Sayenko Kharenko advises on M&A; deal of the year by IFLR Europe Awards 2013
Sayenko Kharenko’s antitrust team has provided legal assistance in obtaining merger clearance with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (the "AMC") for the acquisition of Inoxum, stainless steel company of ThyssenKrupp AG ("ThyssenKrupp"), one of the world's largest steel producers, by Outokumpu Oyj ("Outokumpu"), an international stainless steel producer. The transaction has won the “M&A Deal of the Year” award...
Sayenko Kharenko advised on the acquisition of Karavan shopping malls
Sayenko Kharenko acted as the legal counsel to Citi Venture Capital International and Apollo, private equity firms, on the acquisition of 3 shopping malls in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk operating under the Karavan trademark. Sayenko Kharenko provided full transactional support on Ukrainian law issues, including pre-closing corporate restructuring, merger clearance and a full-blown due diligence ...
VKP's Counsellor Natalia Dotsenko-Belous Outlines Legal Framework for Industrial Parks' Development in Kyiv
Vasil Kisil & Partners’ Counsellor Natalia Dotsenko-Belous participated in an internet-conference on "The Outlook of Industrial Parks in Kyiv", which took place on April 18 on LІGA.net portal. The internet-conference focused on industrial parks, particularly in the area of TPP in Troyeschina as part of an innovative industrial infrastructure, the outlook of industrial parks in Kyiv, as well as the legal aspect...
On the Environment Day, Konnov & Sozanovsky associates planted trees
On April 20th, the Environment Day, Konnov & Sozanovsky associates planted 11 young lime trees. As agreed with the utility enterprise of green plantations maintenance in Kiev Solomenkiy district, the trees were planted in the park named after Ostrovskiy. - Such activity occurred for the first time in our firm, and I am sure we will definitely repeat it. On April 20th, lawyers and administrative stuff gathered ...
Vasil Kisil & Partners Acts as General Legal Partner of the IV Investment Agribusiness Forum
On April 16, 2013, Kyiv hosted the IV Investment Agribusiness Forum "Agriculture Investment Strategies for Foreign Investors in Ukraine: Expectations and Realities", organized by the Association "Ukrainian Agribusiness Club" (UCAB) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. The event brought together more than 200 representatives of foreign investment funds and banks, leading agricultura...
VKP’s Partner Oksana Voynarovska among the participants of the IBA Employment and Discrimination Law Conference
On 18-19 April Oksana Voynarovska took part in the IBA Employment and Discrimination Law Conference presented by the IBA Employment and Industrial Relations Committee and the IBA Discrimination and Equality Law Committee, supported by the IBA European Regional Forum. The conference focused on globalisation and technology shifts pushing the labour agenda. The main topics covered during the conference included: ...
Sayenko Kharenko advised on the new Eurobond issue and tender offer by Ukraine’s leading energy holding
Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal counsel to Deutsche Bank, ING, J.P. Morgan, Sberbank CIB, UniCredit, and VTB Capital, joint lead managers of the USD 600 million 7.875% Eurobond issue due 2018 by DTEK, Ukraine’s leading energy holding. DTEK has also announced in the course of this transaction a tender offer and consent solicitation with respect to the outstanding USD 500 million Eurobonds due 2015. As a result of s...
Interlegal consults upon the issues of MLC−2016 application
Interlegal lawyers, at the request of a foreign company – bareboat shipowner, provided a legal opinion upon application of labour, currency, tax and commercial legislation of Ukraine and the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC-2006) in the process of hiring seafarers on board of vessels flying Ukrainian flag and operated by the client. Interlegal experts highlighted various aspects regarding payment of wages, taxation an...
Interlegal secured satisfaction of the Client’s claims on debt recovery for bunker payment
After successful ship arrest as claim security, Interlegal experts defended at the commercial court violated rights and interests of the Client, a foreign bunkering company. Interlegal lawyers proved lawfulness of the Client’s claims on debt recovery from the Shipowner. The court satisfied claims in full and charged the payable amount from the Debtor in favour of bunkering company, including interests accrued for pay...
Interlegal experts defended the exporter’s interests in the dispute with the buyer upon non-payment under CAD terms
The Client, one of the leading foreign traders operating in Ukraine concluded a trade contract on grain to be supplied under FOB terms port of Ukraine. The contract was based on the standard proforma GAFTA 49. As agreed by the Parties, the Seller undertook to supply the goods on board the Vessel nominated by the Buyer, in full and in proper quality. The Buyer, in its turn, undertook to accept the goods and to pay the...
Training centers of seafarers: recognition by flag administration
Interlegal, jointly with the Panamanian associated office, succeeded in the first ever in Ukraine recognition of the Ukrainian Training Center of Seafarers by the Panama Maritime Authority. Maritime Training Centers, recognized and approved by the Panama Maritime Authority, are authorized to issue Certificates of Employment to seafarers for 3 years on behalf of the Flag of Panama (under the provisions of the Internat...
Calculation of demurrage under the Sales Agreement on agricultural produces under FOB terms
Interlegal continues to consult clients upon the issues of laytime calculation and demurrage accrual. Analysis of the relevant terms, incorporated into sales agreements on export of agricultural products, needs a special approach. In some cases, when assessing correctness of calculation, provisions of the Charter Party shall be also taken into account. Thus, having supported the recent request of the Client, foreign ...
Interlegal experts prevented cargo arrest
Well-coordinated teamwork of Interlegal lawyers Mikhail Selivanov and Vitalii Tolstik under general supervision of senior lawyer Alexey Remeslo resulted in preventing unlawful arrest of international trader’s cargo at the terminal, over 4,000 tons, within the criminal proceedings. Interlegal experts engaged promptly in the proceedings at the stage of considering application on property arrest by investigative judge,...
Legal Alliance Company Tops the List of Ukraine's 50 Leading Law Firms in pharmaceutical industry
At the beginning of December the results of the annual research "50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine" conducted by Yuridicheskaya Praktika Weekly jointly with Kommersant-Ukraine Publishing House were published. Legal Alliance Company is ranked as the mostly recommended law firm in pharmaceutical industry. From 2004 Legal Alliance Company maintains the leading positions in international and national professional and indu...
Dentons enters ranks of top 20 most recognized firms
A new report released in October 2013 by Acritas, the world’s leading provider of legal market research, shows that Dentons has entered the ranks of the top 20 legal brands just six months after the firm’s launch. The Acritas 2013 Global Elite Brand Index ranks Dentons as the 19th most favorably recognized legal brand, according to the responses of 815 senior general counsel in multinational companies with revenue...
Sayenko Kharenko advises on the sale of one of the major Ukrainian online payments system providers
Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal counsel on the sale of the controlling stake in BUDUS INVESTMENT LIMITED, holding company of Portmone LLC (one of the largest Ukrainian online payments system providers) and MBK Financial Company LLC (provider of payment transfer services to non-banking financial institutions), to Europe Virgin Fund, a regional private equity fund managed by Dragon Capital IC.Sayenko Kharenko team draf...
Legal Alliance Company — legal partner of BUSINESS CLASS FARM AWARD
Legal Alliance Company acted as a legal partner of expert adviser annual prize BUSINESS CLASS FARM AWARD which was launched by business edition Business Class magazine. The aim of this award is to identify the main businessmen’s and companies achievements of pharmaceutical sector in domestic business. Award nominations of BUSINESS CLASS FARM AWARD: • Person of the year• Work-stream leader• Company of the yea...
Vasil Kisil & Partners is Among the Best Tax Practices According to the International Rating World Tax 2014
Vasil Kisil & Partners is named once again among the best tax advisors in Ukraine according to the international research World Tax 2014 published at the beginning of January 2014. The publishers particularly highlight professional accomplishments of Denis Lysenko, Partner and Head of Taxation, working across the full spectrum of tax advisory work with a particular strength in mergers and acquisitions and other ...
Olena Perepelynska spoke at the «Arbitration in emerging markets» conference
9 December, Moscow, Olena Perepelynska, counsel at Sayenko Kharenko, spoke at the “Arbitration in emerging markets” conference organized by ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF) on the eve of ICC Russia's annual conference “Russia as a place for dispute resolution: anticipating the changes” and hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright. During the conference arbitration experts discussed the ICC perspective, arbitration in CIS...
DLA Piper advised Leroy Merlin on construction and opening of its second hypermarket in Ukraine
DLA Piper advised Leroy Merlin, one of the largest European DIY ("do it yourself") retail networks, on construction and opening of its second hypermarket in Brovarskyi prospect 3V in Kyiv within the frames of Leroy Merlin further expansion in Ukraine. The project was structured through acquisition of corporate rights in a Ukrainian company having title to land, and further construction of the hypermarket at this land...
