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Five New Partners at Sayenko Kharenko

Five New Partners at Sayenko Kharenko

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Sayenko Kharenko has announced that Olexander Droug, Anton Korobeynikov, Anzhela Makhinova, Oleksandr Nikolaichyk, and Alina Plyushch have been promoted to Partner.

Olexander Droug joined the firm in 2007. He specializes in dispute resolution and restructuring with a focus on international arbitration and cross-border commercial litigation. According to Sayenko Kharenko, his experience includes "complex multi-jurisdictional proceedings, as well as commercial and investment arbitration under the arbitration rules of major international arbitration institutions, such as the London Court of International Arbitration, the International Criminal Court, the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Arbitration Rules, and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Arbitration Rules." He holds a Masters of Law degree from the Institute of International Relations of the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University.

Anton Korobeynikov, who joined the firm in 2006, focuses on cross-border finance, international debt, and equity capital markets transactions. Korobeynikov is experienced in advising on all types of offerings by Ukrainian banks, corporate entities, and public sector issuers, as well as on syndicated loans, secured financing, project finance transactions, and PXF facilities to major Ukrainian borrowers in various industry sectors. He received his degree in Private International Law from the Kyiv International University.  

Anzhela Makhinova joined Sayenko Kharenko in 2011 when the firm launched its international trade practice. She is an expert in trade defense remedies (anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, safeguards) and WTO issues. According to Sayenko Kharenko, she "has handled over 40 trade defense investigations, representing both exporters and domestic industry in Ukraine and abroad. Makhinova routinely advises clients on other international trade related issues. She is also a country expert on franchising for the International Distribution Institute, as well as a Co-chair of the International Trade Working Group of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine."

Prior to joining Sayenko Khareno, Makhinova worked for almost five years with Vasil Kisil & Partners. 

Oleksandr Nikolaichyk joined Sayenko Kharenko in 2010. According to Sayenko Kharenko, "his practice covers a wide range of corporate matters, including corporate finance, M&A, joint ventures, corporate governance, general corporate, and finance advisory work. He has worked on over 40 corporate transactions worth a total of more than USD 22 billion. Nikolaichyk routinely advises major market players and financial institutions on complex cross-border transactions, including corporate and pre-IPO restructurings, equity and asset sales, private acquisitions, and finance transactions."

Private wealth management expert Alina Plyushch joined Sayenko Kharenko in 2011, having previously worked in the London office of Norton Rose for over three years and with such law firms as Integrites, Vasil Kisil & Partners, and Volkov & Partners. Plyushch specializes in private wealth management, M&A, corporate finance, and capital markets. Her work encompasses a broad range of sectors including corporate and tax structuring, share and asset sales, joint ventures, private placements, capital markets transactions and private wealth management issues, such as trusts and estate, tax planning, and protection of the rights of beneficial owners of large Ukrainian and foreign business groups.

 

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