DLA Piper appointed Alla Kozachenko as head of corporate and M&A in Ukraine

DLA Piper announced that Alla Kozachenko, legal director, has been appointed as a head of Corporate and M&A practice in DLA Piper Kyiv office since 1 May 2017. Alla specializes in corporate law, M&A, as well as contract and labor law. Fo…

2017 General Counsel Summit will be held on June 1-2, 2017 in Warsaw

In partnership with the UJBL, the 2017 General Counsel Summit — the preeminent annual gathering of senior in-house counsel in Central and Eastern Europe — will be held on June 1-2, 2017 in Warsaw. This marks the Summit&rsquo…

Kinstellar, Cleary Gottlieb and FTI Consulting to co-host dispute resolution event in Kyiv

On 1 June Kinstellar’s Kyiv office, together with the London offices of international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and global business advisory firm FTI Consulting, will co-host a conference on cross-border dispute resoluti…

Jeantet Ukraine announced two partner promotions

Jeantet Ukraine announced that Igor Krasovskiy and Illya Tkachuk were named Local Partners.  Mr Krasovskiy heads Banking & Finance practice, while Mr Tkachuk specializes in corporate and M&A. Both are seasoned lawyers with over 10 y…

Vasil Kisil & Partners represented Rele Construction Company

Vasil Kisil & Partners has represented Rele Construction Company, which specializes in the construction of residential and commercial property, in a dispute with the Kyiv City Council in relation to the termination of the land lease agreement…

III International forum TRANSFER PRICING – 2017

On 25 May 2017 the III International Forum TRANSFER PRICING – 2017 will take place in Kyiv (Congress hall “Cosmopolite”, 6 V. Hetmana Street). The Forum has already established itself as an important platform for exchange of ide…

Sayenko Kharenko represented Ukrainian Insurance Group

Sayenko Kharenko’s litigation team has successfully represented PJSC Insurance Company Ukrainian Insurance Group concerning UAH 5.3 million insurance indemnity collection dispute in the Supreme Commercial Court of Ukraine. During …

The II Ukrainian Infrastructure Forum ’17

The II Ukrainian Infrastructure Forum ’17 with a focus on investments in the infrastructure sector of Ukraine will take place on April 20, 2017 in Kyiv. Forum organizer – A7 CONFERENCES under the patronage of the Ministry of Infrast…

Redcliffe Partners supported EBRD in the launch of a renewable energy generation plant

Redcliffe Partners acted as a legal adviser to EBRD in connection with an EUR 3.3 million financing of an Aquanova Development LLC loan facility for the construction of a small hydro power plant, Nyzhniy Bystryi, with a generation capacity of 1.7…

Valery Fedichin - partner of Poberezhnyuk and Partners Law Group

Partnership structure of Poberezhnyuk and Partners Law Group added  Valeriy Fedichin, who is a practicing attorney-at-law for more than 25 years, who specializes in international transactions , including the use of English  law,  i…

Seminar on Intellectual Property

On 16-17 March 2017 the Polish, the German and the French Groups of AIPPI, with the participation of the AIPPI Bureau, have organized a joint seminar on intellectual property related issues. The seminar took place in Warsaw (Poland). More over th…

Asters - legal counsel to ACNielsen Ukraine

Asters acted as  legal counsel to ACNielsen Ukraine, defending in court the company's interests in alleged retail cartel case. On 2 March 2017 the High Commercial Court of Ukraine made the final decision in the litigation proceeding, which …

Redcliffe Partners reinforced its Banking and Finance team

Redcliffe Partners is pleased to announce that Olena Polyakova has joined the firm’s banking and finance team as counsel in the Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, and Debt Restructuring and Insolvency practices. Olena has significant e…

Aequo defended interests of Zara

  Aequo’s tax disputes team defended interests of Zara in a tax dispute before the Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal. The case concerned unlawful refusal by the tax authority to credit the amounts of advance corporate profit tax paid …

Sayenko Kharenko - legal counsel on obtaining AMCU clearance for MTIBU

Sayenko Kharenko’s antitrust team has provided legal assistance to secure Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine clearance for the introduction of a new direct claims settlement agreement between the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine…

Asters advised on the first ever issuance of multimillion customs guarantee in Ukraine

Asters acted as a legal counsel to ED&F Man in connection with issuing of UAH 195 million customs guarantee by Ukrgasbank in favor of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine for ED&F Man. This project was the first in Ukraine to involve custo…

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Tetyana Gavrysh on Primary Healthcare Reform in Kharkiv Region

The primary healthcare reform in Kharkiv Region was discussed on 14 February at the meeting of Kharkiv Region State Administration’s Healthcare Department with chief administrators of regional clinics and representatives of Kharkiv Regional…

Trusted Advisors won GAFTA arbitration

Trusted Advisors has successfully defended the interests of the leading Ukrainian agricultural trader at the Court of Arbitration of the International Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA). The essence of the dispute was in the recovery of de…

DLA Piper appointed Illya Sverdlov as head of Tax in Kyiv

DLA Piper announced that Illya Sverdlov, legal director, has been appointed as head of Tax in the DLA Piper Kyiv office effective  of 1 March 2017. Illya will take over the leadership role from Svitlana Musienko.  The DLA Pip…