Ukrainian Firm Gives Salary Advances To Lawyers, Staff Fleeing Russian Invasion

// We’re not talking about profits anymore. It’s very important to keep people [afloat] and to help them somehow get used to the new reality.

— Timur Bondaryev, founder and managing partner of the leading Ukrainian independent firm Arzinger, commenting on some of the measures his firm his taken in the wake of the Russian invasion. Arzinger has given attorneys and staff alike advances on their salaries as a way to boost morale and to help them cover the costs of relocating or fleeing from their homes. Bondaryev reports that several members of his firm have taken up arms to defend their homes and country.

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Boutique Law Firms, Money, Quote of the Day, Russia, Ukraine