Vasil Kisil & Partners has advised Spectr-Agro LLC and Spectr-Agrotekhnika on the acquisition by Sumitomo of 51% shares in the company. Dentons reportedly advised the buyers on the deal.

CMS in Kyiv has advised the EBRD on a EUR 13 million loan to the communal enterprise Mariupolske Tramvaino-Troleybusne Upravlinnya.

Sayenko Kharenko has advised Glenalta S.p.A on its merger with CFT S.p.A, the parent company of CFT Group, a manufacturer of food processing and packaging machines.

Ilyashev & Partners has successfully defended the interests of Swisspan Limited in an antidumping investigation related to the imports of carbamide-formaldehyde products from the Russian Federation into Ukraine.

“Corruption continues to be among the biggest issues in Ukraine,” says Lidiya Klymkiv, Partner at Axon Partners. “There is some kind of quiet consent with corruption, not only among ordinary people, but also in the legal market itself, as there are many stories involving unethical behavior of representatives of the legal profession in court.”

Asters has successfully defended JSC CB PrivatBank in the Cassation Commercial Court within the Supreme Court of Ukraine in disputes against Agroterminal Logistic and PJSC Pivdenmedbiosintez Design and Search Institute.

Ukrainian law firms Avellum and A.G.A. Partners have merged and will operate going forward under the Avellum brand.

Sergiy Smirnov has been promoted to Partner at Sayenko Kharenko.

Dentons has advised Danish company Better Energy A/S and the Northern Environmental Financial Corporation in connection with the construction of a 19 MW solar park in Western Ukraine.

Asters has advised Industrial Media Network PrJSC, a provider of telecommunication services in Ukraine, in connection with an intra-group loan restructuring via a debt-to-equity swap.

Integrites has successfully represented Ukrainian insurance company Euroins Ukraine in a dispute before Ukraine's Commercial Court of Appeals and, ultimately, the country's Supreme Court, involving the company's former minority shareholder and senior manager, who was challenging corporate resolutions adopted by Euroins Ukraine’s shareholders.

DLA Piper has advised the Haas Group, an Austrian wafer, biscuits, and confectionery production company, on the sale of the company, which is headquartered in Austria, to Switzerland's Buhler AG. The buyer was represented by Binder Groesswang and Zurich-based Homburger.

Everlegal has advised UDP Renewables on the sale of solar power plants under development in the Kyiv region to Acciona Energy. Dentons advised the buyers on the acquisition.

Wolf Theiss has advised the Chinese home appliance producer Hisense on its takeover offer for 95% of the shares in Slovenian white-goods manufacturer Gorenje. Jadek & Pensa advised Gorenje on the sale. The transaction value exceeds EUR 250 million.

Baker McKenzie has announced the election of 67 new partners, including Olha Demianiuk in Kyiv, Sergei Lomakin and Kirill Vikulov in Moscow, and Caner Elmas and Duygu Gultekin in Istanbul.

Vasil Kisil & Partners has advised LNZ Group on the purchase of 100% of Shpola-Agro Industry LLC. EY Law advised Shpola-Agro Industry on the transaction.

Axon Partners has advised Money Token on its USD 37 million Initial Coin Offering.

The Antika law firm has agreed to provide legal services to the Association of International Automobile Carriers of Ukraine.