Ukrainian Vasil Kisil & Partners advised the Epicenter Group as a strategic investor in the acquisition of Nova Linia group of companies.
The project involved a pre-restructuring of group’s companies and the transition of operational control to the buyer in several stages, as well as a complex package of security items and other challenging aspects. In addition, the firm represented Epicenter before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, following which the Committee issued a merger clearance.
VKP Partner Denis Lysenko provided overall project management and was actively involved in the negotiation process at all stages of the transaction. The project involved a large number of partners and associates in the firm, including particularly Counsellor Ivan Yurchenko and Associates Vasyl Mishchenko and Oleksandr Tereshchenko.