About ClarusApex
The company your staff's contract is with.
ClarusApex has recruited, employed and paid people in Ukraine since 2006 — through a revolution, a pandemic and a full-scale war. This page is who we are, what we have been doing since February 2022, and the registrations you can check before you sign anything.
German-owned and managed, in Ukraine since 2006
Who we are
Contract in Ukraine or in the EU
APEX AV LLC · FossaTech EOOD, EU VAT, reverse charge
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Energy, engineering, retail and hospitality
Sectors we hire for
What we do
Four things, one team
International companies come to us at one of four moments. Most stay for the next three.
Start up and stay compliant
From the first hire to the first audit, with the office, IT and business infrastructure around it.
Administer and pay
Payroll, statutory reporting and HR administration in a system built for Ukrainian law.
People
The people who will answer you
Seven people in Cherkasy, in central Ukraine. Two of them are the ones you will deal with directly.
Marina Korytnyuk
HR Director, and the registered director of our Ukrainian company since 2014. Recruitment, employment and compliance in Ukraine. Speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English.
Stefan Lilienkamp
Managing Partner and owner of the group. Market entry, start-up services and contracts in the EU or Ukraine. Speaks German and English.
Our story
Twenty years, in order
- 2006 — Clara Bodin from Sweden and Joop Allers from the Netherlands found Clarus Eastern Europe in Kyiv, for international companies that needed reliable staff and a way into the market.
- 2007 — the first complete business infrastructures are built for clients: office, IT, cars, imports, an interim manager for the first big order.
- 2012 — Clarus joins forces with Apex, a Ukrainian employment and outsourcing firm. Our Ukrainian company is registered in January of that year. Recruiting and employment come under one roof, German-owned and managed since.
- 2022 — after the invasion the work changes. We help Ukrainian refugees in Germany find jobs and connect employers with suitable candidates, and we help Ukrainian companies raise the compliance of their payroll and HR administration on our own software.
- 2025 — international companies start new operations in Ukraine again. Supporting them is once more our main work.
Track record
Selected engagements
Two kinds of work in one list: international companies setting up and operating inside Ukraine, and large-scale recruitment in Ukraine for employers abroad. Fuller case studies, with figures and named references, follow as clients release them.
Fuel retail, market entry
A global fuel retailer entering Ukraine. We recruited the local team, arranged the office, and employed the staff on our contract while the company had no entity of its own.
Wind power, Syvash
Power China at the Syvash wind park. Recruitment of engineers, their employment on our contract, and day-to-day management on site.
Gas turbines, Libya
ALGEC. Recruitment of gas turbine engineers in Ukraine and their deployment to Libya.
Airport retail, Dubai
Dubai Duty Free. Mass recruitment in Ukraine of retail staff for the airport operation.
Restaurants, Dubai
Nando’s. Mass recruitment of restaurant staff in Ukraine.
Hotel opening, Dubai
Conrad Hilton. Mass recruitment in Ukraine for the opening of the hotel.
How we work
Four things we will not do
- We never charge a candidate a fee. Our services are free for candidates at every stage.
- We do not send anyone abroad without a work permit and a visa.
- We do not pay salaries in cash, or through an arrangement that would fail an audit.
- We do not take on a client whose set-up we cannot make compliant.
Paperwork
What you can check before you sign
Two companies sign our contracts, and you choose which one. Both are named here with the numbers you need to look them up.
APEX AV LLC — Ukraine. Legal name ТОВАРИСТВО З ОБМЕЖЕНОЮ ВІДПОВІДАЛЬНІСТЮ «АПЕКС АВТОМОТІВ». Company code (EDRPOU) 38030670, registered on 11 January 2012. Registered office: vul. Universytetska 33, office 52, 18031 Cherkasy, Ukraine. Director: Maryna Korytniuk. This is the company that employs your staff in Ukraine and runs their payroll.
FossaTech EOOD — Bulgaria, European Union. Company code (UIC) 204949448. EU VAT number BG204949448, valid in the VIES system. Registered office: 25 Vitosha Boulevard, floor 2, apartment 4, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria. Registered as an employment intermediary by the Bulgarian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy under number 2999 for Bulgaria and number 3000 for other countries, both dated 2 April 2020, both without a time limit. This is the company that invoices you inside the EU, with reverse-charge VAT.
Before you write
Questions asked before signing
Your people are employed by APEX AV LLC on a Ukrainian employment contract, and you direct their work. Whether your own service agreement is with APEX AV LLC in Ukraine or with FossaTech EOOD in the EU is your choice.
Without interruption, and with a changed focus. We helped Ukrainian refugees in Germany find work and connected employers there with suitable candidates. We helped Ukrainian companies raise the compliance of their payroll and HR administration, on software we built ourselves. Since 2025 we again support international companies starting new operations in Ukraine.
Seven people in Cherkasy, in central Ukraine. The company was founded in Kyiv in 2006 and our Ukrainian entity is registered in Cherkasy.
Your people transfer to it. Many clients run on our contract for years and set up an entity only when the business justifies it. When that day comes we hand over the employment, the personnel files and the payroll history.
No, at no stage. That is one of the things that separates us from a large part of the Ukrainian market, and it has been true since 2006.
Other APEX AV sites
Not what you are looking for?
ClarusApex is one of three sites run by APEX AV LLC. If your question is about work outside Ukraine, or about payroll software for a Ukrainian company, the right team is one click away.
Hiring Ukrainians for a site abroad?
Work-abroad recruitment, international assignments and the international job board live on our sister site.
A Ukrainian company looking for payroll software?
Payroll and HR administration on our own platform, built for companies leaving 1C and BAS.
Get started
Tell us what you are planning — we reply within one business day
Two lines are enough: what you want to do in Ukraine, and when. Marina or Stefan come back with how we would recruit, employ and pay the people, and what it costs.
- stefan@claruskiev.com
- +380 63 82 97 791 — EN · DE · UK · RU
- Reply within one business day
- Contract with APEX AV LLC (Ukraine) or FossaTech EOOD (EU — VAT, reverse charge)
