Compliance, Corporate Governance and Risk Management
Comprehensive solutions for corporate risk management, compliance, and prevention of violations
More about the practice
The regulatory environment is growing more complex faster than businesses can adapt to it. Every new standard, sanctions restriction or regulator’s requirement is not only a burden but also a risk: financial losses, sanctions, reputational damage and sometimes even a halt to operations. Effective compliance turns this risk into a managed system — and, at the same time, becomes evidence of the business’s good faith before regulators and investigators.
GOLAW builds compliance not as a formality but as a working mechanism: identifying risks before they materialise, implementing policies and procedures that actually work, and protecting the company and its management when it comes to an inspection or investigation. We combine three pillars — compliance, corporate governance and risk management — into a single system covering anti-corruption requirements (FCPA, UK Bribery Act), financial monitoring (AML/CFT), and banking and competition regulation.
Our proactive approach and deep understanding of industry specifics allow clients always to be ready for regulatory changes rather than catching up with them. We work with companies, banks and financial institutions, international groups, their management bodies and owners, for whom compliance is a condition of stable operation and protection from liability.
Head of practice
Dr. Valentyn Gvozdiy
Founding Partner at GOLAW, Attorney at law, PhD
- Contacts
- 31/33 Kniaziv Ostrozkykh St, Zorianyi Business Center, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01010
- v.gvozdiy@golaw.ua
- +38 044 581 1220
- Recognitions
- Lexology Index: Corporate Tax 2025
- ITR World Tax 2025
- Lexology Index: Client Choice 2025
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2025
- 50 Leading Law Firms Ukraine 2026
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Insights
17 September 2026 Publication
Exporting Ukrainian Weapons and Technology: From Authorisation to Shipment Permi...
16 September 2026 Publication
Defence City: How a Weapons Manufacturer in Ukraine Obtains Resident Status and ...
11 September 2026 Publication
Entering Ukraine’s Defense Sector: A Legal Roadmap for Foreign Investors
03 February 2026 Podcast
How to invest in Ukraine in 2026: advice from Partner at GOLAW Oleksandr Melnyk ...
20 January 2026 Podcast
Investing in Ukraine’s reconstruction: key facts about public-private partnershi...
24 July 2025 Podcast
Why do foreign-to-foreign transactions require merger clearance in Ukraine?
17 September 2026 Publication
Exporting Ukrainian Weapons and Technology: From Authorisation to Shipment Permi...
16 September 2026 Publication
Defence City: How a Weapons Manufacturer in Ukraine Obtains Resident Status and ...
11 September 2026 Publication
Entering Ukraine’s Defense Sector: A Legal Roadmap for Foreign Investors
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- Energy and Natural Resources
- Antitrust and Competition
- Banking, Finance and Capital Markets
- Compliance, Corporate Governance and Risk Management
- Corporate and M&A
- Criminal and White Collar Defence
- Digital Economy Practice
- Government Relations (GR)
- German Desk | Legal Support for Business and Private Clients
- Intellectual property
- Labor and Employment
- Litigation and dispute resolution
- Martial Law
- Natural Resources and Environment
- Private clients
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Sanctions, Export Control and International Trade
- Tax and Customs
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- Agribusiness
- Aviation
- Chemical industry
- Engineering, Construction and Building Materials
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Financial institutions
- IT and AI
- Industry and manufacturing
- Healthcare industries, Life sciences and Pharmaceuticals
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- Retail, FMCG and E-Commerce
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