Kateryna Gupalo Partner, Attorney-at-law

Kateryna’s expertise includes provision of legal aid to companies with foreign investments, to their top managers as well as to private clients in criminal proceedings. Due to her understanding of the relevant business processes Kateryna effectively defends clients at all stages of criminal proceedings, both in pre-trial investigations and in court. Kateryna also deals with cross-border cases as well as represents her clients before international investigative bodies, incl. Interpol.
Her client companies include, in particular, Ukrainian subsidiaries of multinational grain-trading companies and other agribusiness representatives as well as food, pharma, timber processing, construction companies, etc.
Kateryna also practices complex litigation and has extensive expertise in the area of tax and customs litigation. A separate line in her success story is the non-guilty verdict for a person accused of tax evasion, even though the respective tax dispute was lost. At that time, only 1.35% of the verdicts in Ukraine were acquitting. Kateryna is also an active participant in scientific and practical conferences and forums both in Ukraine and abroad.

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

University of Salamanca (Spain), LLM

In 2025, Kateryna has been appointed Co-Chair of the Business Crime Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Kateryna is also a Supervisory Board Member of Kyiv-Mohyla Alumni Association (2018 - 2025), a Board member of All-Ukrainian NGO "Ukrainian Attorneys’ Association" (UAA) and a member of the Expert group on taxation of the Ukrainian Network of Integrity and Compliance (UNIC).

From 2017 to 2023, Kateryna served on the Board of the Ukrainian Attorney Association.

• The Legal 500 2020-2025 names Kateryna “Leading individual” in White-Collar Crime.

  Arzinger 's team 'is highly qualified, very client-oriented and always glad to help'.

• Chambers Europe 2018-2022 recommends Kateryna in Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime, Dispute Resolution: International.

  Chambers Europe 2018-2022 features Kateryna in Tax Law.

  "Kateryna Gupalo's knowledge of both tax and criminal matters is really helpful to me. She can combine it really well." Another source adds: "She's really quick to respond and gives really good advice."

  Arzinger 's team 'is highly qualified, very client-oriented and always glad to help'.

  The Legal 500 2017-2021 features Kateryna in Dispute Resolution, Tax Law and Tax Disputes.

• Kateryna was selected asone of the world’s leading practitioners in the Who's Who Legal: Investigations 2023. 
  In 2025, Kateryna have been recognised as one of the world's leading practitioners in the Lexology Index Investigations 2025. 

• Who's Who Legal 2022 - 2024 recommends Katerynaas a Thought Leader in the GIR categoryby Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders: GIR.

  ITR World Tax 2025 recommends Kateryna as highly regarded in tax disputes.

  Who’s Who Legal 2018-2022 recommends Kateryna as Thought Leader in Business Crime Defence: Corporates and as a Future Leader and Global Leader in Commercial Litigation (2022).

  According to the national research Client's Choice. TOP-100 Lawyers of Ukraine, Kateryna is listed among TOP-100 Lawyers of Ukraine 2025 and is also recognised as a ‘Practice Leader’ in the following categories: White Collar Crime/Business Protection, Anti-Corruption/Compliance.

  According to the Client`s Choice 2023,Kateryna was included in the ranking  TOP-100 Lawyers of Ukraine (Yurydycha Gazeta).

  According to the Ukrainian Women in Law 2023, 2025 national survey,Kateryna was included in the ranking of Women Leaders in the Legal Market.

• National ranking “Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients” 2018-2020 acknowledges Kateryna among notable practitioners in Criminal Law / White-Collar Crime.

  National ranking “Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients” 2019, 2020 acknowledges Kateryna among notable practitioners in Tax Litigation.

  Best Lawyers in Ukraine 2019-2022 recognizes Kateryna among the best lawyers in Criminal Defense.

  Best Lawyers in Ukraine 2021-2022 recognizes Kateryna among the best lawyers in Litigation.

  Best Lawyers in Ukraine 2021-2022 recognizes Kateryna among the best lawyers in Tax Law.

  Client Choice Awards 2019-2020 recognizes Kateryna in Criminal Law.

  Client Choice Awards 2019-2020 recognizes Kateryna in Business protection.

  The Legal 500 2019 recommends Kateryna in White-Collar Crime.

  The White Collar Crime practice headed by Kateryna is 'very efficient and provides good ideas about how to resolve a case'. 

  Client Choice Awards 2018 recognizes Kateryna in Criminal Law and Procedure.

  Women in Investigations 2018 by Global Investigations Review highlights Kateryna as one of 100 female practitioners across the globe.

  World Tax Review 2018 recommends Katerynain Dispute resolution WCC.

  According to one source, Kateryna “oversees tax disputes and white collar defence,has built up a strong practice in their respective fields”.

• International Bar Association 

• American Bar Association

• Ukrainian Advocates' Association 

• Alumni Association of the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” 

• American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine 

• Ukrainian Bar Association