Любов ЗУБИЦЬКА

LIUBOV ZUBYTSKA

Managing Partner, Attorney at Law

Professional Competencies:

Strategic Criminal Defense:

  • Defense in high-profile criminal proceedings, including white collar crime cases
  • Defense in proceedings regarding crimes against national security foundations
  • Defense in proceedings regarding crimes in the sphere of official activity and professional activity related to providing public services
  • Defense in proceedings regarding crimes in the sphere of economic activity
  • Defense of public figures, politicians and business leaders in criminal proceedings
  • Criminal defense of children who suffered from domestic or other violence

Electoral Law and Political Consulting:

  • Support of electoral processes at all stages
  • Consulting for candidates and parties
  • Legal analysis of campaign activities
  • Participation in electoral commission work (including chairing)
  • Protection of electoral results
  • Political consulting in conflict situations
  • Reputation risk management in public processes

Comprehensive Legal Support:

  • Business protection from raiding, legal support in crisis and conflict situations
  • Support for small, medium and large businesses — from legal structuring to management decisions
  • Corporate law and corporate conflict resolution
  • Commercial law
  • M&A and restructuring support
  • Agricultural business support: company management, land assets, protection in land disputes
  • Mediation and strategic conflict resolution in high-risk situations

Education:

  • Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy, specialist (honors diploma), judicial-prosecutorial specialization
  • Higher Qualification Institute KNTEU, Master of Business Administration (MBA), specialization: general management
  • Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, postgraduate studies (management of business companies)

Professional Development and International Educational Experience:

  • Internship at the Verkhovna Rada Committee of Ukraine (in cooperation with Indiana University, USA) — First experience in legislative activity, which formed basic understanding of norm-making and public legal work
  • Swedish Institute, Sweden — Programs on politics, democracy and European law. Provided systematic vision of public processes and influenced further professional specialization in international context
  • Enforcement proceedings seminars (Commercial Law Center, Ministry of Justice, USAID) — Deepening practical skills in interaction with state enforcement service and procedural support of court decisions
  • Annual civil law and procedure forums (AAU) — Participation in professional discussions focused on current changes and complex issues in civil procedure
  • European Centre for Legal Cooperation, Strasbourg — Training under the program “Successful Appeal to ECtHR: from Theory to Practice,” implemented in cooperation with the Directorate General of Human Rights of the Council of Europe — became the foundation for deep understanding of ECtHR standards and their integration into Ukrainian practice
  • Regular annual attorney qualification improvement — Constant participation in NAAU Higher School of Advocacy Accreditation Center programs as part of professional responsibility and confirmation of high standard of legal expertise

Practical Experience in Electoral Law: Direct participation in electoral processes as head of electoral commission, which provided deep understanding of electoral technologies, legal mechanisms for protecting electoral rights and managing conflict situations under increased public pressure.

International Human Rights Activity: Active participation in international human rights projects, cooperation with European human rights organizations, which provided deep understanding of European protection standards and their integration into Ukrainian practice.

Professional experience in law — over 21 years.

As managing partner, Lyubov Zubytska provides strategic leadership of the association, forms key directions of legal practice and ensures consistently high standard of legal quality in cases of increased complexity. Her professional style is distinguished by analytical depth, structural thinking and uncompromising accuracy of legal position.

Unique experience in electoral law and political consulting makes her one of Ukraine’s leading experts in this highly specialized field.

Systemic vision, experience managing large legal teams, projects and personal responsibility for every result make her name synonymous with reliability in the legal environment.

Her internal legal code was formed under the influence of her now deceased father — a judge, whose principled stance, dignity and legal integrity became her first criterion of truth.