Ukraine healthcare investment: Tolpekin & Partners expands legal support

Bilge Türk | MediCenter TV

MYKOLAIV, UKRAINE — Ukraine’s large-scale rebuilding of hospitals and medical infrastructure is creating new legal and investment needs, while Mykolaiv-based law firm Tolpekin & Partners says its broad practice covers business, property, administrative, employment and dispute matters that can become relevant to companies operating in the country.

The healthcare dimension is becoming increasingly important. Ukraine’s Ministry of Health has allocated more than UAH 10 billion for public healthcare investment projects in 2026, covering hospital reconstruction, medical equipment, oncology, rehabilitation, maternal and child health and other priorities. Including international financial support, total planned funding could reach UAH 19.1 billion, according to the ministry.

For investors, construction companies, healthcare operators and international medical groups considering projects in Ukraine, rebuilding a hospital or establishing a medical complex is not only a construction challenge. Property rights, land use, corporate structure, contracts, permits, employment, taxation, licensing and possible disputes can all become part of the legal framework surrounding a project.

Ukraine’s hospital reconstruction is creating new legal needs

The scale of damage to Ukraine’s health system explains why healthcare infrastructure has become an important area of reconstruction.

According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, as of January 1, 2026, 2,551 facilities belonging to 817 healthcare institutions had been damaged or destroyed since the start of the full-scale war. Of those, 327 facilities belonging to 125 institutions were reported destroyed.

Mykolaiv was listed among the regions where healthcare facilities had suffered some of the most severe damage. At the same time, 703 facilities nationwide had been fully restored and another 325 were undergoing partial reconstruction.

This creates a broad market not only for medical equipment suppliers and construction firms, but also for architects, engineering companies, hospital operators, investors, financiers and professional advisers.

A healthcare project may require several legal processes to move forward at the same time. A hospital investor, for example, may need to determine who owns the land or building, whether the planned use is permitted, how contracts should be structured, which licenses are required and how relationships with local or national authorities will be managed.

Mykolaiv is becoming part of Ukraine’s healthcare rebuilding program

The legal and investment relevance is particularly visible in Mykolaiv.

The Mykolaiv Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital is undergoing reconstruction under Ukraine’s maternal and child health investment program. The Ministry of Health said UAH 200 million in state-budget funding was allocated for the project in 2026.

The project is intended to improve treatment conditions and strengthen the hospital’s ability to provide continuous medical care.

The World Bank has also specifically highlighted reconstruction of the Mykolaiv Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital in its market engagement for civil works under the HEAL Ukraine project. The initiative was designed to inform companies about procurement opportunities connected with reconstruction, capital repairs and new healthcare construction.

Other healthcare projects in the region have included reconstruction of medical facilities damaged during the war and development of new rehabilitation and primary-care capacity.

For businesses considering participation in these projects, the opportunity therefore extends beyond the medical profession itself. Construction, infrastructure, energy resilience, medical technology, logistics and facility management may all form part of a modern hospital development.

Tolpekin & Partners offers broad legal support from Mykolaiv

Tolpekin & Partners says it has more than 25 years of legal practice and provides assistance to individuals, servicemembers, families and businesses.

Its stated practice areas include administrative law, property and land disputes, business matters, financial disputes, taxation, employment law, criminal defense, inheritance, family law and court representation.

The firm says its approach begins with analysis of documents and factual circumstances, followed by development of a legal strategy and, where necessary, representation before Ukrainian courts.

Attorneys Andrii Anatoliiovych Tolpekin and Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Skotnikov work from the firm’s office in Mykolaiv.

For healthcare investors, several of the firm’s existing practice areas can overlap with issues arising in hospital or clinic projects.

A company acquiring or leasing property for a medical center may face land and real-estate questions. A foreign investor establishing a Ukrainian business can encounter corporate, contractual and administrative requirements. A healthcare employer may need assistance with labor disputes, while disagreements involving contractors, creditors, government authorities or taxation can develop into administrative or commercial litigation.

The material provided by the firm does not describe a separate specialist “medical law” or healthcare-licensing department. Its relevance to healthcare investment therefore comes primarily from its broader business, property, administrative and litigation practice.

Opening a hospital requires more than buying a building

The expansion of Ukraine’s healthcare system also sends a message to international medical groups considering entry into the country: a hospital or medical center should be planned as a regulated operating business, not merely as a real-estate development.

Even after construction or renovation is complete, the facility must meet the requirements applicable to medical practice.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Health continues to issue formal decisions on licensing medical practice. For example, a June 25, 2026 ministry order granted medical-practice licenses to 52 applicants while refusing 16 applications, illustrating that licensing remains an active regulatory process.

For this reason, international investors planning hospitals, rehabilitation centers, diagnostic facilities, dental clinics or multidisciplinary medical complexes should assess the regulatory path at an early stage.

That assessment can include the legal status of the operator, rights to the premises, construction and renovation documentation, employment arrangements and the specific licensing requirements applicable to the medical activity.

Separate specialist advice may also be required in fields that go beyond a general business-law mandate.

Hospitals and health complexes could become a major reconstruction sector

Ukraine’s 2026 public investment program shows that healthcare reconstruction is moving from emergency repairs toward longer-term modernization.

The Ministry of Health says funding priorities include maternal and child healthcare, psychiatric services, cancer treatment, medical education, rehabilitation, hospital reconstruction and modern medical equipment.

In Mykolaiv, reconstruction of the regional children’s hospital is one example of how damaged infrastructure is being redesigned rather than simply repaired.

Earlier Ministry of Health information said the surgical building at the hospital was being reconstructed with completion planned by the end of 2027. The region has also pursued restoration of primary-care facilities destroyed during the war.

This can create opportunities for international hospital groups and healthcare companies with experience in areas such as rehabilitation, diagnostics, oncology, pediatrics, modular hospitals, hospital construction, energy-resilient medical facilities and medical technology.

The opportunity, however, also creates a need for careful due diligence.

A foreign company should understand the legal status of its project site, contractual liabilities, procurement rules where public or international funding is involved, local employment arrangements and the regulatory approvals required before healthcare services begin.

Legal disputes can continue after a healthcare investment is launched

Legal support does not necessarily end when a hospital opens.

Tolpekin & Partners says it represents clients in disputes with government authorities, banks and creditors, as well as in property, land, employment and financial cases.

The firm also prepares claims, responses, objections, appeals, cassation complaints and other procedural documents and represents clients through different levels of the Ukrainian court system.

For a healthcare business, disputes may arise from property agreements, construction contracts, financing, employment relationships or decisions by public authorities.

Tolpekin & Partners says it seeks to examine such cases individually rather than applying a standard template.

Its administrative practice includes challenges involving state and local authorities, while its financial practice covers banks, credit agreements, mortgages, debt recovery and protection of ownership rights.

The firm also handles labor disputes involving dismissal, reinstatement, unpaid wages and disciplinary sanctions.

These broader fields can become relevant when healthcare facilities operate as substantial employers and capital-intensive businesses.

Healthcare reconstruction opens a wider door for international investors

Ukraine’s need to restore and modernize its healthcare infrastructure is likely to remain significant even beyond the immediate wartime recovery period.

The presence of state investment, World Bank-backed programs and other international financing demonstrates that the sector already extends beyond emergency humanitarian assistance into structured infrastructure investment.

For Mykolaiv, where healthcare facilities have suffered extensive wartime damage, reconstruction may also become part of a wider regional economic recovery.

Hospitals, rehabilitation centers, diagnostic facilities and modern medical complexes can bring together healthcare providers, construction companies, equipment manufacturers, technology firms and international investors.

The legal dimension becomes part of that ecosystem.

Tolpekin & Partners’ stated work in business law, property and land matters, administrative disputes, taxation, finance, employment and court representation places the Mykolaiv firm within the wider professional-services environment that companies may need when developing projects in Ukraine.

For healthcare investors, the most important lesson is that a successful medical project requires several disciplines to work together from the beginning: medical planning, finance, construction, licensing, legal due diligence and long-term operational strategy.

As Ukraine allocates billions of hryvnias to rebuilding its health system and Mykolaiv continues restoring major medical facilities, professional legal support is likely to become increasingly relevant to both Ukrainian and foreign participants seeking to take part in the next phase of healthcare reconstruction.

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