Baker McKenzie’s Kyiv office has advised the International Finance Corporation, on its provision of an eight-year loan worth around UAH 400 million (about USD 15 million) to Auchan Retail to finance the food retail chain's long-term investments in Ukraine.

ILC Eucon has successfully defended the Vostok LLC international oil trading company in a tax dispute before the Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeal.

Gestors has assisted Belarus's Dobrush Porcelain Factory in Ukraine's official review of "special safeguard measures" related to the import of cutlery and porcelain dishes to Ukraine. 

2015 and 2016 turned into a period of reform for the Ukrainian antitrust regulatory framework and the Ukrainian competition authority – the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC).

Asters has acted as Ukrainian law counsel to the International Finance Corporation in connection with an up-to-USD 100 million loan to Nibulon, one of the largest Ukrainian grain and oilseeds originators and exporters.

Sayenko Kharenko represents Volzhsky Abrasive Works and the Alexandr Trading in an anti-dumping investigation.

In The Corner Office we invite Managing Partners at law firms from across the region to share information about their careers, management styles, and strategies. The question this time around: Is your personal practice more or less the one you anticipated when you finished law school, or did it change somehow in the interim?

On 26 May 2017, the National Bank of Ukraine (the "NBU"), by its Resolution No. 41,1 relaxed some of the temporary currency control restrictions that were imposed to stabilise the Ukrainian foreign exchange market.

Avellum has advised its longstanding client Kernel Holding S.A. on the acquisition of 100% of shares in a large-scale farming business that manages over 190,000 hectares of leasehold farmland and approximately 200,000 tons of grain storage capacity. The value of the deal was USD 155 million. The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine approved the acquisition in May 2017.

DLA Piper has launched its 2017 All-Ukraine Competition for Law Students. 

On June 2, 2017, Andriy Stelmashchuk, the Managing Partner of Vasil Kisil & Partners, and Vladimir Sayenko, the Managing Partner of Sayenko Kharenko, were elected President and Vice President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, respectively, for two-year terms.

SDM Partners and Aronovych and Partners have merged in Ukraine.

Aequo has announced its creation of the "Aequo Legal Tech Challenge," which it describes as "an annual innovation competition in legal services."

Integrites has announced that former Dentons lawyer Victoria Fomenko has joined its team to become Integrites' new Head of Tax & Customs practice.

Sayenko Kharenko has acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to joint lead managers J.P. Morgan Securities plc and ING Bank N.V., London Branch in connection with the cash tender offer with respect to USD 750 million 8.25 percent notes due 2020 and the issue of new USD 500 million 7.75 percent notes due 2024 by MHP S.A. MHP was advised by Avellum on Ukrainian law and Freshfields on English law.

Dentons’ Kyiv office has acted as legal counsel to the Ingenico Group on its acquisition of the payment activities business of Bancomzvjazok JSC (BKC) through the purchase of 100% of the shares in a newly created legal entity, SST (Systems of Secure Transactions). 

Aequo has advised Piraeus Bank Ukraine on Ukrainian law matters related to an uncommitted trade facility of up to EUR 5 million from the European Bank for EBRD.

Ilyashev & Partners has successfully represented SE Confectionery Corporation ROSHEN, PJSC Kharkiv Biscuit Factory, PJSC Confectionery Factory Kharkivyanka, and PJSC Poltavakonditer in an anti-dumping investigation related to the import into Ukraine of certain types of chocolate and other food products containing cocoa powder manufactured in the Russian Federation.