Sayenko Kharenko and Latham & Watkins have advised BNP Paribas, JP Morgan, and Raiffeisen Bank International as the joint lead managers of Ukraine’s EUR 1.25 billion Eurobond issuance. Avellum and White & Case advised Ukraine's Ministry of Finance on the issuance.

Sayenko Kharenko Counsels Valentyna Hvozd and Igor Lozenko have been promoted to Partnership positions in the firm's Antitrust & Competition and Banking & Finance practices, respectively.

Ukrainian commercial and residential real estate markets continue to be dynamic and are becoming more and more attractive to both local and foreign investors. The new Ukrainian Parliament, elected in summer 2019, has already passed some laws necessary for the development of the real estate sector and attracting investments to it. Below you will find an overview of the most significant changes in Ukrainian real estate legislation regarding buildings and construction in 2019.

In The Corner Office we ask Managing Partners across Central and Eastern Europe about their unique roles and responsibilities. The question this time around: What was the most useful or valuable piece of software or new technology your firm has acquired in the past five years?

Acting on behalf of Hemoplast PJSC, Ilyashev & Partners has persuaded Ukraine's Interdepartmental International Trade Commission to initiate a safeguard investigation into syringe imports to Ukraine regardless of the country of origin or export, which the firm says "protects the interests of all Ukrainian syringe manufacturers."

Sayenko Kharenko has acted as legal counsel to the winners of both pilot tenders for the concession of Ukraine's Kherson and Olvia seaports.

Ilyashev & Partners has helped Druzhkovka Hardware Plant PrJSC initiate an anti-dumping investigation into imports of steel fasteners from the People’s Republic of China to Ukraine.

Vasil Kisil & Partners has advised Lekhim-Obukhiv LLC on the acquisition of two land plots from Helikom LV, a manufacturer of wood-plastic composites in the Ukrainian community of Obukhiv.

Tetiana Mylenka has joined Hillmont Partners to lead the firm’s energy practice.

Eterna Law has extended its agreement to provide legal assistance to the Ukrainian Tennis Federation for another year.

Artem Kuzmenko and Konstantin Derbyshev have been promoted to Partner at Eterna Law.

The International Tax practice of Ukraine's SK Group, which since 2015 also represented the Avidbiz brand in Ukraine, has left the SK Group and is now doing business solely as Avidbiz.

Markian Malskyy, who left Arzinger last summer after being appointed Head of the Lviv Regional State Administration by the President of Ukraine, has returned to the firm as Head of its Western Ukrainian office and Co-Head of its International Litigation and Arbitration Practice.

Former Counsel Serhiy Shershun, Head of Antitrust and Competition at Integrites, has become the firm's 11th partner.

Redcliffe Partners has advised the EBRD on Ukrainian aspects of its loan of an additional two million euros to Aquanova Development LLC for the construction, equipment, and placing in operation of a 3.5 MWp solar PV plant in the Zakarpattya Region of Ukraine. Clifford Chance Warsaw and Linklaters Milan advised the EBRD on English and Italian law, respectively.

Aequo has advised the Epicentr Group on its receipt of a USD 70 million multi-currency secured loan from the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank.

Anastasia Usova, Redcliffe Partners’ Head of Antitrust, has been promoted to Partner at the firm.

Lawyer Aleksandr Babikov has left Aver Lex to go into public service.