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“The best firm in Ukraine these days. Very strong across all practice areas, extremely professional ethos and service culture”
Investment into Ukrainian food-tech start-up Foodz
Legal advisor to MHP
Acquisition of Thomson Reuters’ Intellectual Property & Science Business
Legal advisor to Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia
Merger control clearance for the acquisition of Eaton’s Hydraulics business
3.3
Bln USDLegal advisor to Danfoss
Consensual deferral of external debts worth over USD25 billion
25
Bln USDUkrainian legal counsel to (i) the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, (ii) Private Joint Stock Company “National Power Company “Ukrenergo” (“Ukrenergo”), and (iii) the State Road Agency of Ukraine (“Ukravtodor”)
Tax fraud compliance and legal analysis of possible Ukrainian law implications of the UK Criminal Finances Act 2017
Iron ore company with assets in Ukraine
Full legal support in connection with launch of American University Kyiv
Legal advisor to the managing partners of American University Kyiv
Advice on Ukrainian data protection and telecommunications law matters related to transfer and processing of personal and telecom data
Multinational telecommunications services company
Complex employment support in relation to the creation of co-working hub, structuring the employment relations and drafting documents
Legal advisor to Spectrum Equity
Sale of a stake in renewable energy projects to Elementum Energy, the largest international renewable energy producer in Ukraine
Legal advisor to one of the sellers
CAD 2.4 billion (equivalent to USD1.8 billion) concessional loan from Canada
2,4
Bln CADLegal advisor to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine
ACTED FOR UKRAINE ON CONSENSUAL DEFERRAL OF EXTERNAL DEBTS WORTH OVER USD25 BILLION
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Bln USDUkrainian legal counsel to (i) the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, (ii) Private Joint Stock Company “National Power Company “Ukrenergo” (“Ukrenergo”), and (iii) the State Road Agency of Ukraine (“Ukravtodor”)
Advice on transfer of proprietary rights to intellectual property
Legal advisor to GoDaddy
Defeated a challenge to a USD20 million LCIA Award with the UK High Court
20
Mln USDLegal advisor
Defended the client, a Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the 9th convocation, a Lieutenant General of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the criminal case heard by the High Anticorruption Court
Legal advisor
Acquisition of NeoGames by Aristocrat Leisure Limited
Ukrainian legal advisor to Aristocrat Leisure Limited
Settlement of Prime Assets Capital trust and transfer of Roshen Group
Legal Advisor to Roshen
Establishing campus in historic Kyiv River Port building
Legal advisor to American University Kyiv
Debt restructuring under the two inter-conditional English schemes of arrangement for DTEK Energy B.V. and DTEK Finance PLC
2
Bln USDLegal advisor to DTEK Group
Tax aspects of Eurobond issue
825
Mln USDLegal Advisor to National Power Company “Ukrenergo”
Internal investigation into the suspected insider fraud followed by the criminal proceedings
Legal advisor to international e-commerce company
Acquisition of Blam!Games Studios
Legal advisor to Nordcurrent
Advising on the largest contract for the supply of agricultural products
26.8
Bln USDLegal Advisor to “State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine”
Tax advice on cross-border financing matters
Legal Advisor to PrivatBank
Corporate group restructuring
Legal Advisor to New Products Group
Acquisition of 70% stake in the Zavallivskyi Graphite Group
Legal advisor to Volt Resources Limited
Advice on transfer of employees due to global spin-off of Covestro
Legal advisor to Bayer AG
Developed and implemented dispute resolution strategy in multi-party dispute over shares in Poltava Mining Refinery
400
Min USDLegal Advisor to Ferrexpo AG, subsidiary of LSE-listed Ferrexpo Plc
Construction of a real estate complex in the centre of Kyiv in the form of a joint investment with a business partner
Legal advisor to A-Development, one of the leading Ukrainian developers
Eurobond offering of Vodafone Ukraine’s loan participation notes
500
Mln USDLegal advisor to joint lead managers
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AVELLUM announced that it acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to MHP SE and its Ukrainian subsidiaries (“MHP”) in connection with the recent loan financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”), the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (“DFC”). EBRD, IFC and DFC have collaboratively organised a financial […]
On 18 October 2023, the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (“NEURC”) adopted the Licensing Terms for Aggregation in the Electricity Market under Resolution No. 1909 (“Resolution”). Background The aggregation was first introduced earlier this year by Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Restoration and Green Transformation of the Energy […]
Seoul, Korea – November 27, 2023 Kim & Chang, South Korea’s largest and most specialised law firm, in collaboration with AVELLUM, hosted a groundbreaking seminar in Seoul, focusing on the reconstruction efforts in Ukraine. The event aimed to facilitate discussions and provide insights for local businesses interested in investing in and contributing to the rebuilding […]
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 Avellumwon in the Supreme Court, which ruled to uphold the bankruptcy proceedings against […]
AVELLUM Arbitration Practice, within the working group of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association, participated in drafting and submitting the Amici Curiae Brief to the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court (“GC of the SC”). The Amici Curiae Brief addressed the issue of extending the applicability of an arbitration clause outlined in a contract to a dispute […]
The National Bank of Ukraine (“NBU”) further relaxed currency control restrictions allowing Ukrainian borrowers to make early repayments of cross-border foreign currency loans extended after 20 June 2023 to development finance institutions (“DFIs”) and foreign export credit agencies (“ECAs”). To recap, back in June 2023, the NBU permitted the repayment of cross-border foreign currency loans to […]
AVELLUM announced that it acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to MHP SE and its Ukrainian subsidiaries (“MHP”) in connection with the recent loan financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”), the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (“DFC”). EBRD, IFC and DFC have collaboratively organised a financial […]
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 Avellumwon in the Supreme Court, which ruled to uphold the bankruptcy proceedings against […]
AVELLUM Arbitration Practice, within the working group of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association, participated in drafting and submitting the Amici Curiae Brief to the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court (“GC of the SC”). The Amici Curiae Brief addressed the issue of extending the applicability of an arbitration clause outlined in a contract to a dispute […]
The National Bank of Ukraine (“NBU”) further relaxed currency control restrictions allowing Ukrainian borrowers to make early repayments of cross-border foreign currency loans extended after 20 June 2023 to development finance institutions (“DFIs”) and foreign export credit agencies (“ECAs”). To recap, back in June 2023, the NBU permitted the repayment of cross-border foreign currency loans to […]
AVELLUM advised JSC Integrity Capital on obtaining merger control clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the acquisition of shares in LLC Lanita Invest. Lanita Invest is an indirect co-owner of Ocean Plaza – one of the largest shopping and entertainment complexes in Kyiv, Ukraine. Following this transaction, Integrity Capital has now become an indirect […]
There are never too many charitable initiatives. As the new academic year begins, we are delighted to draw attention to the scholarship program established in memory of Roman Ratushnyi by our esteemed partners and colleagues from Allen & Overy, Morgan Lewis, and Norton Rose Fulbright. Last year, we marked a solid start to this initiative […]
On 18 October 2023, the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (“NEURC”) adopted the Licensing Terms for Aggregation in the Electricity Market under Resolution No. 1909 (“Resolution”). Background The aggregation was first introduced earlier this year by Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Restoration and Green Transformation of the Energy […]
On 18 October 2023, Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Mandatory Registration and Use of Electronic Offices in the Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunication System or its Separate Subsystem (Module) Enabling Document Exchange” No. 3200-IX, dated 29 June 2023, will be enacted (“Law”). The Law introduces an obligation to […]
On 30 August 2023, the President of Ukraine signed Law of Ukraine “On Digital Content and Digital Services” No. 3321-IX (“Law”), designed to implement EU Directive 2019/770. The principal provisions of the Law enter into force on 2 March 2024. Key provisions of the Law Additional notes This LEGAL ALERT is issued to inform AVELLUM clients […]
On 3 September 2023, Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Regulation of Activities of Separate Subdivisions of a Legal Entity Established in Accordance with the Laws of a Foreign State” No. 3257-IX, dated 14 July 2023 (“Law”), entered into force. The Law improves the procedure for state registration […]
Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code of Ukraine on the Application of Bankruptcy Procedures during the Period of Martial Law” No. 3249-IX dated 13 July 2023 (“Law”) entered into force on 29 July 2023. This Law aims to adapt specific bankruptcy issues to the realities of martial law. For the period of martial […]
Recently, the Ukrainian competition watchdog has made it clear that the answer is no. On 22 June 2023, the regulator imposed a hefty fine (around EUR 623,375) on Cheplapharm Arzneimittel for violating the standstill obligation and closing the acquisition of the Valcyte® business from Hoffmann-La Roche during the Phase II review. What happened? In December 2021, the parties asked […]
AVELLUM announced that it acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to MHP SE and its Ukrainian subsidiaries (“MHP”) in connection with the recent loan financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”), the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (“DFC”). EBRD, IFC and DFC have collaboratively organised a financial […]
Інна Ербелідзе, Юлія Підлісна Введення в експлуатацію закінчених будівництвом об’єктів є завершальною і водночас найбільш проблемною стадією будівництва. Органи архітектурно-будівельного контролю (“Містобудівний Орган”) часто відмовляють у реєстрації декларації про готовність об’єкта до експлуатації (для об’єктів СС1) чи видачі відповідного сертифіката (для об’єктів СС2 та СС3), не аргументуючи такі відмови та обмежуючись загальними посиланнями на положення […]
Термінологія будівельного законодавства є широкою та, на перший погляд, може виглядати заплутаною. Так, за Законом України “Про регулювання містобудівної діяльності” від 17 лютого 2011 року № 3038-VI (“Закон про Містобудівну Діяльність”), основний термін “будівництво” включає в себе такі поняття як “нове будівництво”, “реконструкція”, “реставрація” та “капітальний ремонт”. Додатково до зазначеного вище, знаходимо термін “перепланування” у таких нормативно-правових актах: […]
As a rule, transactions with securities, including shares in joint stock companies, require the engagement of an investment firm, in particular a securities broker. At the same time, the Law of Ukraine “On Capital Markets and Organised Commodity Markets”, which entered into force on 1 July 2021, provides for several exceptions to this rule. Indeed, […]
On 11 August 2021, the President of Ukraine signed Law of Ukraine “On Stimulating the Development of the Digital Economy in Ukraine” No. 1667-IX (“Law”). Most of its provisions became effective on 14 August 2021, introducing Diia City, a special legal regime for IT companies, and bringing changes beyond the IT industry. Background It is no […]
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.
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