Long-time CMS Partner Johannes Trenkwalder will join photovoltaic plant developer Green Source as Legal Counsel and Principal.

The LCF Law Group has advised Scatec Solar on the development of a 32 MW photovoltaic power plant in Ukraine.

Baker McKenzie's Kyiv office has helped IKEA launch its first brick-and-mortar store in Ukraine.

On April 28, 2020, Ukraine’s “On Prevention and Counteraction the Legalization (Laundering) of Proceeds from Crime, Financing Terrorism and Financing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction” Law (the “AML Law”), which replicates the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force and implements provisions of 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive ((EU) 2015/849), came into force.

Since the Russian Federation’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, the peninsula in the Black Sea has been a minefield of conflicting international claims and interests, putting lawyers trying to work there, boxed in by the threat of sanctions from the West and counterveiling pressure from Moscow, in an untenable position.

On July 28, 2020, CEE Legal Matters reported that Olena Kuchynska had been appointed the new Managing Partner of the Kinstellar’s Kyiv office. After a few months of settling in, we spoke with Olena to learn more about the team she’s been appointed to lead and her plans for the future. 

In The Corner Office we ask Managing Partners across Central and Eastern Europe about their unique roles and responsibilities. The question this time: “What one ongoing pro bono initiative or project or charity/volunteering project that your firm is involved with has the most meaning for you personally, and why?”

Asters has advised the International Finance Corporation on its provision of a EUR 30 million loan to Ukrgasbank for financing of sustainable energy and energy-efficient projects, including those developed by small and medium enterprises. Integrites advised the bank on the deal.

The Antika Law Firm has successfully represented the interests of Cherkasyteplokommunenergo — the utility company for heating networks of the Cherkasy City Council — in a dispute before the Economic Court of the Cherkasy region in Ukraine.

Sayenko Kharenko has advised the Green for Growth Fund on its provision of a Ukrainian hryvnia loan worth EUR 5 million to Bank Lviv.

Arzinger has successfully represented Nufarm Ukraine in pre-trial and judicial appeals against tax notification decisions.

LCF has successfully persuaded Ukrainian courts to enforce an arbitration award obtained by Banke Electromotive.

Sayenko Kharenko has advised joint lead managers BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs International on Ukraine's USD 600 million Eurobond tap issue.

Avellum has celebrated the new year by announcing the return of co-founding Partner Kostiantyn Likarchuk and the promotion to Partner of Maksym Maksymenko.

Vasil Kisil & Partners has advised Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Lekhim on the structuring of the distribution of the Covid-19 Sinovac vaccine in Ukraine.

Redcliffe Partners has advised US investors Aspect Energy and SigmaBleyzer — acting jointly through a special-purpose vehicle, Ukrainian Energy, L.L.C. — on an oil & gas production sharing agreement with the Republic of Ukraine. DLA Piper reportedly advised the Republic of Ukraine on the transaction.

Aequo has advised Dragon Capital New Ukraine Fund LP on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Treeum. Sayenko Kharenko advised the seller on the deal.

Acting on behalf of PrJSC Dickergoff Cement Ukraine, PrJSC HeidelbergCement Ukraine, PJSC Podilskyi Cement, and PrJSC Ivano-Frankivsk Cement, Ilyashev & Partners has persuaded the Ukraine's District Administrative Court of Kyiv to dismiss the demand of the Belarusian Cement Company Holding and the Ukrainian importers of its products that the anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of cement to Ukraine be lifted.