Asters has advised the International Finance Corporation on a USD 17 million loan to Agrofusion.

Asters has advised the IFC on the issue of a USD 12.5 million loan to Ukrainian pork producer Nyva Pereyaslavshchyny.

Asters has acted as Ukrainian law counsel to the IFC on its USD 30 million loan to Ukrainian agriculture producer Astarta.

Former Integrites Partner Vsevolod Volkov has joined Ukraine's Everlegal law firm as Partner.

Vasil Kisil & Partners has advised Auchan on obtaining a lease for a new store in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

CMS has advised Scatec Solar ASA, a Norway-based solar power producer, on securing two solar projects in the Cherkassy region of Ukraine.

Aequo has represented Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau, a German government-owned development bank, on Ukrainian law matters related to a financing extension provided to OTP Leasing LLC, a Ukrainian leasing company, in an amount equal to USD 17 million.

Aequo has advised the EBRD on Ukrainian law matters associated with the acquisition of its borrower, Ergopack LLC, by the Sarantis Group.

AGA Partners has agreed to represent Danyil Boldyrev, the world champion and record-holder in high-speed climbing, within the framework of a "Legal Aid to Sport in Ukraine" project.

Daryna Sydorenko has joined Sayenko Kharenko as the coordinator of its Technology and Cybersecurity Group.

Sayenko Kharenko will be the legal representative on Ukrainian law matters for the companies in the Porsche Ukraine Group, including Porsche Ukraine LLC and Porsche Inter Auto Ukraine LLC, on all issues that may arise in connection with the companies’ business activities in Ukraine.

Vasil Kisil & Partners has represented the European Business Association in administrative litigation regarding Resolution N231 of March 16, 2017 of Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers.

Ilyashev & Partners has succesfully represented the Ukrainian Association of Ferroalloys Producers and Other Electrometallurgy Products in an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of ferro-silicon originating in Egypt and Ukraine.

The winners of the 2017 CEE Deal of the Year Awards were announced at the first ever CEE Legal Matters Deal of the Year Awards Banquet last night in Prague. The biggest smiles in the joyous and music-filled celebration of CEE lawyering, perhaps, were on the faces of Partners from Avellum and Sayenko Kharenko, which, along with White & Case and Latham & Watkins, won the award both for Ukrainian Deal of the Year and CEE Deal of the Year for their work on the 2017 Ukraine Eurobond Issue (a story initially reported by CEE Legal Matters on October 2, 2017).

The Kyiv Office of Baker McKenzie and the Department of Law of the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy have agreed to cooperate on the implementation and development of a Commercial Law Certificate Program.

Avellum has advised the EBRD in connection with a senior secured loan of up to EUR 9.5 million to Nova Poshta LLC.

The Ukrainian government has declared its intention to implement the success story of European countries in the sphere of public-private partnerships. In order to implement those ambitious plans the government has established a Project Office for PPP to work closely with international investors and lobby for relevant legislative improvements.

In The Corner Office we ask Managing Partners at law firms across the region important questions about their unique roles and responsibilities. The question this time around: What was your favorite course in law school, and why?