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October 21, 2022

AVELLUM’S STATEMENT ON PROFESSIONAL RANKINGS IN UKRAINE DURING THE WAR

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March 13, 2023

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel to the action group led by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine to facilitate the adoption of restrictive measures against russia by the FATF

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March 15, 2023

AVELLUM defended the client, a Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the 9th convocation, being also a Lieutenant General of Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the criminal case heard by the High Anticorruption Court

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Start-ups and Venture Capital

Investment into Ukrainian food-tech start-up Foodz

Legal advisor to MHP

Private equity 

Acquisition of Thomson Reuters’ Intellectual Property & Science Business

Legal advisor to Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia

Antitrust

Merger control clearance for the acquisition of Eaton’s Hydraulics business

3.3

Bln USD

Legal advisor to Danfoss

Capital markets

Consensual deferral of external debts worth over USD25 billion

25

Bln USD

Ukrainian 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”)

Compliance and Internal investigations

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

Corporate

Full legal support in connection with launch of American University Kyiv

Legal advisor to the managing partners of American University Kyiv

Data protection and Cybersecurity

Advice on Ukrainian data protection and telecommunications law matters related to transfer and processing of personal and telecom data

Multinational telecommunications services company

Employment

Complex employment support in relation to the creation of co-working hub, structuring the employment relations and drafting documents

Legal advisor to Spectrum Equity

Energy & Natural resources

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

Finance

CAD 2.4 billion (equivalent to USD1.8 billion) concessional loan from Canada

2,4

Bln CAD

Legal advisor to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

Government relations

ACTED FOR UKRAINE ON CONSENSUAL DEFERRAL OF EXTERNAL DEBTS WORTH OVER USD25 BILLION

25

Bln USD

Ukrainian 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”)

Intellectual property

Advice on transfer of proprietary rights to intellectual property

Legal advisor to GoDaddy

International arbitration

Defeated a challenge to a USD20 million LCIA Award with the UK High Court

20

Mln USD

Legal advisor

Litigation

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

Mergers and Acquisitions

Acquisition of NeoGames by Aristocrat Leisure Limited

Ukrainian legal advisor to Aristocrat Leisure Limited

Private clients

Settlement of Prime Assets Capital trust and transfer of Roshen Group

Legal Advisor to Roshen

Real estate & Infrastructure

Establishing campus in historic Kyiv River Port building

Legal advisor to American University Kyiv

Restructuring

Debt restructuring under the two inter-conditional English schemes of arrangement for DTEK Energy B.V. and DTEK Finance PLC

2

Bln USD

Legal advisor to DTEK Group

Tax

Tax aspects of Eurobond issue

825

Mln USD

Legal Advisor to National Power Company “Ukrenergo”

White-collar crime

Internal investigation into the suspected insider fraud followed by the criminal proceedings

Legal advisor to international e-commerce company

Industries:

Technology

Acquisition of Blam!Games Studios

Legal advisor to Nordcurrent

Agriculture

Advising on the largest contract for the supply of agricultural products

26.8

Bln USD

Legal Advisor to “State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine”

Banking and Financial institutions

Tax advice on cross-border financing matters

Legal Advisor to PrivatBank

Consumer goods

Corporate group restructuring

Legal Advisor to New Products Group

Energy & Natural resources

Acquisition of 70% stake in the Zavallivskyi Graphite Group

Legal advisor to Volt Resources Limited

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

Advice on transfer of employees due to global spin-off of Covestro

Legal advisor to Bayer AG

Industrial and Manufacturing

Developed and implemented dispute resolution strategy in multi-party dispute over shares in Poltava Mining Refinery

400

Min USD

Legal Advisor to Ferrexpo AG, subsidiary of LSE-listed Ferrexpo Plc

Real estate

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

Telecoms and Media

Eurobond offering of Vodafone Ukraine’s loan participation notes

500

Mln USD

Legal advisor to joint lead managers

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State Register of Sanctions is launched in Ukraine

On 31 January 2024, the State Register of Sanctions (“Register”) was launched in Ukraine. The Register was established pursuant to Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Application of Sanctions” No. 3223-IX, dated 13 July 2023. The Register provides free public access to the up-to-date and reliable information on […]

February 6, 2024

Key takeaways from the “Global russia Risks: Financial Crime and Compliance Forum”

On 17 January 2024, Avellum, a leading Ukrainian law firm, in partnership with Highgate, a strategic advisory firm, hosted the “Global russia Risks: Financial Crime and Compliance Forum”. The Forum convened leading experts in financial crime, anti-money laundering, cryptocurrency, and sanctions to address the risks emanating from russia that impact international businesses. Esteemed speakers from […]

January 24, 2024

AVELLUM is Highly Recommended by Global Competition Review 100

Global Competition Review (GCR) has once again recognised AVELLUM among the GCR 100 “Highly Recommended”. The 2024 ranking lists the world’s best competition practices. GCR highlighted AVELLUM’s work helping the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine obtain clearance for its corporate restructuring plan in Phase I. Additionally, the firm received accolades for assisting Mondelēz with […]

January 19, 2024

AVELLUM advises Horizon Capital on investment in Viseven

AVELLUM advised Horizon Capital on the acquisition of the minority stake in Viseven, a leading global marketing tech provider servicing the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. Founded in 2009, Viseven has expanded to over 30 countries, with development hubs in Ukraine, as well as Argentina, Estonia, India, Poland, and North America. Known as an innovator, […]

January 18, 2024

AVELLUM adds 3 partners boosting Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, and Tax & Private Client practices

AVELLUM is pleased to announce the appointment of three new partners effective 1 January 2024. All three partners have been long-time employees of AVELLUM and acted as counsels until their promotion this year. With this partner promotion, our partnership has grown to ten partners. We are proud that the firm can make this promotion during […]

January 8, 2024

AVELLUM advises Kernel on acquisition of sunflower oil transshipment terminal in Reni

AVELLUM advised its longstanding client Kernel Group on transaction matters related to the acquisition of 100% of shares in Reni-Oil LLC, a sunflower oil transshipment terminal with 15 thousand tons of one-time sunflower oil storage in the Reni port, for the consideration of USD24.75 million. The transshipment terminal is the only one with proper intake, […]

January 4, 2024

Global russia Risks: Financial Crime and Compliance Forum

We invite you to join us for our upcoming event, Global russia Risks: Financial Crime and Compliance Forum, taking place on 17th January at 16:00 EET. The Forum will gather leading experts on financial crime, anti-money laundering, cryptocurrency and sanctions to discuss risks posed by russia to international businesses. Discussion will be led by distinguished […]

December 22, 2023
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State Register of Sanctions is launched in Ukraine

On 31 January 2024, the State Register of Sanctions (“Register”) was launched in Ukraine. The Register was established pursuant to Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Application of Sanctions” No. 3223-IX, dated 13 July 2023. The Register provides free public access to the up-to-date and reliable information on […]

February 6, 2024

Key takeaways from the “Global russia Risks: Financial Crime and Compliance Forum”

On 17 January 2024, Avellum, a leading Ukrainian law firm, in partnership with Highgate, a strategic advisory firm, hosted the “Global russia Risks: Financial Crime and Compliance Forum”. The Forum convened leading experts in financial crime, anti-money laundering, cryptocurrency, and sanctions to address the risks emanating from russia that impact international businesses. Esteemed speakers from […]

January 24, 2024

AVELLUM is Highly Recommended by Global Competition Review 100

Global Competition Review (GCR) has once again recognised AVELLUM among the GCR 100 “Highly Recommended”. The 2024 ranking lists the world’s best competition practices. GCR highlighted AVELLUM’s work helping the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine obtain clearance for its corporate restructuring plan in Phase I. Additionally, the firm received accolades for assisting Mondelēz with […]

January 19, 2024

AVELLUM advises Horizon Capital on investment in Viseven

AVELLUM advised Horizon Capital on the acquisition of the minority stake in Viseven, a leading global marketing tech provider servicing the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. Founded in 2009, Viseven has expanded to over 30 countries, with development hubs in Ukraine, as well as Argentina, Estonia, India, Poland, and North America. Known as an innovator, […]

January 18, 2024

AVELLUM adds 3 partners boosting Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, and Tax & Private Client practices

AVELLUM is pleased to announce the appointment of three new partners effective 1 January 2024. All three partners have been long-time employees of AVELLUM and acted as counsels until their promotion this year. With this partner promotion, our partnership has grown to ten partners. We are proud that the firm can make this promotion during […]

January 8, 2024

AVELLUM advises Kernel on acquisition of sunflower oil transshipment terminal in Reni

AVELLUM advised its longstanding client Kernel Group on transaction matters related to the acquisition of 100% of shares in Reni-Oil LLC, a sunflower oil transshipment terminal with 15 thousand tons of one-time sunflower oil storage in the Reni port, for the consideration of USD24.75 million. The transshipment terminal is the only one with proper intake, […]

January 4, 2024
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State Register of Sanctions is launched in Ukraine

On 31 January 2024, the State Register of Sanctions (“Register”) was launched in Ukraine. The Register was established pursuant to Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Application of Sanctions” No. 3223-IX, dated 13 July 2023. The Register provides free public access to the up-to-date and reliable information on […]

February 6, 2024

NEURC makes next step in introducing aggregation in Ukrainian energy market

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 […]

December 8, 2023

Legal entities are obliged to register in Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunication System

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 […]

October 20, 2023

Law on regulation of digital content and digital services adopted

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 […]

September 8, 2023

Law of Ukraine on regulating activities of branch offices of foreign companies in Ukraine entered into force

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 […]

September 5, 2023

Bankruptcy procedure adapted for martial law

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 […]

July 31, 2023
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State Register of Sanctions is launched in Ukraine

On 31 January 2024, the State Register of Sanctions (“Register”) was launched in Ukraine. The Register was established pursuant to Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Application of Sanctions” No. 3223-IX, dated 13 July 2023. The Register provides free public access to the up-to-date and reliable information on […]

February 6, 2024

Key takeaways from the “Global russia Risks: Financial Crime and Compliance Forum”

On 17 January 2024, Avellum, a leading Ukrainian law firm, in partnership with Highgate, a strategic advisory firm, hosted the “Global russia Risks: Financial Crime and Compliance Forum”. The Forum convened leading experts in financial crime, anti-money laundering, cryptocurrency, and sanctions to address the risks emanating from russia that impact international businesses. Esteemed speakers from […]

January 24, 2024

AVELLUM is Highly Recommended by Global Competition Review 100

Global Competition Review (GCR) has once again recognised AVELLUM among the GCR 100 “Highly Recommended”. The 2024 ranking lists the world’s best competition practices. GCR highlighted AVELLUM’s work helping the State Forest Resources Agency of Ukraine obtain clearance for its corporate restructuring plan in Phase I. Additionally, the firm received accolades for assisting Mondelēz with […]

January 19, 2024

AVELLUM advises Horizon Capital on investment in Viseven

AVELLUM advised Horizon Capital on the acquisition of the minority stake in Viseven, a leading global marketing tech provider servicing the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. Founded in 2009, Viseven has expanded to over 30 countries, with development hubs in Ukraine, as well as Argentina, Estonia, India, Poland, and North America. Known as an innovator, […]

January 18, 2024

AVELLUM adds 3 partners boosting Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, and Tax & Private Client practices

AVELLUM is pleased to announce the appointment of three new partners effective 1 January 2024. All three partners have been long-time employees of AVELLUM and acted as counsels until their promotion this year. With this partner promotion, our partnership has grown to ten partners. We are proud that the firm can make this promotion during […]

January 8, 2024

AVELLUM advises Kernel on acquisition of sunflower oil transshipment terminal in Reni

AVELLUM advised its longstanding client Kernel Group on transaction matters related to the acquisition of 100% of shares in Reni-Oil LLC, a sunflower oil transshipment terminal with 15 thousand tons of one-time sunflower oil storage in the Reni port, for the consideration of USD24.75 million. The transshipment terminal is the only one with proper intake, […]

January 4, 2024
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