The European Accessibility Act (EAA), approved in 2019, takes effect on June 28, 2025. The Act requires a wide range of products and services – such as consumer electronics, vending machines, websites, and mobile apps – to meet accessibility standards for people with disabilities.

Integrites has established a new practice dedicated to advising Ukrainian defenders and military units on military law. The new practice is headed by Partner Oleksandr Onishchenko who is also the Head of the Domestic Litigation practice.

Arzinger has successfully defended Aroma Perfume in a dispute with the customs authorities.

CMS has advised the Investment Fund for Developing Countries on its EUR 7 million subordinated debt investment in Bank Lviv.

Integrites has represented Elba Basincli Dokum and its trading arm Eleks Dis in the Ukrainian antidumping investigation into imports of radiators for heating originating from Turkiye and the People’s Republic of China.

Ukraine's infrastructure sector is experiencing heightened activity driven by urgent reconstruction needs and modernization efforts following the impact of the war with Kinstellar Partner Oleg Matiusha expressing cautious optimism over the significant opportunities awaiting investors as recovery efforts accelerate.

Asters has advised Shark Robotics on the supply of 40 AI-powered Colossus firefighting robots to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service under a French-Ukrainian grant program. 

Integrites has advised Wartsila Finland and the municipal enterprise Teplokomunenerho of Chernihiv City Council on securing public financing from the Finnish-Ukrainian Investment Facility. 

With the rise of digital platforms and the possibilities that the internet provides for businesses, more and more sellers are able to offer goods and services via these platforms and the internet. In this context, it has been difficult for the Ukrainian tax authorities to trace the flow of goods and services as well as to identify sellers to ensure that these goods and services are duly taxed.

On April 24, 2025, Sayenko Kharenko announced that Getin Holding's sale of Idea Bank Ukraine to TAS Group (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on October 25, 2024) has now closed.

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Former Aequo Partners Sergiy Denisenko and Pavlo Byelousov have established the Bono Legal law firm.

Markiyan Malskyy was appointed as Arzinger's new Managing Partner, taking over from Founding and Senior Partner Timur Bondaryev.

Baker McKenzie has advised Kingspan Group on the pre‑construction phases of its EUR 280 million building technology manufacturing campus near Lviv, Ukraine. 

On 9 April 2025, Law of Ukraine № 4292-IX "On Amendments to the Civil Code of Ukraine on Strengthening the Protection of Rights of Bona Fide Purchaser" (Law No. 4292-IX) came into force. A bona fide purchaser is a person who acquired property under а repayment contract from another person who had no right to alienate it, provided that the purchaser did not know and could not have known about this.

On 9 April 2025, Law of Ukraine No. 4292-IX On Amendments to the Civil Code of Ukraine on Enhancing the Protection of Bona Fide Owner's Rights (the "Law") came into force. The Law aims to enhance the protection of bona fide owners' rights by establishing a time limit for the reclamation of real estate of such bona fide owners and providing compensation to them for such reclamation.

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