Redcliffe Partners has advised a Chinese consortium consisting of Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd and China Renaissance Capital Investment Inc. in their successful application for merger clearance from the Ukrainian competition authority for the EUR 545 million acquisition of Robert Bosch GmbH`s Starter Motors and Generators business. 

Aequo has acted as Ukrainian law counsel to the EBRD in connection with its extension of a UAH-denominated loan — its first ever — of an amount equal to USD 20 million to OTP Leasing LLC. 

Sayenko Kharenko is advising a group of companies conducting business under the "Whirl" brand on international business structuring and fund raising.

Avellum Partner Glib Bondar describes more of a quiet “hum” at the moment in Kyiv than an active Buzz.

Redcliffe Partners has acted as Ukrainian law counsel to Grupo Bimbo, the world’s largest baker and distributor of baked goods, in connection with its USD 650 million acquisition of the foodservice-focused company East Balt Bakeries from private equity fund One Equity Partners. White & Case, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and Morgan Lewis acted as international legal counsel to Grupo Bimbo. Baker McKenzie advised One Equity Partners on the deal.

Redcliffe Partners has announced that Daria Valyavska has joined the firm as Counsel and Head of Intellectual Property. 

Kinstellar has advised Marazzi Group S.r.l. on its successful application for merger control clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for its acquisition of Emilceramica S.r.l. and Emil Russia LLC.

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners is reporting that Partner Gleb Bialyi, the Head of the firm's International Trade and Customs Practice, has joined the Public Council at the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine as a representative of the Ukrainian Bar Association. The new board of 35 members was approved on July 26, 2017.

Eterna Law has successfully defended the interests of DSM Nutritional Products SP. z o. o. — a European manufacturer of vitamins, pet food, and pharmaceutical products — in a dispute before the Commercial Court of the City of Kyiv involving the alleged failure of a Ukrainian company to pay for goods it received from the company.

Vasil Kisil & Partners has assisted Camozzi LLC with its purchase of an industrial site in Kalynivka, Ukraine, near Kyiv, from Solum LLC.

The ILC Eucon law firm has defended the interests of Ukrrichflot PJSC in Ukraine's district administrative court.

Aequo advises JSCB Industrialbank on the restructuring of Bestment-Service LLC's UAH 410 million debt that was secured by the mortgage of Plazma Shopping and Entertainment Centre.

Aequo has advised Agroprosperis Bank, the Ukrainian asset of the private equity fund managed by NCH Capital (USA) focused on providing professional financing solutions to Ukrainian agricultural producers, on an additional shares issue in the course of an increase of the registered capital up to UAH 210 million.

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Eterna Law has announced the establishment of a public procurement practice, which it describes as "the first practice of its kind in the Ukrainian legal market."

Avellum has advised longstanding client Kernel Holding S.A. on its USD 43.3 million cash acquisition of 100% of shares in an unnamed farming business that, according to the firm, manages over 170,000 tons of grain storage capacity and over 27,500 hectares of leasehold farmland. 

AGA Partners has successfully defended Ukrlandfarming's interests in The Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations Ltd (FOSFA) arbitration.

Avellum has advised the shareholders of the Karavan Hypermarket chain on their sale of the company to the Auchan Group. Sayenko Kharenko reportedly advised the buyers on the transaction, which remains subject to approval by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.