Ukrainian Arbitration Association and UBA Students’ League held the 2nd Arbitration school
On 7-11 May 2014 in the premises of leading law firms Baker&McKenzie and Asters the 2nd Arbitration School, jointly organized by the Ukrainian Arbitration Association and the Students’ League of the Ukrainian Bar Association, was being held.The opening ceremony was started by Olena Perepelynska, coordinator and speaker of the 2nd Arbitration school. The representatives of the Ukrainian Bar Association, the UBA St...
Victoria Ptashnyk is a member of the Public Council under the Antimonopoly Committee
On the 26 of February there was held a constitutive meeting for the election of new members of the Public Council under the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. Of the present 40 candidates from civil society, there were elected 38 people. The Public Council also entered Victoria Ptashnyk, partner with the Legal Alliance Company. After the inaugural meeting there was held the first session of the Public Council, ...
Lavrynovych & Partners Sponsors Ukrainian Team in the Final of WTO Law Competition
Lavrynovych & Partners became a sponsor of the team of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in the Final round of the ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law, taking place from April 30 to May 5, 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland.The team, which includes Olesia Kryvetska, Vitalii Danylchenko and young Lavrynovych & Partners’ associate Mariia-Khrystyna Kozii, on the way to the final on the regional round ...
Issues of customs clearance of goods and services purchased at the account of Global Fund's grants regulated in Ukraine
On April 17, 2013 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a resolution “Certain issues of importing to the customs territory of Ukraine of goods and supply on the customs territory of Ukraine of goods and rendering services, which are paid at the account of grants (subgrants) of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Ukraine”. Accordingly, realization of the Law of Ukraine “On implementati...
Partners of Avellum Partners are named to 2013 Best Lawyers in Ukraine
Avellum Partners is pleased to announce that two of its partners have been named to the 2013 Edition of Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. The Partner of Avellum Partners, Glib Bondar was named by Best Lawyers 2013 as a Lawyer of the Year in Ukraine in the Project Finance and Development practice area. In addition, Glib Bondar was selected by his peers for in...
Authority and oppossition have to unite for approval of Eurointegration laws
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, a former president of Poland, calls on Ukrainian authorities and opposition to join efforts to achieve approval by the Parliament all necessary Eurointegration laws. This was declared by him on April 22, during a meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov. Aleksander Kwaśniewski noted that on April 22 he had already met with Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Rybak and leader...
Avellum Partners advises on three Eurobond Offerings and two Liability Management Transactions out of Ukraine
Avellum Partners is proud to announce that it acted as the Ukrainian law counsel on three Eurobond offerings and two liability management transactions out of Ukraine. New Eurobond Offering and Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation by DTEK Avellum Partners advised DTEK Group on the new issue (the “New Issue”) of USD600 million 7,875% high yield notes due 2018, admitted to trading on the Global Exchange Market of the...
Avellum Partners advised Kernel Group in connection with binding agreement to acquire 108,000 ha farming business in Ukraine
Avellum Partners announces today that it acted as the legal counsel to Kernel Holding S.A. in connection with a binding agreement to acquire an 80% interest in a farming business that manages 108,000 hectares of leasehold farmland and operates 100,000 tons of grain storage capacity. The purchase price for the shares is USD68 million. With a highly concentrated and fully-farmed land bank in the southern Chernihiv and...
Sayenko Kharenko was ranked top-tier by Ukrainian Law Firms 2013 in all major practice areas
On 18 April 2013 Yuridicheskaya Practika publishing house released its most anticipated research of the Ukrainian legal market “Ukrainian Law Firms 2013.” The research traditionally comprises two blocks – Deals League Tables, featuring the involvement of the Ukrainian law firms in the country’s largest transactions, and Who’s Who, ranking law firms and individual lawyers by practice areas. Sayenko Kharenko receive...
II Annual Summer Forum on Public Law of the Association of Attorneys of Ukraine
Association of Attorneys of Ukraine invites you to participate in II Annual Summer Forum on Public Law of the Association of Attorneys of Ukraine, that will be held on June 13, 2013 at Hotel «Premiere Palace», Sofievskiy Grand Hall, T. Shevchenko Blvd. / Pushkins'ka Str., 5-7/29 For two years consecutively Association of Attorneys of Ukraine carries out the exclusive professional arrangement for attorneys serving as ...
12 VKP Key Practices among the Leaders of the National Ukrainian Law Firms 2013 Rating
According to the results of the annual national survey “Ukrainian Law Firms 2013: A Handbook for Foreign Clients”, Vasil Kisil & Partners Law Firm has reaffirmed its leadership in twelve major areas of law, with four key practices receiving the highest recognition of market researchers, and two partners topping the individual ratings. In particular, the firm was recognized as number one in the areas of Labour ...
Legal support of the project of investment of innovative terminal Big Pad in Russian Federation
Attorneys’ Association “Gestors” provided complex legal support to the company Restafina Real Estate and Finance AG (Swiss Confederation) related to the preparation of investment contracts under the laws ofthe Russian Federation regarding the provision to the company “New technologies”, LLC (Russian Federation) – the Russian developers of innovative terminal called Big Pad to the sum of more than $ 10million. Our Par...
Avellum Partners speaks on International Tax Seminar
Avellum Partners announces today that it participated in the International Tax Seminar (“Seminar”), jointly organized by IFA Ukraine and IFA Netherlands, which took place on 28 March 2013 in Radisson Blu Hotel.The focus of the Seminar was drawn to the International Tax Structuring Strategies for Ukrainian Business in 2013. Among speakers of the Seminar were the foreign and local leading experts in international taxat...
New Firm Dentons to Challenge Status Quo in Legal Services
Today marks the public launch of Dentons, a new global law firm established to provide its clients with the competitive edge required by an increasingly complex and interconnected marketplace.Formed by the combination of international law firm Salans LLP, Canadian law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) and international law firm SNR Denton, Dentons is driven to challenge the status quo in legal services by deliver...
Avellum Partners advises on buyout of AVK’s shares from Western NIS Enterprise Fund
Avellum Partners announces today that it acted as the legal counsel to AVK in connection with the buyout of 25,1% of shares in AVK from Western NIS Enterprise Fund (“Transaction”). Avellum Partners have also advised AVK in connection with obtaining of the approval of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for this Transaction. AVK is one of the largest confectionery manufacturers in Ukraine. Established in 1991, now ...
Interlegal became the General Partner of the 6th All-Ukrainian Maritime Law School
Interlegal became the General Partner of the 6th All-Ukrainian Maritime Law School held on April 16-17, 2016, at the National University “Odessa Law Academy”. The event was organized by the Students’ League of the Ukrainian Bar Association and the National University “Odessa Law Academy”. The first All-Ukrainian Maritime Law School was held in 2011 and since then Interlegal has become its traditional partner. This ye...
The 10th International Scientific and Practical Conference «Maritime law and management: evolution and current challenges»
The 10th International Scientific and Practical Conference "Maritime law and management: evolution and current challenges" was held at the National University “Odessa Maritime Academy”, under the auspices of this University, the Ukrainian Maritime Law Association, Odessa branch of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology and the Nautical Institute of Ukraine – Ukrainian branch of the Nautical Insti...
Agreement between Ukraine and Argentina on the recognition of documents on higher education approved
There washttp://www.kmu.gov.ua/img/1x1.gif endorsed an Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Argentine Republic on mutual recognition of equivalence of documents on higher education. The corresponding decree №970 was adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 25 November 2015. The agreement will allow, in the framework of the current legislation of both countries, to intensify coope...
Рынок электроэнергии: Угроза войны всех против всех
Своим мнением по поводу реформы энергорынка с нами поделился Юрий Саква, первый заместитель главы совета Всеукраинской энергетической ассамблеи, заместитель министра энергетики Украины в 1998-2001 гг, генеральный директор ГП «Энергорынок» в 2005-2006 гг. Сегодня мы поговорим о балансе (дисбалансе) задолженности между учасниками на рынке электроэнергии. По сути, этот не очень популярный показатель отражает все происх...
Дистрибьюторские договора в фарме: игра на грани
Горбатенко Андрей, Ассоциированный партнер ЮК «Правовой Альянс» Когда стороны заключают дистрибьюторский договор, в первую очередь они обсуждают коммерческие условия, такие как цена товара, сроки и порядок поставки, минимальная сумма заказа, скидки и т.д. Как юрист, который сопровождал заключение большого количества дистрибьюторских договоров, могу Вас заверить, что стороны крайне редко задаются вопросом о том, как ...
