Imagine Lawyers has advised the shareholders of Uklon group companies on the sale of Uklon’s controlling stake to Kyivstar for USD 155 million. Asters advised Uklon. Sayenko Kharenko advised Kyivstar.
Uklon is a Ukrainian ride-hailing and delivery platform operating in 27 cities across Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
According to Imagine Lawyers, Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest digital operator, serves over 23 million mobile subscribers and more than 1.1 million home internet fixed-line customers as of December 2024. It is a part of the international Veon Group, which is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York.
“We look forward to welcoming Uklon into the Kyivstar family, adding new and complementary expertise to our portfolio of market-leading digital services and solutions," said Kyivstar CEO Oleksandr Komarov. "With this acquisition, we are happy to bring together two leading companies with strong value propositions, enhancing our ability to offer digital experiences for millions of Ukrainians according to our digital operator strategy."
The Imagine Lawyers team included Partners Alla Kozachenko, Galyna Zagorodniuk, and Illya Sverdlov and Of Counsel Olga Romanenko.
The Asters team included Partners Igor Svechkar and Tetiana Tyshchenko and Counsel Pavlo Verbolyuk.
The Sayenko Kharenko team included Partners Oleksandr Nikolaichyk, Volodymyr Sayenko, Alina Plyushch, Maksym Nazarenko, and Oleg Klymchuk, Counsels Iryna Bakina and Igor Pomaz, Senior Associate Olga Kyriusha, Taras Bondarenko, Associates Dmytro Zaiachkivskyi, Alina Kylymenchuk, Victoria Chorna, and Anastasiia Finko, and Junior Associates Ahil Aliiev and Vladyslav Novitskiy.
