CMS has advised ING Bank on financing provided to two companies from the Ukrainian agribusiness sector.

Asters, in cooperation with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sulliva,n is reporting success in the English Court of Appeal in its representation of Ukraine in a USD 3 billion Eurobond dispute with Russia.

The London office of K&L Gates has advised NBT AS and its Ukrainian subsidiary SyvashEnergoProm LLC on the Syvash Wind Power Project in Ukraine. Nordex Energy GmbH, advised by Dentons, will act as a turbine supplier for the project. Sunshine Law and Volkov & Partners advised engineering, procurement, and construction contractors Power Construction Corporation of China, Ltd. and POWERCHINA Fujian Engineering Co. Ltd.

Dentons has advised Chris Iacovides and Andri Antoniou (of the CRI Group), the joint liquidators of Ukraine's Mriya Agro Holding Public Limited, which is in liquidation in Cyprus, in relation to the company's successful debt restructuring.

Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm has successfully represented Ukraine's State Enterprise Ukrinterenergo in a dispute with the Russian state-owned CJSC Inter RAO UES regarding the supply of Russian electricity to Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk territories, still occupied by Russian-supported separatists.

Sayenko Kharenko’s international arbitration team has helped Safege-Suez Consulting reach an agreement with Ukraine's National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities regarding the completion of payment for consultancy services provided within the framework of the district heating regulatory reform support program funded by the World Bank. The contract price was EUR 1.2 million.

Asters has advised the EBRD on a USD 15 million loan to the Modern-Expo Group, one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of fixtures and equipment for retail stores and warehouses in Central and Eastern Europe.

Eterna Law has advised Gamma Solar holding on an investment into the development of a solar power station project in the Vinnytsia Region of Ukraine.

Baker McKenzie's Kyiv, Frankfurt, Berlin, and Amsterdam Offices have helped a consortium of German banks led by Bayerische Landesbank, and DTEK Renewables complete an ECA-backed finance transaction in the Ukrainian renewable energy sector aimed at financing the construction of the first stage of the Primorska wind electric plant in Ukraine.

Axon Partners, with offices in Kyiv and Lviv, and Kharkiv's Oksana Kobzar Law Office have announced that they will merge, operating going forward under the Axon Partners brand, and with offices in all three cities.

Ilyashev & Partners has represents PJSC Podilskiy Cement, PJSC Dyckerhoff Cement Ukraine, PJSC Heidelbergcement Ukraine, and PJSC Ivano-Frankivscement in an anti-dumping investigation on imports to Ukraine of Portland cement clinker originating from the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, and the Republic of Moldova.

Kinstellar has advised the Investment Fund for Developing Countries, an agency of the Government of Denmark, in connection with a secured EUR 5.75 million loan facility to the Kness Group, a Ukrainian engineering, procurement, and construction group of companies. During the transaction, Kness relied on their in-house team.

Eterna Law has advised the Modus Group on its investment in the construction of a solar station in Zhytomyr region of Ukraine.

DLA Piper has advised Atlantic Agro Holdings and DUI Holding on the sale of Kyiv Atlantic Group to Agrolife and Eridon. Integrites acted as lead legal counsel to one of the sellers.

Many real estate experts and market players are upbeat about the positive trends on the Ukrainian real estate market, which is recovering after a significant downturn in 2013–2015. As the political and economic situation improves and the conflict in the south-west of the country stabilizes, foreign investors, attracted by market opportunities, are showing increasing interest in Ukraine.

ANK Law has advised Delta-Wilmar CIS on its agreement to cooperate with the Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration on the construction of a soybean recycling plant and a new terminal for the accumulation and storage of grain cargo and protein meal at the port of Yuzhny.

Sorainen and Baker McKenzie have advised Hewlett Packard Enterprise on its agreement to have Swiss-based ALSO Holding run its sales and services business in Lithuania, Ukraine, and Belarus. ALSO reportedly was represented by Cobalt.

Vasil Kisil & Partners has successfully represented Rost Agro, one of the largest seed producers and exporters in Ukraine, in a tax dispute.