Legal Business News
Marketing Agreement with Pharmacies, Developed by Legal Alliance, Sustained Examination of the AMC of Ukraine
Legal Alliance Company represented the interests of GlaxoSmithKline Ukraine at the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine in relation to conclusions obtainment in the form of advisory clarification regarding Ukrainian Competition Law compliance of the marketing agreements concluded with the pharmacies and pharmacy chains.Upon the consideration of the provided materials the Antimonopoly Committee has come to the conclusio...
Наталія Доценко-Білоус про земельні відносини в 2013 році для сільськогосподарських виробників
On February 21, 2013, Kyiv hosted the 4th International Conference "Commercial Horticulture 2013", organized by the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club, AgriEvent agency and supported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, with Vasil Kisil & Partners law firm acting as a general legal partner of the event. Close to 200 representatives of agricultural companies and holdings, resource companies, mass m...
Vasil Kisil & Partners Supports Kyiv Pre-Moot Rounds of Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court 2013
On February 22, 2013, VKP's partner Oleksiy Filatov and senior associate Pavlo Byelousov acted as arbitrators in regional debates of the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court 2013, which for the first time in its history was held in Ukraine at the Institute of International Relations at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University. Leading arbitration practitioners from Austria, Belarus, France, Luxembourg, Rus...
Sayenko Kharenko – legal counsel on the sale of a blocking shareholdings in one of the Top−50 Ukrainian banks
Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal counsel to a foreign investment fund on the sale of a blocking shareholding in Public Joint-Stock Company "Bank "Kyivska Rus" (the "Bank") to a group of Ukrainian companies, affiliated with the Bank’s Chairman of the Board, Victor Bratko. Sayenko Kharenko provided full transactional support, including general advice on Ukrainian banking and corporate law matters, deal structuring, d...
Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Practice Moot Court took place in Kyiv
ENGARDE Attorneys at Law have acted as the organizers of the first Kyiv Practice Moot of Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court, which was held on February 22, 2013 at the premises of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The practice moot in Kyiv was organized with the support by the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University...
Nataliya Mykolska – panelist at the ELSA Moot Court Competition
Nataliya Mykolska, counsel at Sayenko Kharenko, Head of International Trade practice, acted as panelist at the annual ELSA Moot Court Competition (EMC²), the 6th national round of which took place on 23-24 February in Lviv. Mrs. Mykolska supports the competition from its very start in Ukraine in 2007. The ELSA Moot Court Competition is a simulated hearing of the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement sy...
Oksana Voynarovska Conducted a Webinar on Labour Disputes, Their Causes, Preventative Remedial Devices and Resolution Options
On February 28, 2013, at 1 pm VKP’s Partner Oksana Voynarovska conducted a webinar on labour disputes, their causes, preventative remedial devices and resolution options. The event took place at LIGABusinessInform and YURLIGA press-centre. The topic has aroused considerable interest and many questions, which proved its relevance for both employees and employers, since properly handled labour disputes are the key t...
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,...
