Lobbying and GR: Defense of Business Interests at the Legislative Level

Lobbying in Ukraine is legally regulated activity from 23.02.2024, when the Law “On Lobbying” took effect. The law defines lobbying as activity to influence lobbying objects (MPs, Cabinet members, central executive body heads) for forming or amending normative acts. Lobbying is performed via subjects registered in the NACP Transparency Register — natural or legal persons. Without registration, paid interest representation is prohibited. Litigant acts through Iurii Grygorenko as a registered lobbying subject — meaning all activity is documented and openly controlled.

A lobbying subject is a natural or legal person registered in the Transparency Register of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) and entitled to perform paid lobbying. Registration includes information about the lobbyist, clients, lobbying purpose, planned actions. The register is public — anyone can check who lobbies a specific bill. The lobbying subject must report quarterly on actually performed activity. Registration regime violations — administrative liability under Art. 172-9 CAO. Litigant works exclusively in the white regime — each GR project begins with register-information update.

Work begins at the bill stage — long before voting. First — monitoring the Verkhovna Rada agenda and committee dockets: tracking new initiatives in relevant sectors. Then — rapid text analysis: impact on client business model, risks, possible amendments. Then — drafting a written position with legal grounds and submitting it to the sectoral committee. In parallel — work with MPs via legal channels (appeals, expert consultations, committee-meeting participation). The most critical moment — second reading, when amendments are submitted. Litigant runs GR projects from monitoring to adopted-law publication, with a documented trail of client positions.

Iurii Grygorenko has been the official NAAU representative in the Republic of Moldova since 2023. This creates a legal bridge between two countries for Ukrainian companies with operations, assets or counterparties in Moldova. The representation provides: coordination with Moldovan bar offices for litigation and criminal proceedings in Moldova, alignment of international arbitration processes, transfer of Ukrainian judgments into Moldovan jurisdiction, representation before Moldovan state bodies, drafting of bilateral agreements. Especially important for businesses evacuated to Moldova after 2022, or companies in cross-border logistics.

Lobbying is a subset of GR, regulated by a separate law. Lobbying specifically is paid activity to influence the formation of normative acts via registered subjects. GR (Government Relations) is broader — covering all systematic business-state work: monitoring, risk analysis, reputational-capital building, expert-council participation, public events, educational initiatives. Most GR activity does not require registration as lobbying — it is regular communication of a citizen or company with the state. Registration is needed only when activity is paid and aims at act formation. Litigant offers the full cycle — both legal lobbying and broader GR support.