Social activity takes a special place in the practice of LA Law Firm (Legal Alliance).

We have chosen the priority areas in which we implement the principle of corporate social responsibility. Among these areas are:

• Employees
• Professional community
• Target markets
• Motherland defense
• Environment

Employees

Our employees are the major value for LA Law Firm. We strive to provide for everyone decent working conditions, opportunities for professional growth and development, as well as an optimal balance between life in the office and outside.

Professional community

Legal Alliance takes care about the development of legal profession in Ukraine by actively participating in the activities of non-governmental organizations, supporting the students of Law Departments, and implementing our own projects aimed at the improvement of the country’s legal market.

Mr. Ilya Kostin, LA Law Firm, headed the Committee for Protection of Professional Rights of Attorneys and Implementation of Guarantees of Practice of Law of the Bar Council of Kyiv Region since 2013.

Over many years Legal Alliance has supported the activities of the Students’ League of Ukrainian Bar Association as well as other students’ organizations. In particular, the following events were held with the assistance of our company:

• All-Ukrainian Students Competition “Tavricheskiy Zlatoust” on Environmental law, 2006;
• All-Ukrainian Students Competition “Tvaricheskiy Zlatoust” on Administrative Law and Procedure, 2007;
• All-Ukrainian School on the World Trade Organization Law, 2008;
• All-Ukrainian Students Competition “Tavricheskiy Zlatoust” on Intellectual Property, 2008;
• All-Ukrainian School on the Health Law, 2008;
• All-Ukrainian Round Table on Energy Law, 2008;
• All-Ukrainian Students Competition “Tavricheskiy Zlatoust” on Real Estate law, 2009;
• All-Ukrainian School on Mergers and Acquisitions, 2009;
• All-Ukrainian School on Commercial Litigation, 2010;
• Spring Media Law School, 2015;
• International Conference on Intellectual Property Law (ICIP), 2015.

Target markets

LA Law Firm, being a recognized leader in the area of pharmaceutical law, actively participates in the development of pharma market in Ukraine by way of:

1. Development of policies regulating the pharmaceutical market in line with the best global practices;
2. Extension of legal support to professional pharmaceutical associations;
3. Conduct of educating workshops for pharma market participants;
4. Acting as speakers at major pharmaceutical conferences;
5. Regular release of analytical publications and brochures;
6. Support of young researchers in the field of pharmaceutical law.

Motherland defense

LA Law Firm did not stand back in the most complicated for Ukraine period. Our employees voluntarily safeguarded the state’s independence. From the very beginning of antiterrorist operation they provided free legal support to ATO members, actively participated in the establishment and operation of charitable fund "Kolo" that supports our motherland defenders and their families.

Environment

Since 2010, the firm has been implementing a "green office” strategy aimed at ecology support and environment defense. Having developed the Green Office Concept, we are doing our best to implement it into the firm’s daily activities.

The core of the ecological program is the development of the approaches to rational usage of resources, increase of the level of environmental responsibility and culture of the employees.

Main areas of the Concept:

1. Rational usage of paper;
2. Rational usage of electricity;
3. Rational usage of office supplies;