History

The birthday of the law firm Prikhodko & Partners is January 26, 2017. Between this date and the present, the path goes from an ambitious idea in the head of one person to leadership in the legal services market of Ukraine. The author of the idea is Andrey Anatolyevich Prikhodko, Doctor of Law, managing partner of the company, who managed to accumulate his own professional competencies and entrepreneurial abilities, and assemble a team of “Major League players” in the field of jurisprudence.

Currently, the law firm “Prikhodko & Partners” is a multidisciplinary association of specialists in an innovative format, where the client can solve almost any legal issue. The “three pillars” of the company’s success are:

• work for the result;
• 100% involvement of each team member in the work;
• customer focus.

But the engines of development are the use of technology – Legal tech, and the implementation of effective marketing strategies. Why and how did the company manage to become like this?

But the engines of development are the use of technology – Legal tech, and the implementation of effective marketing strategies. Why and how did the company manage to become like this?

The IDEA of creating his own legal business appeared in the head of 29-year-old Andrey Prikhodko, when he faced sharp disapproval from management and bureaucratic obstacles every time, offering new non-standard ways to solve problems within the scope of his duties as a legal adviser in a state-owned enterprise. By that time, I already had the baggage of experience as a prosecutor, investigator and operative. However, it was difficult to quit once and for all a stable job at the State Enterprise “Gas of Ukraine” NJSC “Naftogaz of Ukraine” with a good salary.

Therefore, the first was an attempt to conduct business in parallel with the main work – the creation together with a partner of the Law Firm “EFFECTEAM”. With the advent of the first clients and fees, Andrey Prikhodko decided to quit his job at a state-owned enterprise. But his partner didn’t. Full involvement in the work of only one of the partners has become an obvious factor in slowing down development. Therefore, Andrey Prikhodko decided to leave the “drifting” law firm to a partner in order to start his own business with a clean letter.

 The MONEY for a full-scale start of the business and the rent of our own office was earned in just a few months. For legal business is not done by lawyers and lawyers, but by businessmen! Being just a good lawyer is not enough for success in the legal services market. You need entrepreneurial talent, the ability to monetize ideas, reputation, business connections. On January 26, 2017, on the birthday of Prikhodko & Partners Law Firm, Andrey Prikhodko still had no money, no clients, no office. The company was created only formally on paper.

However, a month later, they managed to agree with one accounting company on the so-called barter: the accountants allocated one office to Andrey Prikhodko for free use, and he took upon himself the solution of all their legal issues. In parallel, he served his clients on his own behalf. 150,000 hryvnias earned in the first month were invested to the penny in the creation of the site, marketing and advertising, in particular, in targeted advertising on Facebook, contextual advertising in Google Ads and placement of ads on online platforms like OLX. And after three months, things quickly went uphill – funds appeared both for renting their own office and for hiring assistants.

CLIENTS mostly came through ice molds. These were strangers who got into the law firm from the Internet. Later, much later, some of them began to order services on an ongoing basis, brought their acquaintances to the company. Moreover, we managed to establish warm friendly relations with certain clients, the value of which is many times higher than any fees. But first, customers and exclusive services were not personalized. For example, the demand was for business registration, obtaining licenses, obtaining a temporary or permanent residence permit in Ukraine.

Comprehensive business support and the emergence of VIP clients became logical steps in the development of the company. For Andriy Prikhodko, knowledge from the inside of the work of law enforcement agencies and the peculiarities of their interaction with business, as well as the practice of resolving various problems in economic legal relations, which was accumulated at NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, came in handy for Andrey Prikhodko. Successful cases in the anti-raider direction, collection of receivables, and resolution of tax issues appeared in the company’s portfolio. The circle of clients began to replenish with well-known entrepreneurs, politicians, representatives of show business.

 MEDIA, recognition, rating – all this also came to Andrey Prikhodko and members of his powerful team. Currently, Prikhodko & Partners Law Firm is not just a company name, but a brand associated with quality, innovation, and technological effectiveness of legal services. Andrey Prikhodko is constantly invited to TV broadcasts as an expert giving professional comments. In particular, he is a multiple guest of the talk shows “Crime” on “Direct” and “Affects everyone” on “Inter”, an expert of TV programs “Witness” on NTN, “Money” on 2 + 2, “One for All” on STB .

Andrey Prikhodko and members of his team have earned a high reputation not only among clients, but also among colleagues. This was significantly facilitated by the defense of Andriy Anatolyevich’s doctoral dissertation on the topic “Administrative and legal support for preventing and combating corruption in Ukraine in the context of European integration”, and the acquisition of the scientific degree of Doctor of Science on November 26, 2020. Currently, he participates in the most prestigious professional events as a speaker. In particular, among such events is the AAU forum “Advocacy. Formula for success. Business Transformation 2.0″ on September 9, 2021 and the 11th Kyiv Criminal Law Forum on December 10, 2021.

 INNOVATION was the impetus for creating a successful business at one time, and continues to be the benchmark today. We are talking about technological innovations for running a legal business, including our own CRM system that coordinates the work of a manager, lawyers and marketers. At the same time, innovative thinking is implied, helping to approach solving customer problems in an unconventional way. In particular, it deals with the experience of foreign colleagues and uses legal algorithms that no one has yet applied in Ukraine. We are also talking about the innovative business model of the company itself, where the number of paid hours is no longer a key performance indicator. It was replaced by high sales figures and a constant return of customers. Each employee, from a partner to a secretary or junior lawyer, receives a percentage of the company’s profits.

 Among the innovations is the CONSULTANT project launched in 2019. This is a legal online marketplace where everyone can get professional legal advice as simply and affordable as possible. Both at the time of its creation and until now, the project has no analogues in Ukraine, and has been repeatedly noted in the list of the best startups. As Andriy Prikhodko points out: “There are still many changes waiting for the legal market, and the one who adapts to them first will become the leader.” The law firm “Prikhodko & Partners” has everything you need for leadership!