Sayenko Kharenko and Linklaters have advised joint bookrunners Deutsche Bank, Natixis, IMI Intesa Sanpaolo, and Raiffeisen Bank International on Metinvest's new USD 333 million Eurobond issue. Allen & Overy and Avellum advised Metinvest.

Foreign investors often have misperceptions about doing business in Ukraine. Below, I debunk the 5 most common myths, as well as 3 more that reflect the most recent improvements in the business climate.

Former CMS Senior Partner Olexander Martinenko has joined Kinstellar as Head of the firm's Dispute Resolution and Commercial practices in Ukraine.

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has announced its merger with Ukraine's Danevych.Law, with Founding Partner Borys Danevych becoming Partner and Head of Life Sciences at CMS.

Sayenko Kharenko has advised Myrwayton Holding Limited on its sale of an unspecified railway operator to Renaisco, a subsidiary of Glencore Agriculture. DLA Piper advised the buyer on the deal.

Vasil Kisil & Partners has successfully represented the interests of the Rele construction company in a dispute with the Kyiv City Council over its failure to recognize Rele's transfer of the right to use land.

Redcliffe Partners has advised Ukrainian HR tech product manufacturer Hurma System on seed financing from the European venture capital firm Pragmatech Ventures.

Sayenko Kharenko has advised the Power Construction Corporation of China, Ltd., regarding the construction of the 245.7 MW Syvash Wind Farm in Ukraine.

Arzinger has successfully assisted with Water Empire Ukraine's appeal of a decision of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine involving the company’s alleged market violations.

On July 27, CEE Legal Matters reported that Integrites had helped Metro Cash & Carry Ukraine on a dispute involving a change of its energy supplier. CEEIHM spoke with Natalia Vasina, Legal Counsel at Metro Cash & Carry to learn more about the dispute.

Kinstellar has helped the Turkey Wealth Fund obtain merger control approval from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the acquisition of a controlling interest in Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.

Arzinger has advised the IFC on its loan to OTP Leasing in Ukraine.

The majority of the latest tax changes in Ukraine are based on the best tax experience throughout the world, especially on the BEPS Plan which Ukraine undertakes to implement. The Tax reform prescribes novelties to transfer pricing rules; new rules for preventing from double tax treaties abuse; new rules for preventing from avoidance of the status of permanent establishment and taxation of permanent establishments; etc.

Ukraine's Esquires law firm has helped Skytrans LLC enforce a goods transportation agreement worth USD 85,000 it had with an unidentified customer.

The conflict in the east of the country that began in 2014 is not the only thing plaguing Ukraine. After the fall of the pro-Russian regime in the wake of the Euromaidan revolution, the independent National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine was established to tackle the issue of corruption in the country.

lyashev & Partners has successfully defended the interests of Municipal Enterprise International Airport Kyiv and Master-Avia LLC, which is engaged in the development and maintenance of the airport, in a dispute involving allegations that they had acted together to improperly restrict competition in the airport's ground handling market.

In the summer of 2020, Ukraine’s renewable energy market underwent another string of changes, this time mainly because of the “green” tariff reduction. After more than six months of negotiations, “green” energy investors and the government managed to reach some consensus on how to protect the market against the default of the State Enterprise Guaranteed Buyer (hereinafter – Guaranteed Buyer) which was initially reflected in the memorandum on the so-called “green” tariff restructuring and later found its own legislative settlement.

Oleg Samus, the former Managing Director at Graterra LLC, has joined Sayenko Kharenko as a partner in the firm’s Government Relations practice.