Ilyashev & Partners successfully represented a Ukrainian manufacturer of energy-efficient equipment in a dispute with the State Tax Service of Ukraine. The firm secured the invalidation and cancellation of tax assessment notices totaling over UAH 8.3 million. The State Fiscal Service of Ukraine’s Main Directorate inspected the facilities of the Ukrainian manufacturer. This resulted in […]

Kinstellar assisted KNDS, the Franco-German military land systems manufacturer, and a key industrial supporter of Ukraine’s battle against russian aggression, in establishing a subsidiary in Ukraine to support the cooperation between the Ukrainian government, the Ukrainian armaments industry and KNDS in equipment maintenance, production of spare parts and ammunition, leading to the manufacture of complete […]

Ilyashev & Partners’ counsel Marina Riashchenko, a member of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association (UAA), has contributed to the development of Recommendations on Ensuring Fair Trial Standards for Consideration of Claims against the Russian Federation. This document was presented to the Supreme Court on 20 September 2024 as a result of a two-year analysis and research […]

Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv office acted as a legal counsel to MHP, a leading international food and agri-tech company, in an acquisition transaction with KTL Ukraine Group, a provider of logistics services. This strategic move is set to enhance MHP’s market presence and operational capabilities in the logistics sector. The Baker McKenzie Kyiv team working on the transaction […]

Ilyashev & Partners has successfully represented Ukraine’s leading metalware manufacturer in a dispute with an industrial equipment manufacturer over a breach of a supply agreement. In 2021, the plant and the manufacturer agreed to supply and install special industrial equipment worth over UAH 15 million. The hardware plant fulfilled its contract obligations and transferred to […]

INTEGRITES advised NOVUS and UNIVER on the structure, documentation and filing issuance of UAH 400 million (approx. EUR 10 million) corporate bonds in the local market. The bonds are secured by the mortgage provided by NOVUS group of companies and overseen by INTEGRITES as an independent bond administrator entity. Initiated in late 2023 and led by […]

Asters acted as Ukrainian law counsel to the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) in connection with a 10-year loan portfolio guaranty agreement for a total of USD 28 million to support the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) co-sponsored the transaction with DFC. […]

Ilyashev & Partners’ Kharkiv office has successfully represented a Ukrainian seed processing plant, a subsidiary of one of the world’s largest agricultural traders, in a lawsuit with a private agricultural enterprise over penalties for breach of supply agreement. In 2020, the plant signed an agreement with the agricultural company to supply 1,000 tons of sunflower […]

Ilyashev & Partners successfully represented a Ukrainian hotel chain in a legal dispute with the State Tax Service of Ukraine and secured the cancellation of tax assessment notices totaling over UAH 4 million. As part of its operations, the specified hotel chain holds wholesale and retail licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages, stored in […]

Ilyashev & Partners’ criminal law team has succeeded in reducing the bail by UAH 183 million for the client in the Appeal Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine. The relevant court judgment was issued on 15 August 2024. The attorneys filed an appeal with the Appeal Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court of […]

Asters’ family law team in cooperation with leading UK legal advisors has achieved a unique decision during the wartime on the return to Ukraine of the child kept by her father in the UK. Despite the agreement between the parents that the child would live in Ukraine, the father while staying with the child in the UK […]

Ilyashev & Partners successfully represented a Ukrainian state-owned enterprise for export and import of military and special products and services, achieving an arbitration award for the collection of EUR 15 million from a Czech military equipment supplier. The specified state-owned enterprise entered into a military equipment purchase and sale agreement with a foreign supplier to support […]

CMS has advised a consortium led by NJJ Holding (“NJJ”) – the investment firm owned by Xavier Niel, founder of European telecom group Iliad – and U.S. private equity firm Horizon Capital, on the landmark acquisition of Datagroup-Volia, Ukraine’s leading fixed telecom and pay TV provider, and Lifecell, the country’s third-largest and fastest-growing mobile operator. […]

Ilyashev & Partners successfully represented a private client and secured a payment of fair and reasonable compensation in an out-of-court procedure in connection with the death of a family member, resulting from medical malpractice occurred in one of the Kyiv city private clinics. The client’s family member received treatment at a private medical facility in […]

The team of Ilyashev & Partners’ Odesa Office secured the lifting of the foreign vessel’s arrest, imposed under the petition of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor’s Office in the interests of the State, represented by the State Environmental Inspectorate of the South-Western District (Mykolaiv and Odesa Regions) following the pollution of Ukrainian inland sea waters while […]

International law firm CMS has advised an ING-led syndicate of international banks, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Crédit Agricole – Corporate Investment Bank (CACIB), and Dutch development bank FMO, on the restructuring of Nibulon’s pre-export credit facility (PXF). Nibulon is a Ukrainian agricultural company specialising, inter alia, in the production and […]

Ilyashev & Partners successfully represented one of the world’s largest agricultural traders as the claimant in a grain supply dispute with an agricultural producer, resulting in a final settlement and reimbursement for the claimant. The agricultural producer refused to deliver grain at the delivery cost specified in the supply agreement, since the price of the […]

The Anti-Raider Office of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has satisfied the complaint filed by Hillmont Partners on behalf of its client, Madison Pacific Trust Limited. Madison Pacific Trust Limited represents the US lender Argentem Creek. The complaint requested cancellation of an illegal registration action to change the manager of Olympex Coupe International. In […]

The Commercial Court of Kyiv City ordered to recover from the Russian Federation over USD 10.3 million of damages caused to the Ukrainian enterprise as a result of Russian armed aggression and the occupation of Ukrainian territories. The relevant court judgment was issued on 22 July 2024. Due to the armed aggression of the Russian […]

International law firm CMS has advised the Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF) on securing regulatory approvals from the National Bank of Ukraine and the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the acquisition of a significant shareholding in the Joint-Stock Company Joint Stock Bank Lviv (Bank Lviv), leading SME bank, which focuses its operations in west of […]

Ilyashev & Partners successfully represented the Ukrainian Red Cross Society in an action to terminate violations relating to Medicenter Ukraine LLC’s illegal use of the Red Cross emblem. The specified medical center in Kyiv used the Red Cross emblem with the red cross image in its business activities, including placing it on business signs and […]

The Ukrainian Red Cross Society was successfully represented by Ilyashev & Partners in a dispute involving termination of violations relating to the illegal use of the Red Cross emblem in business activities of Med-Service Dnepr LLC, Ukraine’s largest pharmacy chain. In Ukraine, the company illegally used the Red Cross emblem in advertising, on business signs, […]

Ilyashev & Partners successfully represented the interests of Sunward Kyiv LLC in a legal dispute with Transelektromontazhbud LLC regarding the invalidation and cancellation of the Kyiv City Council decision regarding recognition of the title to the 2.8 hectares of land leased in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv. Transelektromontazhbud filed a lawsuit against Kyiv City Council […]

Ilyashev & Partners succeeded in defending a well-known Latvian pharmaceutical manufacturer Kalceks, AS in a dispute on invalidation of trademark certificates for “Промедол” and “Promedol” trademarks of Ukrainian pharmaceutical company. An anesthetic manufactured by Kalceks, AS is known in many countries of the world as “Promedol Kalceks Промедол Калцекс” trademark (International registration No. 1320345 dated […]

Asters successfully defended the interests of one of Ukraine’s largest fertiliser and agricultural traders in a USD 3.5 million maritime dispute arising from the loss of cargo caused by an incident to the vessel during its carriage to Ukraine. The dispute involved a series of arbitrations in London against the owner and the disponent owner […]

ADER HABER has presented a special contract for companies “PROTECTED BY ADER HABER LOBBYISTS”, thus starting work under the new law on lobbying in Ukraine, which came into force on 14 March this year. Viktor Ivanchyk, co-founder of the Astarta-Kyiv agro-industrial holding, was the first to receive a contract for business protection from ADER HABER […]

Ilyashev & Partners’ International Trade team under the supervision of partner Olena Omelchenko initiated the reconsideration of anti-dumping measures on imports of cement from the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Moldova into Ukraine. Ilyashev & Partners’ team initiated the review by the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (ICIT) on behalf […]

Asters has successfully defended PrivatBank in a dispute over the title to Pryozernyi, a shopping mall in Dnipro with a total area of more than 32,000 square meters. The former owner of Pryozernyi was seeking to regain ownership of the shopping mall, referring to alleged illegality of the actions of the Bank and the state […]

The team of Ilyashev & Partners’ Odesa Office successfully represented a foreign shipowner in a legal dispute with a charterer regarding non-fulfillment of his obligations to pay demurrage for keeping a vessel longer than the time agreed while performing cargo operations in the Ukrainian port. Thus, in 2022, a foreign company, the tanker’s owner, concluded […]

Ilyashev & Partners  successfully represented the interests of a private company in a dispute with the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office regarding the invalidation of the real estate auction results and the contract of sale of non-residential premises. In 2020, the private company purchased a small-scale privatization object, i.e., a group of inventory assets with a […]

Asters has successfully advised FC Shakhtar Donetsk in connection with its participation in the top European football competitions, the UEFA Champions League and Europa League. This season, Shakhtar played its home matches in Hamburg, Germany, invited there by Hamburger SV, one of the country’s oldest clubs. Asters tax team helped to structure and develop a […]

EVERLEGAL is acting as provider of legal support to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, a global inter-governmental organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people. The EVERLEGAL team provides comprehensive legal support to UNHCR on a wide range of legal issues arising in […]

Ilyashev & Partners’ international trade team under the supervision of Olena Omelchenko, partner, representing San Teh Rai LLC and Uterm Ukraine LLC, the national manufacturers, initiated an anti-dumping investigation into the imports of heating radiators originating from the Republic of Turkey and the People’s Republic of China to Ukraine. Based on the results of the […]

The team of international trade practice of Ilyashev & Partners, headed by partner Olena Omelchenko, which represents the interests of Ukrainian Match Factory LLC, initiated the anti-dumping investigation into the imports to Ukraine of matches originating from the Republic of India and Pakistan. Following the review of the complaint filed by the Ukrainian producer, by […]

On 8 April 2024, the Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv City found the doctor of the Kyiv city private clinics network guilty of improper discharge of his professional duties as a medical practitioner (Article 140 (1) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) resulting in the patient’s death and sentenced him to 1.6 years in prison. […]

The Supreme Court’s Civil Cassation Court has ruled in favor of a Ukrainian subsidiary of an international corporation in a dispute over a claim of unfair dismissal and non-pecuniary damages filed by a former employee. With the coordinated efforts of Ilyashev & Partners’ experts, the client’s operational excellence and strict compliance with employment laws were […]

Dentons advised YM LIQUID GAS on the regulatory aspects of the production of bio-LNG in Ukraine and the requirements of its export to the European Union. In particular, the team advised on customs formalities and potential changes to Ukrainian legislation to improve the legal environment for the implementation of bio-LNG projects. YM Liquid Gas is […]

Ilyashev & Partners advises the Charity Lab Foundation on national and international issues of conducting activities and development. The Charity Lab Foundation’s goal is to make innovative technological solutions available for non-profit organizations, which will result in the unification of philanthropists, retailers, and foundations into a single ecosystem that will generate charity and create new […]

Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm has successfully represented a state-owned enterprise subordinated to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in arbitration against a military equipment seller from the Slovak Republic. The Ukrainian state enterprise entered into a supply agreement with the Slovak seller to meet the needs of Ukrainian defenders to repel the armed aggression […]

EVERLEGAL announces that Taras Ivanenko has joined the firm as a partner. Taras will lead the firm’s Anti-Corruption practice and strengthen the Criminal Law and Procedure practice as co-head of the practice together with partner Oleksandr Ruzhytskyi. Taras has more than 16 years of professional experience in criminal law, which he gained in law enforcement […]

Sayenko Kharenko announces that Olga Vorozhbyt has joined the firm as a partner and will boost our capacity to handle cross-border disputes and large-scale investigations, including the ones related to FCPA rules. Olga will also advise clients on compliance and sanctions issues. Olga Vorozhbyt has 25 years of experience in Ukrainian law, and her clientele includes […]

On 8 February 2024, Judge Jacobs of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales issued a decision refusing to lift the worldwide freezing order (WFO) against the assets of Sergiy Groza and Volodymyr Naumenko. A relevant application to lift the WFO was filed by Groza and Naumenko. The WFO was imposed in January […]

  Six lawyers of Sayenko Kharenko have been recently appointed as the firm’s new counsel. Each brings impressive experience and expertise in various legal practices. Tymur Enkhbaiar specialises in real estate, infrastructure, and construction matters, advising on M&A transactions and establishing a corporate presence of foreign investors to enter the Ukrainian market. He also provides full […]

Oleksiy Koltok specialises in complex litigation in all business sectors. Over 20 years of his legal career, he has represented national and international clients in Ukrainian courts, defending their interests in commercial disputes, corporate conflicts, disputes with government and regulatory authorities, real estate and construction, debt settlement, bankruptcy, etc. He also has extensive experience in […]

Asters announced the promotions of senior associates Olena Kasatkina (Real Estate and Construction), Yuri Neklyaev (Family and Inheritance Law, Private Clients), Viktor Tarasenkov and Oleg Samsonovych (Litigation) to counsels effective from 1 January 2024. Olena Kasatkina focuses on advising Ukrainian and international clients on various real estate and construction-related matters. She supports real estate lease […]

Just before the end of 2023, CONSORZIO DI TUTELA DELLA DENOMINAZIONE DI ORIGINE CONTROLLATA PROSECCO obtained a favorable decision from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine concerning misuse of the PROSECCO protected designation of origin (PDO) and trademark by Ukrainian producer of alcoholic beverages. The dispute arose in the middle of 2020 concerning the unauthorized use […]

Asters has served as a Ukrainian legal advisor to the Ukrainian Export Credit Agency on establishing a first-of-its-kind war risk insurance mechanism for international export of Ukrainian goods through the Black Sea. The new mechanism, approved by the Ukrainian government, was formalized by a Framework Reimbursement Agreement signed by the Ukrainian Export-Credit Agency with Marsh […]

Sayenko Kharenko acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to International Finance Corporation (IFC) on the EUR 40 million equivalent risk-sharing facility for Credit Agricole Ukraine. IFC will share half the risk on an aggregate portfolio of EUR 40 million equivalent to be extended as critical financial support to smaller businesses, including agricultural and rural micro, small […]

Asters announces the promotion of Oksana Legka and Oleksandr Volkov to Partners in the International Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation practice effective from 1 January 2024. Oksana Legka focuses on dispute resolution issues, including multi-jurisdictional litigation, investor-state and international commercial arbitration. She advises the State of Ukraine, governmental agencies, and major corporate clients in complex, multi-billion, transnational […]

Asters acts as a legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in connection with its EUR 10 million financing for one of the largest manufacturers of oak lamellas located in Ukraine. The loan will be used to finance the ongoing company’s activities and construction of a renewable energy facility to reduce […]

Hillmont Partners has advised a private shareholder on acquisition of a stake in a UK advanced sports and leisure management company. This was a new financing round for the London-based legal entity that will enable the company to consistently continue its growth to date and turn the scale-up into an innovative health training centre. Hillmont […]

International law firm CMS has advised a syndicate of banks led by ING Bank N.V. on an adjustment to the loan repayment terms under the USD 450m pre-export facility for Ukraine’s Kernel Group. The adjusted repayment terms and conditions for their application during the period of standstill granted by the lenders have been developed based […]

Asters has defended PrivatBank in a case brought by the bank’s former owner, Mr Ihor Kolomoisky, challenging the nationalisation. The case has been pending in court since 2017. On 15 November 2023, the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the court of first instance in favor of the former owner of PrivatBank […]

Argentem Creek Partners (ACP) and Innovatus Capital Partners (Innovatus), a US-based investment fund and an asset management company, specialise in emerging market lending. ACP and Innovatus have invested hundreds of millions of US dollars in Ukraine in recent years. Hillmont Partners and Avellum won in the Supreme Court, which ruled to uphold the bankruptcy proceedings […]

Asters announced that Viktoriya Demydenko has joined the Real Estate and Construction practice as a counsel. She will focus on advising Ukrainian and international clients on a wide range of construction-related matters and will co-head this workstream. Viktoriya has 16 years of professional experience, including as a part of Asters team and as an in-house […]

As of 1 October 2023, Anzhelika Livitska joined ARZINGER as a partner. Together with Timur Bondarev, Andriy Pidhainyi and Maryna Sharapa, Anzhelika will contribute to the management and development of real estate and construction practice, and will lead the energy and natural resources, as well as environmental and sustainable development practices. Anzhelika has more than 25 years of experience […]

ANK team of attorneys protected the interests of the LLC Shipping company Ukrferry at the Supreme Court, which has recently examined the case on recovering losses under the state property lease agreement. In April 2021 the State Property Fund of Ukraine submitted a claim to the court with request to recover UAH 47,8 million from […]

Asters acts as a legal counsel to Horizon Capital in connection with a co-investment with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Miratech, a leading next-generation technology services provider. The legal support of the transaction included drafting the transaction documents and coordinating the signing and closing procedures of the transaction. Asters’ corporate and M&A practice team […]

Hillmont Partners has provided full legal support to the international company Bunge SA (registered in Switzerland) in resolving its debt dispute with a national agricultural enterprise dealing with the production and sale of grain and oilseeds. Bunge is a multinational agribusiness and food company engaged in processing  oilseeds, supply of fertilizers for farmers, bottled oil, […]

Asters acts as a legal counsel to Ukrainian agribusiness firm Agrosem Group in connection with a EUR 9.6 million financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The loan will be used to expand a rail terminal near the Ukrainian-Polish border, develop a grain transhipment complex and container storage facility with throughput capacity of over […]

Hillmont Partners has provided full legal support to General Investment Resources (GIR), a leading national company involved in the production of refractory materials, in the resolution of a debt dispute with U Commodities LLC, a natural gas supplier. The dispute arose due to debts owed by GIR Group’s plants for natural gas supplied by U […]

International law firm CMS has advised longstanding client the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on a loan of up to USD 100 million to Ukrainian company MHP Group (MHP). MHP is the largest producer and exporter of chicken in Ukraine. It is also the leading producer of poultry meat in Europe and one […]

We are pleased to announce that EVERLEGAL has started cooperation with the USAID/ENGAGE activity in an educational project to provide legal support to civil society organizations (CSOs), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and citizens of Ukraine. The main goal of this project is to provide citizens, as well as national and local CSOs and SMEs, […]

Global law firm Dentons advised Farmak, Ukraine’s leading pharmaceutical company, on a series of strategic acquisitions from a portfolio company of private equity house Novator.  Farmak acquired pharmaceutical marketing companies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, together with the relevant IP rights and trademarks, and in a separate transaction, a Ukrainian business owning a product […]

INTEGRITES acted as Ukrainian law counsel for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in connection with a EUR 42 million long-term senior loan for Cersanit S.A. to finance working capital needs and multiple investments in both Ukraine and Poland, including energy efficiency upgrades and modernization of production in Ukraine. The financing for Cersanit […]

International law firm CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has assisted the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on its acquisition of 35% of the shares in the Lviv M10 industrial park project in Western Ukraine, developed by Dragon Capital. This is an especially important project for Ukraine in these challenging times, which sends a […]

Asters successfully defended the interests of Home Box Office, an American multinational media and entertainment company, in a dispute concerning the production and distribution in Ukraine of “Chornobyl” – an award-winning limited series. The plaintiff sought deletion of certain scenes from “Chornobyl” series and prohibition to Home Box Office and other defendants on the matter […]

Asters acted as a legal counsel to the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) in connection with its up to EUR 25 mln short-term revolving trade finance facility to Concern Galnaftogaz, a leading Ukrainian petroleum retailer company. The loan will be used for the shipment of light-petroleum products and services from the EU and […]

On 24 April 2023 the Economic Court of Kyiv closed the proceedings in the bankruptcy case against Serhii Tyshchenko, the beneficiary of the bankrupt Fortuna-Bank. The decision of the Economic Court of Kyiv put an end to the bankruptcy case – the collection of funds from Serhii Tyshchenko will be carried out by creditors in […]

In April 2023, the team of the EVERLEGAL practice of agricultural and land law successfully defended the correct position on the moment of entry into force of land lease agreements concluded after 1 January 2013 within the framework of case № 357/8277/19 at the level of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court. Prior to […]

Redcliffe Partners acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in providing an up to USD 100 million secured loan to the MHP Group, one of the leading grain, poultry and edible oils producers in Ukraine and southeastern Europe, to finance seasonal working capital needs for its edible oil crushing […]

On 5 April 2023, the Fencing Federation of Ukraine filed a claim to the District Court of Lausanne with a view to taking preventive measures in the form of suspension of the execution of the decision issued by the Extraordinary Congress of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) dated 10 March 2023 on the admission of Russian and […]

Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm defended the interests of Hotel Salute in the case of foreclosure of its buildings through sale at public auction. Hotel Salute is the property guarantor under the obligations of Bank Finance and Credit to the National Bank of Ukraine under refinancing loans in the amount of UAH 4.2 billion. As a […]

On 28 March 2023, the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal Moon Records LLC and upheld the decision of the first instance court to recognize that the copyright in the lyrics of musician and the leader of Skryabin band Andriy Kuzmenko (Kuzma) belongs to Kuzma Skryabin LLC. The rights were acquired under an […]

Asters successfully defended the interests of PrivatBank in the Supreme Court, which on 7 April 2023 dismissed the claim of the bank’s former owner Mr. Kolomoisky to invalidate five refinancing loans and five personal guarantee agreements of Mr. Kolomoisky. With its decision, the Supreme Court put an end to the case that began in May […]

On May 25-26, 2023, the First Legal Forum EU-EASTERN PARTNERSHIP will be held in Warsaw. Our event is a modern communication platform created in 2022 as a new platform for constructive dialogue between partners of law firms, heads of legal departments of companies and specialists in business development, marketing and promotion of legal services from […]

Ilyashev & Partners represents the interests of the Fencing Federation of Ukraine in the Court of Arbitration for Sport as to the cancellation of the decisions of the Extraordinary Congress of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) dated 10 March 2023 about the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes, as well as officials of the said […]

Peterka & Partners, a leading Central and Eastern European law firm, has announced the opening of a new office in Croatia. The new office, located in Zagreb, became operational on 1 March 2023. This marks an important milestone for the firm, which has been working towards expanding its presence to Croatia for the past seven […]

On 10 March 2023, KKR and Hero Future Energies (HFE), the renewable energy arm of the Hero Group, closed a transaction under which KKR invested USD 450 million in HFE to enable the company to expand its renewable energy capacity and capabilities across technologies such as solar, wind, battery storage and green hydrogen. The investment […]

Today the UK Supreme Court has handed down its judgment to send for a full public trial the legal proceedings initiated on behalf of Russia relating to the US$3 billion Eurobonds issued by Ukraine in December 2013. This landmark ruling permits Ukraine to defend the claim in the English courts on the ground of duress […]

In January 2023, an EVERLEGAL team representing Louis Dreyfus Company Ukraine, a subsidiary of a global buyer and processor of agricultural products, settled a dispute over the collection of a fine of 30% of the value of unfulfilled orders from a supplier, a producer of agricultural products. The complexity of this case lay in the […]

International law firm CMS has advised a syndicate of banks led by ING Bank N.V. in relation to the postponement of loan payments under the USD 450 million pre-export facility for Ukraine’s Kernel Group. The terms of repayments postponement have been developed and agreed in parallel for several bank creditors of Kernel, including Natixis, EBRD and EIB, following […]

Asters acted as a Ukrainian counsel for JSC Ukrainian Railways in the successful restructurings of loan participation notes issued by Rail Capital Markets plc in the total amount of USD 895 million (one in relation to its USD 300 million 7.875%. loan participation notes due 2026 and another in relation to its USD 594.9 million […]

Asters acts as a legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in connection with its EUR 10 million financing for Grain Alliance Group, a Swedish-owned large-sized agricultural holding in Ukraine that cultivates around 60,000 hectares of land. The loan will be used to improve and expand export capacity for grain, which […]

Asters acted as a legal counsel to the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank in connection with its up to EUR 8 million financing to LLC Real Estate Development Centre for the construction of a four-star hotel in Lviv, Ukraine. The loan will be used for the construction, equipping and commissioning of a 128-room hotel […]

In April 2019, as a result of eco-control of segregated ballast water of m/v “VIKA” in the Port of Odesa, the State Environmental Inspectorate of the Crimean-Black Sea District fined the foreign shipowner for over UAH 1 million which caused shipowners court claim and trial for more than 3 years. The courts of the first […]

Aequo advised National Joint Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine, the largest national oil and gas company of Ukraine, on the consent solicitation exercise in relation to its EUR 600 million 7.125% Notes. In the course of the consent solicitation, Naftogaz deferred payment of interest on the Notes until 2024 and maturity of the Notes until […]

Asters successfully defended interests of PrivatBank, Ukraine’s largest bank in terms of assets, before the Supreme Court that on 26 July 2022 overturned the decisions of the courts of previous instances and dismissed the claim of Triantal Investments Ltd, the PrivatBank’s former shareholders, to declare illegal and cancel the order of the National Bank of […]

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) is the first international legal organization to support the establishment of a tribunal for investigation of crimes committed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, including but not limited to the crime of aggression. On July 19, NYSBA’s Executive Committee voted unanimously for urging the United Nations to investigate and prosecute members […]

Aequo defended rights of Darnitsa Pharmaceutical Company in a dispute initiated by Farmak Joint Stock Company seeking invalidation of the trademark certificate for “Corvalol-Darnitsa” (Корвалол-Дарниця). The dispute had a protracted procedural history. In July 2018, by the judgment of the Commercial Court of Kyiv City, subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme […]

Ilyashev & Partners is expanding its capabilities in the EU countries by starting cooperation with Glimstedt, one of the largest and reputable top-tier law firms in the Baltic Region and Sweden. Meeting the new challenges facing Ukraine and foreign businesses in connection with the war in Ukraine, Ilyashev & Partners and Glimstedt, which has 13 […]

On 23 June 2022, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine acting on behalf of the State of Ukraine filed the first part of Ukraine’s substantive submissions in its application before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, to address the damages caused by the violations committed by the Russian Federation over the first […]

International law firm CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Kyiv has advised FAS Energy on the acquisition of a solar power plant being developed in the Kyiv region, with an expected capacity of 112MW, from a Ukrainian developer. This marks FAS Energy’s second major investment in Ukraine. CMS acted on all aspects of the transaction, […]

INTEGRITES has supported Wärtsilä’s France-based Special Applications unit throughout the development of the bidding strategy, participation in two tenders as well as direct negotiations with the State Enterprise National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom (Ukraine) for the procurement of replacements to the safety backup of nuclear power plant worth over EUR 2 million. Wärtsilä’s agreement […]

Asters defended interests of PrivatBank, Ukraine’s largest bank in terms of assets, in a court of appeal in a dispute related to the ownership right over the client’s head office building located in Dnipro. In November 2020, the Commercial Court of Dnipropetrovsk region upheld the claim of the company connected with the bank’s former owners […]

Redcliffe Partners team assisted EBRD with an innovative deal – a EUR 75,000,000 guarantee to Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine (RBUA). The guarantee will cover the risk of non-payment of local currency sovereign bonds held by RBUA. EBRD’s guarantee will free up Raiffeisen’s credit capacity at thegroup level, which will allow RBUA to allocate fresh funds for the financing of Ukrainian businesses. RBUA’s lending under the mechanism will have a particular focus on supporting local micro, small and medium businesses, which are especially important for the development of Ukraine’s […]

On 19 January  2022, the Supreme Court put an end to case No. 640/11242/19 on the application of anti-dumping duties on imports of cement into Ukraine, enforced by the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (ICIT) in May 2019.   The Supreme Court, as well as the courts of first and appeal instances, recognized the need […]

Asters acted as a Ukrainian law counsel to Arawak Energy Ukraine B.V., a member of group of companies Vitol, in the sale of 50% of shares in Geo–Alliance Oil–Gas Public Limited to gas producer Geo Alliance Group Limited. Slaughter and May supported the transaction as the client’s international counsel. Asters provided comprehensive legal support on the issues of Ukrainian corporate, competition, banking and finance law, including drafting the share […]

Asters acted as a Ukrainian law counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on up to EUR 15 million secured loan to LLC AHROKOMPLEKS ZELENA DOLYNA, a member of Zelena Dolyna Group, Ukraine’s medium-size group of agricultural companies. The EBRD loan will be directed at constructing a modern EU-compliant cattle farm, purchasing agri […]

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Ukraine has advised NAFTA International B.V., a Slovak oil and gas exploration, production and gas storage company, on the buyout of its joint venture partner, Cub Energy Inc., to become the owner of 100% of the Ukrainian company which holds a licence for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons […]

Asters defended Oschadbank JSC in a dispute based on the claim of Cypriot company Opalcore Ltd for recovery of debt in the amount of USD 25 million. In 2017, the funds and securities were withdrawn from the plaintiff’s account based on the court verdict. Considering that withdrawal to be illegal, Opalcore Ltd filed a claim […]

Aequo have successfully represented Darnitsa in a dispute against Farmak, Ukrpatent, and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine. On 10 December 2021 the Commercial Court of Kyiv City decided in favor of Darnitsa by cancelling the PTO Appellate Chamber’s decision on recognition the “Корвалол Corvalolum” trademark as well-known in Ukraine. Darnitsa initiated proceedings back in 2017; […]

Asters acted as a Ukrainian law counsel to the International Finance Corporation on EUR 13.7 million financing to the city of Kryvyi Rih. The investment consists of EUR 10.2 million of IFC own-account financing and EUR 3,5 million in blended finance through the Clean Technology Fund. The financing will be directed at upgrading the city’s […]

AVELLUM for the second time researched how the coronavirus outbreak affected the plans of businesses to purchase or sell assets or companies in Ukraine in the next 6 to 12 months. The firm surveyed over 90 owners, top managers, and heads of legal departments of Ukrainian and international companies in 2021. Key findings from the […]

Wolf Theiss assisted Uniqa Real Estate on the sale of a 3,690 sq.m. office building in the historic part of the centre of Kyiv to NEST, a leading Ukrainian real estate developer. Wolf Theiss acted as Ukrainian and Austrian legal counsel to the seller and provided legal support with drafting and negotiating transaction documents, merger […]

Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm accompanied the signing of the first 5-year contract of State enterprise Antonov within the framework of the Strategic AirliftInternational Solution (SALIS) program. According to the contract, Antonov gives NATO and EU the right touse their planes. The previous contract under the SALIS program wassigned in 2019 for three years. This […]

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on its USD 75 million investment in the USD 825 million sustainability-linked bond (SLB) issued by Ukraine’s national power company, Ukrenergo. It is the first sustainability-linked bond issued by a Ukrainian company and the EBRD’s participation as the anchor investor provided comfort to […]

The Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie acted as legal counsel to First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) in connection with the structuring, negotiation and entry into a conditional purchase agreement for the shares in Idea Bank  from its sole owner, Polish financial group Getin Holding. If completed, the deal will strengthen FUIB’s retail banking business line by the synergy from adding […]

Sayenko Kharenko has acted as lead legal counsel to Getin Holding S.A., in relation to the sale of 100% of the share capital of the group of Romanian companies operating under IDEA brand: Idea Bank Romania, Idea Investment, Idea Leasing IFN and Idea Broker de Asigurare to Banca Transilvania S.A. Sayenko Kharenko provided full-scope legal […]

Sayenko Kharenko arbitration team has successfully defended interests of OLFA LLC in the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. ICAC has awarded to OLFA, the Ukrainian distributor of medical and pharmaceutical products, approximately EUR 3 million in damages in the case against Latvian company Olainfarm JSC. The complex dispute […]

Baker McKenzie has advised the shareholders of Depositphotos, a stock photo content marketplace, on the sale of 100% of the shares in Depositphotos, including its subsidiary Crello, an online graphic design editor, to VistaPrint, a global printing, design and marketing service provider. The sale was completed for a total price of USD 85 million. Baker McKenzie’s […]

On 18 October, for a second time, the Solomianskiy District Court, Kyiv dismissed Igor Kolomoiskyi’s claim against PrivatBank JSC CB, the National Bank of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, and their counsel, seeking invalidation of agreements and termination of actions. The rationale behind the judgment is that the plaintiff failed to address the […]

BENCHERS and EQUITY lawyers managed to get High Anti-Corruption Court’s refusal to detain the Odesa mayor Hennadii Trukhanov. The client and other suspects are groundlessly accused of illegally transferring municipal land plots for construction, legalization of illegally obtained income, and causing multimillion-dollar losses to the territorial community. The lawyers managed to prove the groundlessness of the […]

International law firm CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Kyiv has advised DAI Global (USAID) and the National Securities and the Stock Markets Commission of Ukraine on the most important element of securities infrastructure for the capital markets in Ukraine – rules for clearing transactions with securities and licensing terms for clearing institutions. The new […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to JSC Kaspi.kz  in connection with the acquisition of 100% shares in Portmone Group by Kaspi Pay, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaspi.kz. AVELLUM provided full legal support to Kaspi.kz in performing legal due diligence of Portmone, negotiating and drafting the transaction documents, as well as coordinating completion […]

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Kyiv has advised leading mobile operator Vodafone Ukraine and its parent company, Neqsol Holding, on Vodafone Ukraine’s landmark acquisition of Vega Telecom from SCM Group. Vega Telecom provides integrated telecommunications solutions involving broadband access, fixed and IP telephony, cloud services, data transmission and storage services. The deal was signed […]

International law firm CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has advised the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM), an export credit bank from South Korea, on extending its secured USD 36 million financing to Grain Terminal Holdings in Ukraine.   Grain Terminal Holdings is a Singapore-based joint venture between Posco International (Korea’s largest trading company) and the […]

Asters acts as a legal counsel to the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) in connection with its up to USD 20 million financing to the group of companies, owning two shopping malls under Araks brand in Kyiv. The loan will support the modernization and upgrade of the commercial property owned by the group […]

Kinstellar’s Kyiv office has acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in connection with a EUR 10 million revolving credit facility for ERU Trading LLC, a leading privately owned gas trader in Ukraine, for the financing of its working capital needs. Among other matters, Kinstellar’s team has extensively advised […]

Kinstellar’s Kyiv office has acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in connection with a local currency loan equivalent to USD 65 million to Datagroup to finance primarily its acquisition of Volia, the country’s leading pay-TV and cable broadband service provider in the retail segment. Kinstellar’s team advised on a wide […]

On 29 June 2021, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Northern Economic Court of Appeal issued in favor of the state-owned strategic enterprise Plant 410 Civil Aviation in a dispute with Aviabudprogres LLC regarding the supply of defective spare parts for the repair and upgrading of An-32 aircraft. According to the court decision, […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to DTEK Group in connection with the debt restructuring under the two inter-conditional English schemes of arrangement for DTEK Energy B.V. and DTEK Finance PLC. Under the restructuring terms approved by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, part of the current debt under DTEK Energy […]

On 14 June 2021 Kinstellar announced the acquisition of DLA Piper’s market-leading Ukraine practice. Now comprising 60 lawyers, including 10 partners, Kinstellar is among the largest law firms in Ukraine and the leading independent international law firm on the market. The merger strengthens the key practice areas, including corporate/M&A, banking and finance, employment and benefits, […]

International law firm CMS has acted as English legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in a EUR 13.8 million loan to the Kokhavynska Paper Factory (KPF), one of the largest producers of recycled paper and tissue. Based in western Ukraine, KPF intends to use the financing to extend its product range, […]

INTEGRITES advises EuroCape Ukraine I LLC, an indirect subsidiary of LongWing Energy S.C.A., a Luxemburg-based independent power producer operating renewable assets in Europe, on commissioning of Phase I of the 500 MW Zaporizhzhia Wind Park. The facility is one of the most large-scale onshore wind farms being under construction in Ukraine. GE Capital joined the […]

Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv office has advised Amtel Properties, on the sale of its office and logistics complex “Amtel” to Dragon Capital, one of the largest groups of investment and financial companies in Ukraine.  Baker McKenzie’s project team was led by Kyiv partner Lina Nemchenko with key input from associate Elmaz Abkhairova in Kyiv and London associate Robert Gray.

INTEGRITES advised Chanta Mount, a subsidiary of the leading Ukrainian bakery producer Khlibni Investytsii, on USD 3 million financing extended by Raiffeisen Bank International for construction of a new production line. The construction of the new production line with the total capacity of 600 kg of bread products per hour will allow to increase the […]

Asters acted as a legal counsel to Withine Investments LTD (Cyprus), a subsidiary of Smart Holding (one of the largest industrial and investment groups in Ukraine) on the sale of 100% shares in JSC UNEX BANK to Dragon Capital Investments Limited (Cyprus) and Ivan Svitek completed on 15 April 2021. The share purchase agreement of […]

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel to one of the sellers on the sale of a stake in renewable energy projects to Elementum Energy, the largest international renewable energy producer in Ukraine. The transaction covered 3 wind power plants: Artsyz Wind Power Plant, Artsyz Wind Power Plant-2, and Kiliya Wind Power Plant, all located in […]

This deal provides for an acquisition of a controlling stake in 6 companies operating solar power plants of UDPR: “Scythia-Solar-1”, “Scythia-Solar-2”, “Free-Energy Henichesk”, “Port-Solar”, “Terslav” and “Sun Power Pervomaisk”. The next stage of the partnership will be the implementation of new wind energy projects, which will allow UDPR to increase its share in the production of […]

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel to Dobrobut’s major shareholders  — Oleg Kalashnikov, Dobrobut’s Managing Shareholder and CEO, and Concorde Capital — on the purchase of Horizon Capital’s minority stake in Dobrobut. AVELLUM assisted with the preparation and negotiation of the transaction documents and coordinated completion of the entire transaction. Notably, AVELLUM team advised on the disposal of […]

Dentons acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET) and provided a legal opinion on the enforceability of the EFET General Agreement concerning the delivery and acceptance of natural gas and its collateral arrangements. EFET promotes competition, transparency and open access in the European energy sector. It currently represents more […]

The team of the LCF Law Group won a long-awaited victory in a lawsuit with PJSC Ukrainian Railways and proved the legality of the claims of First Ukrainian International Bank to recover UAH 500 million. Thus, the Supreme Court confirmed the obligation of PJSC Ukrainian Railways to return the loan to the bank, which was […]

On 17 March 2021 at 13:00 the online conference “What does Belarusian business need to know in the new sanctions reality” will be held. Legal practitioners, heads of compliance departments, consultants, law and international relations students are invited to participate, and anyone interested in the subject is welcome to join as an attendee. The conference […]

AVELLUM acted as the legal advisor to Furshet, a Ukrainian supermarket chain, on obtaining merger control clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the acquisition of control over Furshet’s retail assets by Fozzy Group. Fozzy Group is one of the leading Ukrainian retailers with more than 700 retail stores in Ukraine operating under brands […]

International law firm CMS has advised a syndicate of banks led by ING Bank N.V. as mandated lead arranger in relation to the extension of the pre-export facility for Ukraine’s Kernel Group. The total amount of the credit facility is USD 300 million. CMS advised on the overall structure of the facility and the addition of a […]

Asters has acted for Intreprinderea Mixta “Zernoff” S.R.L., a leading Eastern European manufacturer of spirits and strong alcoholic beverages, on its acquisition of Ukrspyrt’s assets. The deal marks the first privatization of the Ukrspyrt assets by a foreign investor.  The privatization valued the relevant Ukrspyrt’s assets at UAH 120 million making it the first largest […]

International trade practice of Sayenko Kharenko has represented Zhejiang Baokang Wheel Manufacture Co., Ltd. in anti-dumping investigation related to imports into Ukraine of aluminum wheel disks with origin in China and Russia. Sayenko Kharenko has represented interests of the client at all stages of the investigation including drafting commentaries on application on investigation initiation, submitting […]

Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv office has advised IKEA, a Swedish multinational conglomerate that designs and sells furniture, kitchen appliances and home accessories, on the launch of its first offline store in Ukraine.The Baker McKenzie team has been supporting IKEA ever since the very inception of the Blockbuster Mall project in May 2019.The firm`s lawyers conducted a […]

Ilyashev & Partners provided legal support during the Ukraine.ua domain name re-delegation in favor of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to host a modern digital portal about Ukraine for foreign audiences. The Ukraine.ua portal was officially launched on 14 January 2021. The Ukraine.ua domain name was owned by an individual for more than 8 […]

Sayenko Kharenko opens its office in Strasbourg to fully ensure the protection of the rights and interests of the firm’s clients in the European Court of Human Rights right before Human Rights Day. Strasbourg is the legal capital of Europe. The new office will be headed by a French lawyer of Ukrainian origin with many […]

Antika Law Firm successfully defended the interests of a heat supply company, namely Cherkasyteplocomunenerho utility company of Cherkasy City Council, in a pre-contractual dispute before the Commercial Court of Cherkasy Region. The statement of claim against the client was filed by a local heat supply organization, which asked the court to accept the proposed version […]

Global law firm Dentons acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to Innovatus Capital Partners in connection with a USD 10 million pre-export secured facility to a group of companies dealing with producing and trading of grains, oilseeds and byproducts of oilseeds (oil and meal) and other farming services. Kyiv-based partner Natalia Selyakova led the Dentons team […]

Dentons has launched a previously announced combination with Salt Lake City-based Durham Jones & Pinegar, now known as Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar. The launch of Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar continues the growth of Project Golden Spike, a series of combinations launched earlier this year dedicated to advancing the first truly national US law firm capable […]

DLA Piper announced the appointment of Natalia Kirichenko as head of the Intellectual Property and Technology practice in its Kyiv office, starting with immediate effect. The appointment follows the departure of Natalia Pakhomovska, who led the team and has decided to leave the firm to explore new opportunities in other areas. Previously a legal director […]

Antika Law Firm successfully defended the interests of a heat supply company, namely Cherkasyteplocomunenerho utility company of Cherkasy City Council, in a pre-contractual dispute before the Commercial Court of Cherkasy Region. The statement of claim against the client was filed by a local heat supply organization, which asked the court to accept the proposed version […]

SayenkoKharenko acted as a legal adviser for WIND FARM LLC in relation to entering into an EPC contract with POWERCHINA. The contract provided for the joint implementation of an 800 MW wind farm in the Mangushskyi and Nikolskyi districts of the Donetsk Region. The project will attract about USD 1 billion of investments in Donetsk […]

Sayenko Kharenko has acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Elementum Energy Limited, a subsidiary of VR Capital focused on investments into renewable energy, on a buy-out of the minority stake of its partner Volterra Energy Group in a joint venture company that had successfully developed ten solar power plant projects in Ukraine with the […]

Kinstellar’s Kyiv office has successfully advised Türkiye Varlık Fonu (Turkey Wealth Fund) in connection with obtaining merger control approval from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the acquisition of a controlling interest in Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. Turkey Wealth Fund  is the wealth fund and strategic investment arm of the Republic of Turkey that was […]

Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv office has advised (legal due diligence) the State Property Fund of Ukraine on the successful privatization of Dnipro Hotel, which was sold at auction on 15 July 2020 with a winning bid of UAH 1,111,111, 222 (equivalent to approximately USD 40.934 million*). Baker McKenzie’s work within this project included a legal audit […]

Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv office has advised Glencore Agriculture Limited, the agricultural commodities giant, on its acquisition of LLC Everi port terminal from the Orexim group of companies. Everi is a leading vegetable oil export terminal in the city of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, offering storage and loading services to first class international and domestic clients. The Baker […]

Special economic restrictive measures (sanctions) were imposed on the European Union resident company (metallurgy sector), by the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, in particular, its assets freezing and financial transactions suspending. This decision of the National Security and Defense Council was put into effect by a relevant decree of the […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Argus Media Ltd on the acquisition of Agritel International, a subsidiary of Agritel, an expert provider of information, consulting, and forecasting on agricultural and agro-industrial markets. AVELLUM conducted legal due diligence of the Ukrainian part of the target business and advised Argus Media Ltd on certain transaction […]

On 20 August 2020, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority, the Qatari port operator QTerminals WLL and its Ukrainian subsidiary QTerminals Olvia, in the presence of the Minister of Transport and Communications of the State of Qatar, Jassim Al Sulaiti, and the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Vladysav Kryklii, signed […]

Asters acted as a Ukrainian law counsel to International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, in connection with up to USD 20 million loan to Nyva Pereyaslavshchyny, a leading Ukrainian pork producer. IFC is providing a long-term loan to finance Nyva’s working capital in an effort to limit potential input supply chain […]

On 1 July 2020 the first innovation park in Ukraine, UNIT.City, announced the signing of the finance contract with the European Investment Bank, which will provide a loan in the amount of EUR 50 million for the purposes of UNIT.City development. EVERLEGAL team supported the process of attraction of financing for UNIT.City at all stages […]

Asters acted as a legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in connection with its financing to Grain Alliance Group, a large Ukrainian agricultural producer, which cultivates over 55,000 hectares of land in Northern Ukraine. The loan will support the Group’s liquidity and help it withstand the COVID19-caused crisis. Asters’ banking and […]

Asters acted as a legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in connection with its EUR 25 million financing to Yuria-Pharm, Ukraine’s leading manufacturer of intensive care medicines, medical devices and antiseptics. A six-year loan of up to EUR 25 million from the EBRD will help Yuria-Pharm expand its existing production facilities […]

Asters acted as a legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in connection with its financing to Lantmännen Axa, a leading producer of breakfast cereals in Ukraine that is owned by Sweden’s largest agribusiness cooperative, Lantmännen. The EBRD funds will secure the company’s financial stability, allowing Lantmännen Axa to implement an investment […]

INTEGRITES acted as a legal advisor to Sibelco, one of the leading minerals and materials companies in Europe, on the acquisition of two Ukrainian clay producers – Euromineral LLC and Kurdyumovsky plant PrJSC. INTEGRITES corporate and M&A team led by partner Illya Tkachuk provided the client with full legal assistance in the deal. The firm’s […]

Kinstellar recently acted as a legal counsel to UMG Investments in connection with its acquisition of a minority stake in Feednova LLC, a Ukrainian company focusing on production of feed additives for farm animals and pets, and the subsequent establishment of a joint venture with Effective Investments Group and other stakeholders of Feednova. Feednova will […]

INTEGRITES protected interests of EuroСape Ukraine, one of the leading renewable energy producers, in a tax dispute against the Head Office of the State Tax Service. The firm’s lawyers succeeded to resolve the dispute at the pre-trial stage. The background of the case includes the resolution issued by the tax authority to recognize certain business […]

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel to UDP, a leading Ukrainian development company, on the acquisition of a 33.35% stake in Ocean Plaza, one of the largest shopping and entertainment centers in Ukraine and Europe. AVELLUM provided full legal support to the client in structuring the transaction, negotiating and signing the transaction documents, as well […]

Asters acted as a legal counsel to Regal Petroleum, a British oil and gas company, on its up to USD 8.63 million acquisition of Arkona Gas-Energy, a Ukrainian company holding the license to explore, develop and produce hydrocarbons in Svystunkivsko-Chervonolutske field located in Poltava region. Asters’ team has provided full transactional support with Ukrainian law issues, […]

Sayenko Kharenko has acted as a Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on providing a four-year loan of up to EUR 15 million equivalent to OTP Leasing. The loan will be available for disbursement as a UAH synthetic and/or a EUR denominated facilities. It will enable OTP Leasing to finance […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank in connection with a long-term secured loan to LLC Butsefal and Prometey Swiss SA in the total amount of up to USD 10 million. Part of the loan proceeds were used for the acquisition of a new silo in Mykolaiv […]

Sayenko Kharenko has acted as legal counsel to Promprylad.Renovation, the largest impact-investment enterprise in Ukraine.  Promprylad.Renovation is a unique and rapidly growing project aimed at creation of an ecosystem of collaboration between businesses, social initiatives, artists, and educators within the premises of Promprylad, a revitalized Soviet-era plant in Ivano-Frankivsk. The project has already raised more […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to: J.P. Morgan Securities Plc and Raiffeisen Bank International AG as arrangers on USD 464 million bridge loan financing for Bakcell’s acquisition of PJSC VF Ukraine  structured through the purchase from MTS’s wholly owned subsidiary Allegretto s.a.r.l of its 100% stake in Dutch subsidiary Preludium B.V., the sole […]

Kinstellar has acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, a development finance institution and subsidiary of KfW Bankengruppe, in connection with a USD 20 million credit facility for Nibulon, a leading agricultural commodities exporter and producer in Ukraine. In addition to the work that is usual for this type of […]

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Kyiv has advised TIS Group on the English and Ukrainian law aspects of a joint venture transaction whereby DP World, one of the worlds’ largest port operators, enters Ukraine directly for the first time. As part of the transaction, DP World agreed to acquire control in TIS Container Terminal […]

INTEGRITES protected interests of Euronet Ukraine, the local representative of the international group Euronet Worldwide, in a UAH 64 million tax dispute with Kyiv State Fiscal Service. Resulting from a tax audit, the dispute arose in 2018 when the Kyiv tax authority overstated the amount of the corporate profit tax that allegedly had to be […]

The Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie advised the shareholders of Biopharma, a leading Ukrainian manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and healthcare products, on the carve-out of its non-plasma business and its further sale to Stada AG, a global manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and consumer healthcare products. The Baker McKenzie team was co-led by Kyiv office partners Viacheslav Yakymchuk, head […]

Kinstellar has acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to the German development finance institution DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, a subsidiary of KfW Bankengruppe, headquartered in Cologne, Germany, in connection with a long-term facility of up to USD 20 million for Astarta Group.. Part of DEG’s investment will be directed at modernisation of Astarta’s production […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the Netherlands based Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group on the acquisition of BENTELER Distribution Ukraine, a part of the international distribution division of BENTELER International AG. AVELLUM advised Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group on the structuring of the transaction, conducted legal due diligence of the […]

Asters acted as a legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in connection with its EUR 10 million financing to Grain Alliance Group, a large Ukrainian agricultural producer, which cultivates over 50,000 hectares of land and is owned by Claesson & Anderzen of Sweden. The loan will finance the expansion of the […]

DLA Piper has advised NEQSOL on the acquisition of VF Ukraine (one of the largest local mobile network operators) from Russian telecommunications operator MTS Group for USD 734 million, including a.c. USD 84 million of earn-out payment. In addition, the firm advised NEQSOL on the raising of acquisition financing for the deal from a group […]

Ilyashev & Partners has represented the interests of Budpostach – the leading national player of professional equipment and tooling market of Ukraine, in handling an insured fire accident which resulted in burning down the company warehouse in Kyiv on 2 February 2019. On 5 December 2019, the Insurance Company Universalna, where Budpostach insured its property […]

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel to UFUTURE on obtaining a merger control clearance of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the partial sale of its stake in LvivTech.City. LvivTech.City is an innovation park in Lviv that will offer a comprehensive ecosystem of Class A office premises, co-working spaces, laboratories and conference rooms occupying the […]

Asters acted as a legal counsel to Green Genius, a renewable energy company, part of Modus Group international holding, in connection with the construction of 14 MW solar power plant in the village of Zalukva (Ivano-Frankivsk Region). The solar power plant in Zalukva was launched on 27 November 2019. This is the first solar power […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel on two more successful Eurobond offerings from Ukraine. The firm acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Kernel Holding S.A. in connection with an offering of USD300 million 6.5% guaranteed notes due 2024. ING Bank N.V., London Branch, and J.P. Morgan Securities plc acted as joint lead managers of […]

Asters acts as a legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (in connection with its up to EUR 15 million financing to JSC Farmak, Ukraine’s market leader in pharmaceuticals manufacturing. The 5-year EBRD loan will be used to support the expansion of Farmak’s production of liquid dosage forms and the modernisation of its […]

On 6 May 2019 LEZO Attorneys at Law announced the appointment of three associated partners. They are attorneys at law, heads of practices, Bohdan Masekha (litigation and legal support of business), Serhii Mazur (intellectual property and corporate law), Andriy Agafonov (banking and finance, litigation). “This is a logical result of our rapid growth as an […]

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel to Dobrobut and its shareholders on the disposal of a minority stake in Dobrobut to Horizon Capital. AVELLUM advised Dobrobut on various aspects of the deal structuring and negotiated the transaction documents, as well as coordinated completion of the entire transaction. Dobrobut is a network of clinics and medical […]

Sayenko Kharenko has acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to Deutsche Bank as the lender and arranger of a EUR 529 million facility extended to Ukraine under a guarantee from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The financing was provided in the form of two tranches of EUR 240 million and EUR 289 million, maturing […]

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel to Investment Capital Ukraine (ICU) on the complex M&A transaction involving:sale to VR Capital Group of 50% stake in a holding company owing 11 solar plants; establishment of a joint venture between ICU and VR Capital Group. AVELLUM provided full legal support to ICU in negotiating and signing of […]

Eterna Law has successfully represented Soufflet Negoce SA in the Supreme Court of Ukraine in the process of recognition and enforcement of a disclosure order issued by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales The application successfully went through the court of the first instance and court of appeal, until it was finally […]

Ilyashev & Partners International Trade Practice team, headed by partner Olena Omelchenko, has protected the interests of a large Indian manufacturer of sterile hypodermic single use syringes Lifelong Meditech Private Limited in the anti-dumping investigation on imports into Ukraine of syringes originating from the Republic of India, the Republic of Turkey and the People’s Republic […]

EY Ukraine advised Horizon Capital in connection with the acquisition of a minority stake in Ajax Systems. The investment was realized through the purchase of a part of existing shares of Ajax Systems by a new Horizon Capital fund – Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, LP (EEGF III). Ajax Systems is Europe’s leading manufacturer of […]

AVELLUM secured a favourable award for the client in the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (“ICAC”) for a total amount of almost USD 200,000. AVELLUM represented a major international inspection company in a dispute against a global oil trading company, which refused to pay for the Surveyor’s services. […]

The Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie represented the sellers of Septa Communications (trading as Captain Growth), a Ukrainian AI startup, in its acquisition by Perion Network Ltd, an Israeli adtech company listed on NASDAQ and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Andrii Finogin, senior associate at Baker McKenzie, represented Dmytro Bilash and Dmytro Plieshakov, the startup’s co-founders, in the […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine in connection with two syndicated EUR-denominated facilities arranged by Deutsche Bank in December 2018 and March 2019 for the total amount equivalent to approximately USD1 billion. Both facilities benefited from a policy-based guarantee from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. […]

Wolf Theiss advised a major international insurance company, Sompo International, on the M&A warranty and indemnity insurance transaction for the acquisition of the Aladdin shopping and entertainment center. Located in one of the densely populated neighbourhoods of Kyiv, Ukraine, and having a total area of over 16,000 m2, Aladdin was purchased by the Ukrainian Commercial […]

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Kyiv has advised leading international real estate investment fund, Meyer Bergman, on the Ukrainian and English law aspects of its sale of the Aladdin Shopping Mall in Kyiv, one of the biggest and most popular malls in Ukraine. The CMS team was led by Graham Conlon, Kyiv managing partner […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) in connection with senior secured loans in the total amount of up to EUR 36.3 million to Rengy Bioenergo LLC. The Loans will be used to construct and put into operation […]

Eterna Law acted as a legal advisor to a group of investment funds in the sale of Core Value companies as well as international structuring and business restructuring in several jurisdictions, including the United States, Poland, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Ukraine. Project was managed by team of lawyers, led by Oleh Malskyy, partner and head of Corporate […]

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel to SM Invest Construction B.V., a solar PV plants developer, on the sale of shares in the holding company, which owns the underlying assets to develop a 120MW solar power plant in Mykolaiv region. Scatec Solar, a leading and globally acting solar energy producer, acted as the purchaser. AVELLUM […]

The Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie acted as lead legal counsel to MHP SE, a leading international agro-industrial group, on its acquisition of PerutninaPtuj, international meat-processing company and the largest producer of poultry meat and poultry meat products in Southeast Europe. Baker McKenzie’s team was led by Viacheslav Yakymchuk, partner in the Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv office […]

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel to its longstanding client Kernel Holding S.A. on the acquisition of 100% of shares in Rail Transit Kargo Ukraine worth, based on the enterprise value, USD 64 million. AVELLUM provided legal support to Kernel in negotiating and signing of the transaction documents, as well as in the completion of […]

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel on the merger of PJSC MTB Bank and PJSC Commercial Bank Center. The merger was conducted under a simplified procedure introduced by the Law of Ukraine On Simplifying Reorganisation and Capitalisation Procedures for Banks, which became effective on 29 April 2017. As a result of the merger, MTB Bank became […]

Sayenko Kharenko is pleased to announce the recruitment of a four-strong team from the leading Ukrainian IP boutique. Yaroslav Ognevyuk is the new head of Sayenko Kharenko’s IP practice. He is a recognized IP authority in Ukraine and has extensive experience advising clients on all types of IP-related issues with a special focus on IP […]

AEQUO advised Dragon Capital, one of the leading private equity investors in Ukraine, on acquisition of a stake in Ciklum. Ciklum is a leading global IT-company, founded in 2002. Ciklum has 3,000+ developers, designers, product managers and data scientists around the world building tailored digital solutions that leverage emerging technologies. AEQUO project team included partner […]

Asters has acted as a counsel to Emer Group Limited in connection with the recent sale of its 6.99% stake in Joint Stock Company Farmak, the largest pharmaceutical producer in Ukraine. Asters team involved in the matter consisted of partner Iryna Pokanay and counsel Gabriel Aslanian.

AVELLUM advised the client on minorities squeeze-out procedure followed by the successful corporate reorganisation of  Jacobs Douwe Egberts Ukraina  from a private joint stock company to a limited liability company. The firm supported the client on corporate law issues arising out of this complex transaction. The project enabled the client to significantly streamline its corporate […]

Sayenko Kharenko is delighted to announce the appointment of Maksym Nazarenko as a new partner in the firm’s antitrust & competition practice. Mr Nazarenko has more than 17 years of professional experience, over ten of which he dedicated to Sayenko Kharenko specializing in antitrust and competition matters, corporate law and real estate. During this time, […]

Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm was appointed as Ukrainian legal advisor on regulatory issues concerning introduction by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global trade association for airlines headquartered in Canada, of a new payment system EasyPay between its member airlines and travel agents. Senior partner Roman Marchenko, who heads firm’s top-notch Aviation Practice team, […]

Asters has acted as a legal counsel to International Finance Corporation in connection with its recent restructuring deal with the Mriya group. Overall, the restructuring negotiations and procedures took up to 20 months. Asters team’s advisory role covered multiple dimensions, including developing the legal and tax models of the deal, evaluation of different options, negotiating […]

Dentons acted as legal counsel to DTEK Renewables in relation to the implementation of the Orlovka Wind Farm project, in particular by providing legal support during contract negotiations with Vestas, a supplier of the equipment and the EPC contractor for the project. Orlovka Wind Farm is DTEK’s third project in the wind power sector with […]

Aequo dispute resolution team has successfully defended interests of Pilot Group’s TV production companies by conclusion settlement agreements. The case was dealing with unlawful transfer of funds from the Companies’ accounts to the accounts of private entrepreneurs without the knowledge and consent of the Companies’ management for the allegedly provided consulting services. The circumstances of the […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Private Joint Stock Company with Foreign Investments Slobozhanska Budivelna Keramika (SBK) in connection with the restructuring and refinancing of SBK’s debt, valued at approximately EUR 20 million. Atlas Advisors, an independent investment banking firm, acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the SBK’s shareholders in connection with […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  in connection with a senior secured loan of up to EUR1.3 million to Private Higher Educational Establishment Kyiv Medical University . The loan will be used by KMU to expand its dentistry and pharmacy education programs through the acquisition of […]

Konnov & Sozanovsky’s team of associates lead by partner Alexey Pokotylo defended the interests of the sociologist and expert of the Public Security Fund Yuriy Gavrylechko and put an end to the court case lasting from 2016. The court found groundless and dismissed the plaintiff’s claims against Yuriy Gavrylechko for protection of honor, dignity and […]

Baker McKenzie advised Invitro on the sale of it’s Ukrainian laboratory operations to Medicover. The deal was signed on 17 October 2018. The operations consist of about 60 blood-drawing points (BDPs) and one laboratory, focused on eastern and central Ukraine. The transaction is expected to be closed in early 2019. The transaction is subject to […]

Dentons advised BNP Paribas and a syndicate of international banks on the extension and increase to USD 500,000,000 of a pre-export secured revolving facility to Ferrexpo.  Dentons’ cross-border team from offices was led by London partner Evgenia Laurson and Kyiv partner Natalia Selyakova and included Nadiya Shylienkova, counsel, Kyiv, Dennis Montgomery, counsel, Moscow, Olga Sokolova, […]

PwC Legal Ukraine and Linklaters have successfully advised Guala Closures S.p.A. on the issue of international bonds for EUR 455 million maturing in 2024 and listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. PwC Legal Ukraine worked alongside Linklaters UK and Italy offices on Ukrainian law related matters, while Linklaters was the lead legal advisor to Guala […]

Aequoannounced promotion of senior associates Bohdan Dmukhovskyy and Michael Lukashenko to counsels. Bohdan Dmukhovskyy, counsel, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, has an extensive experience in advising financial services companies, including banks, international payment systems, insurance companies, professional securities markets participants on various financial services and corporate law matters. He possesses top-notch experience in complex international […]

Baker McKenzie has assisted with the successful formation of a private equity fund vehicle in Luxembourg and sourcing financing for the joint acquisition of a 16% equity stake in Allseeds S.A. by the Dutch development bank FMO and private equity manager Diligent Capital Partners. The investment was made to realize Allseeds’ expansion plans of adding […]

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel to Investment Capital Ukraine on the establishment of a joint venture with VR Capital Group to develop a 34.75 MW photovoltaic solar power plant in Kherson Region. AVELLUM provided legal support to ICU in negotiating and signing the transactional documents, as well as in completion of the transaction. The […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Diligent Capital Partners (DCP) in connection with the acquisition of a 16% equity stake in Allseeds SA together with the Dutch Development Bank FMO (FMO). As a result of the transaction, Allseeds obtained financing to implement its ambitious growth strategy that includes the expansion of its oilseed […]

Dentons provided legal advice Natixis, a French corporate and investment bank, with regard to the Ukrainian law requirements for carrying out certain banking transactions, regulatory and banking and finance law matters. Dentons team in Ukraine was led by partner Natalia Selyakova with significant input from counsel Nadiya Shylienkova and sssociates Artem Lukyanov and Alla Kushnirenko.

Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv office provided full legal support to Monsanto, which has now become a part of Bayer group, on all stages of the seeds processing facility construction project in Ukraine.  The largest of its kind in Ukraine, the seeds processing facility was officially opened on 5 September 2018 in Pochuiky, Zhytomyr Region. The scope of […]

Sayenko Kharenko has advised Mriya Agro Holding for several years in connection with USD 1.1 billion debt restructuring. 13 unsecured bank credits, 7 suppliers’ credits, 1 ECP programme and 2 issues of Eurobonds were restructured in a single secured debt instrument. Due to this unprecedented restructuring, the total debt of the new Mriya Group has decreased […]

Sayenko Kharenko has acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) in connection with Ukrainian hryvnia financing equivalent to EUR 10 million to PJSC Kredobank, a Ukrainian subsidiary of Poland’s largest bank – PKO Bank Polski S.A. The transaction included the purchase of UAH 250 million local corporate bonds of Kredobank, which makes it […]

Tallinn office of Ilyashev & Partners advised Cryptagio – a licensed Estonian platform for cryptocurrency exchange – on issues related to business operations and business development. Services rendered by the law firm include legal support and counseling in business structuring, cooperation with financial institutions, ensuring compliance with AML/KYC provisions of European and Estonian legislation, risk […]

Asters acted as local Ukrainian legal counsel for Ukraine in the USD 3 billion Eurobond dispute with Russia where Ukraine has scored an important victory. The English Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in the latest hearing of the ongoing dispute commenced by the Trustee, The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc, against Ukraine regarding […]

Sayenko Kharenko’s international arbitration team has represented the interests of Safège-Suez Consulting in reaching agreement with the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities on completion of payment for consultancy services provided within the framework of the district heating regulatory reform support program funded by the World Bank. The contract price equaled […]

Ilyashev & Partners represented the State Enterprise Ukrinterenergo in a dispute with the Russian state-owned CJSC Inter RAO UES regarding supply of Russian electricity to the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk and Donetsk Regions. “Despite the absolutely biased decision of the ICAC at the Russian Chamber of Commerce, as a result of which the Ukrainian […]

Gamma Solar Holding, European solar energy projects operator and investor, is commencing investment into the development of a solar power station project with a capacity 2,3 MW in Vinnytsia Region. Eterna Law team of lawyers led by Maksym Uslystyi, partner, head of alternative energy practice, acted as  legal advisor to Gamma Solar in Ukraine. Maksym […]

Against the backdrop of huge mergers, it was a backstage and private one. And now there are offices of the teal law company in three largest tech centers of Ukraine: Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. The name of the merged company is Axon Partners. This merger has an efficient goal beyond increasing the number of lawyers […]

Asters and EPAP Ukraine will merge on 1 October  2018.  The combined firm will have offices in Kyiv and Washington, D.C. and will be Ukraine’s largest with 26 partners and more than 140 associates. The firm’s total headcount will include 250 employees. The firm will be managed by a committee of three partners: Oleksiy Didkovskiy, Serhii Sviriba, and Armen Khachaturyan. […]

On 1 August 2018 a leading legal practice in life sciences area in Ukraine appeared under new name of Danevych.Law. The team of Danevych.Law speaks pharmaceutical, clinical trials and healthcare languages fluently and is dedicated to assisting leading global life sciences companies and pharma/clinical trials business associations. Danevych.Law is focused on advising clients on regulatory, compliance & […]

Aequo’s dispute resolution team has successfully defended interests of Pilot Group’s TV production companies in a dispute over the invalidation of transactions and the collection of unreasonably received funds. The case concerned unlawful transfer of funds from the accounts of the companies without the management’s knowledge and consent to the accounts of private entrepreneurs (PEs) […]

Vasil Kisil & Partners has successfully represented Rost Agro, one of the largest seed producers and exporters in Ukraine, in a tax dispute. In May 2017, taxation bodies imposed more than UAH 63 million of penalties on the company for alleged failure to observe the time limits of payments in foreign economic activities. The company […]

DLA Piper Ukraine acted as a legal counsel by phasing-in of SMART-MONEY service – fast, convenient and secure way of online payments provided by Kyivstar. The DLA Piper Ukraine team advised on the incorporation of Starmoney being subsidiary of Kyivstar as a financial institution and on obtaining a license for money transfer. The team also […]

On 11 July 2018 Sumitomo Corporation, Spectr-Agro LLC and Spectr-Agrotekhnika signed an agreement for acquisition by Sumitomo of 51% share in Spectr-Agro. Vasil Kisil & Partners advised Spectr-Agro on all matters of the transaction, including tax and corporate structuring of the group, vendor due diligence of the companies and their assets for disclosure purposes, negotiations […]

AVELLUM and A.G.A. Partners announced that two law firms have agreed to combine effective 9 July 2018. This strategic combination brings together renowned transactional practice of AVELLUM and experienced dispute resolution practice of A.G.A. Partners. Both firms see the new firm as a natural combination of best practices and teams on the Ukrainian legal market. […]

DLA Piper advised Haas Group on the global sale of their global group headquartered in Austria to a Swiss company, Bühler AG. Christoph Mager, partner and corporate practice head at DLA Piper’s office in Vienna, Austria, was leading the international advisory team which involved DLA Piper offices in Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, […]

Asters acted as a Ukrainian law counsel to International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in connection with USD 17 million loan to Agrofusion, the largest tomato paste and industrial tomato producer in Ukraine. IFC is providing a long-term corporate loan to finance the Agrofusion’s 2018-2019 expansion and debt refinancing program. […]

CMS has advised Scatec Solar ASA (Scatec Solar), a Norway-based solar power producer, on securing two solar projects in the Cherkassy Region of Ukraine. The projects, with a capacity of 33 MW and 50 MW, will be the first step towards developing a larger portfolio of solar power plants in the country for Scatec Solar. CMS team […]

Asters acted as a Ukrainian law counsel to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in connection with a USD 30 million loan to Astarta, a leading agricultural producer in Ukraine. IFC financial support will fund the company’s two-year investment program aimed at increasing the resource efficiency of its processing plants and the productivity of its farming […]

Asters acted as a Ukrainian law counsel to International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, in connection with up to USD 12.5 million loan to Nyva Pereyaslavshchyny, a leading Ukrainian pork producer. IFC is providing long-term debt financing to support Nyva’s investment program, which includes constructing a new meat-processing facility that will […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Nordcurrent on the acquisition of Blam! Games Studios. AVELLUM advised Nordcurrent on the structuring of the transaction and preparation of the acquisition documents, as well as on the preparation of the employment contract for the Ukrainian CEO. AVELLUM also provided an extensive advice on the structuring of the […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  in connection with a senior secured loan of up to EUR9.5 million to  LLC Nova Poshta This is one of the first UAH/EUR multi-currency loan extended to a Ukrainian company by EBRD. The loan employs innovative UAH/EUR multi-currency mechanics aimed […]

AVELLUM acted as legal counsel to Investment Capital Ukraine (ICU) on the establishment of a joint venture with VR Capital Group to develop a 63.8 MW solar power plant in Khmelnytskyi Region. AVELLUM provided legal support to ICU in negotiating and signing the transactional documents, as well as in completion of the transaction. AVELLUM also […]

Dentons acted as legal counsel to the Danish Investment Fund for Developing countries (IFU) and the Northern Environmental Financial Corporation (NEFCO) in connection with an equity agreement for the construction of a 36 MWp solar plant in the Lviv region in Western Ukraine. Yavoriv Energy Park will be constructed near the village of Ternovytsa in […]

Asters acted as a legal counsel to VR Capital Group on the acquisition of 50% of Matlomenius Holdings Ltd (Cyprus) from ICU, an independent asset management, private equity and investment advisory firm specialising in the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe. Matlomenius Holdings Ltd is an owner of PodilskEnergo, which is building a 60 […]

Sayenko Kharenko acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to Deutsche Bank, ING, Natixis and UniCredit, joint bookrunners of the USD 1.592 million Eurobond issue by Metinvest B.V. The issue of Eurobonds was divided into two tranches: USD 944.5 million bonds due 2023 and USD 647.7 million bonds due 2026. The issue was coupled with the cash tender […]

Asters provided legal advice to Nestlé, one of the world’s largest food and beverage company, in obtaining merger clearances from the Ukrainian competition authority in connection with: the acquisition of Atrium Innovations, a global leader in nutritional health products, from a group of investors led by Permira Funds for USD 2.3 billion in cash; the […]

Dentons acted as legal counsel to DTEK Renewables B.V. on the implementation of a project for the construction of a solar power plant (SES) with an established capacity of 200 MW in Nikopol district (Dnipropetrovsk region). The project cost is estimated at EUR 230 million. Agreements for the design, construction, installation and supply of the […]

Asters acted as a legal counsel to the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) in connection with its USD 20 million financing to Concern Galnaftogaz, a leading Ukrainian petroleum retailer company. A seven-year loan will assist the company to expand and upgrade its network of gas filling stations and meet its working capital needs. […]

Asters acted as a Ukrainian legal counsel to Anadolu Efes Biracilik Ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş. (Anadolu Efes), one of the world’s largest brewing companies, and Efes Ukraine PrJSC, its Ukrainian subsidiary, in connection with the merger of businesses of Anadolu Efes and Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A./N.V. (AB InBev) in Ukraine and Russia. The largest deal in […]

CMS has advised ING, one of its key clients, in connection with a bilateral USD 30 million revolving facilities to Astarta group for their export operations. The financing included USD 25 million pre-export revolving loan facility and USD 5 million multicurrency uncommitted guarantee/ letter of credit issuances revolving credit facility, both extended for a three […]

The Kiev office of Baker McKenzie acted as Ukrainian law counsel for J.P. Morgan Securities plc, ING Bank N.V. and UBS Limited as joint lead-managers with respect to the issue of USD 550 million 6.95% notes due 2026 by MHP Lux S.A. MHP Lux S.A. is a member of the MHP (Myronivskyi Hliboprodukt) Group, a […]

Baker McKenzie acted as the legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine in connection with reform of the legal framework to achieve more efficient, transparent and straightforward rules for privatization in Ukraine. Managing partner Serhiy Piontkovsky led the Kyiv office team on the project, […]

On 21 March 2018  Dentons has announced the promotion of four lawyers in Kiev to the position of counsel. Oksana Horban is an Intellectual Property and Technology lawyer with more than 15 years’ experience in intellectual property law. She concentrates her practice on various IP issues, including filing, prosecution, due diligence and IP-related litigation. She […]

Dentons successfully represented Bojer Innovativ Ingeniør Rådgivning (BIIR), a leading engineering consulting company in Aarhus, Denmark, in connection with a lawsuit regarding the ownership of the client’s property in Odessa. In spring 2017, BIIR acquired a property in Odessa for USD 400,000 for the construction of a new office. In summer 2017, the building was […]

Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv office advised Phoenix-Capital LLC on the multi-tiered sale transaction of Victoria Gardens shopping centre, the largest shopping mall in Western Ukraine, to Dragon Capital. Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv team was led by managing partner Serhiy Piontkovsky, with key input from senior associate Andrii Grebonkin and associate Elmaz Abkhairova.

Interlegal presents the new partner – Virgil Nita, the Romanian practice manager. Law firm expansion in Black Sea Region resulted in opening the new office in Constanta. Interlegal new office will facilitate more effective legal support for the Romanian clients in international trade and sea transportation. Interlegal renders proper services to the Romanian business in […]

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to PJSC Ukrainian Railway (Ukrzaliznytsia) on a USD1 billion collaboration with General Electric Company (GE). The project aims at renovating and modernising the locomotive fleet of Ukrzaliznytsia through a long-term joint collaboration for the supply of up to 225 new locomotives and modernisation of 75 currently operating locomotives. […]

Spenser & Kauffmann acted as a legal adviser to YUYUE HOME TEXTILE СО. LTD, one of the largest Chinese textile producers, in connection with complex business structuring issues in Ukraine. The firm advised YUYUE HOME TEXTILE on developing the optimal market entrance and corporate structure, project financing, as well as legal due diligence of several […]

Ilyashev & Partners’ International Trade Law Practice team represented the interest of Mozyrsalt OJSC, one of the biggest producers of salt extra on post-Soviet territory , in the anti-dumping investigation on imports into Ukraine of white evaporated salt extra packaged into 25 to 50 kg bags and containers of up to 1000 kg originating from Belarus. The […]