS competition law. Practices: antitrust and competition, corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, real estate and construction. Industries: Retail, Automotive, Energy, Telecoms, Food and Beverages. Legal rankings: Best Lawyers (2013, 2014, 2015), Who's Who Legal: CIS (2010, 2011), International Who’s Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers (2012, 2013, 2014): among the best experts for M&A in Ukraine, The Legal 500 – Europe, Middle East & Africa international guide (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), Legal Experts EMEA directory (2012). His transactional experience includes work on a number of the most complex and high-value deals in antitrust and competition. He has a solid experience in competition disputes, covering concerted practices, abuse of dominance, unfair competition as well as assistance with merger clearance and competition compliance. He has extensive experience in working at state authorities and major corporations. Prior to founding Arzinger he was head of division in the legal department at the State Property Fund of Ukraine and head of the legal department at Ukrainian Aluminium, a subsidiary of Russian Aluminium Company. Public activities: committed member of IBA Antitrust Committee and ABA Section of Antitrust Law, International Committee; Senior lecturer in the Department of Specialised Legal Sciences at the National University Kiev-Mohyla Academy, one of the country’s best universities; co-author of the comment "Application of Competition Legislation. Practice of Ukraine, EU, Russia and the USA" (October 2014); co-author of the first Ukrainian scientific and practical commentary on the Law of Ukraine “On Protection against Unfair Competition” (October 2013); Co-author of the International Bar Association Merger Working Group’s Submission to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine regarding the Draft New Merger Regulation; Regular lecturer on Ukrainian law at the Austrian Chamber of Commerce; and senior adviser to International Law Practice Management Forum of the ABA Section of International Law.