Ukraine's LCF Law Group has become a legal partner of the Ukrainian Association of Renewable Energy.

Golaw has successfully represented international cosmetics manufacturer Evyap Trading Ukraine in a tax dispute worth over UAH 65 million.

Sayenko Kharenko has successfully defended the interests of pharmaceutical manufacturer Bayer AG before the Supreme Court of Ukraine regarding a patent dispute over the drug Rivaroxaban.

VB Partners has successfully represented the interests of educational start-up SkyEng in a trademark registration proceeding in Ukraine.

GOLAW team is gathering and updating constantly the information on the legal aspects of the combating COVID-19 in Ukraine. Laws and regulations adopted by the central government introduce specific extraordinary measures affecting both businesses and everybody personally. Brief summary of the latest legislation aimed at preventing and combating COVID-19 is laid down below.

On March 31, 2020 Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine enacted the Law of Ukraine "On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine concerning turnover of the agricultural land" (Bill No. 2178-10) (hereinafter referred to as the "Law"). The Law is set for signature of the President of Ukraine and will take effect on July 1, 2021.

Everlegal has advised UDP Renewables on the development and construction of the 20 MW Terslav solar power plant in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.

On March 17, 2020 a law (bill No. 3219) came into force that included quarantine established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the list of force majeure events. Will this be a tool that allows Ukrainian businesses to drop their obligations without any consequences? In most cases – no, because force majeure is not as easy as it might seem at first glance.

The LCF Law Group has helped Scatec Solar and Partners launch a 54 MW Boguslav-2 PV-power-plant in Ukraine, less than ten months after the closing of the project financing.

Vasil Kisil and Partners has advised Ingersoll-Rand on its merger with Gardner Denver.

Ukraine's Sayenko Kharenko has entered into collaboration agreement with Andersen Global.

Romanian lawyer Zsuzsa Csiki, Ukrainian lawyer Iryna Nikolayevska, and Czech lawyer Karla Rundtova have been promoted to Partner at Kinstellar.

Marchenko Partners has helped Carlsberg Ukraine conduct a competition compliance spot check by reviewing numerous aspects of the company's commercial operations and providing recommendations on options available for the strengthening of its competition compliance system.

According to information posted on the official website of the State Enterprise "Guaranteed Buyer" (hereinafter - "Guaranteed Buyer"), as of April 01, 2020, the state enterprise had indebtedness to the producers of electricity from RES in the amount of approximately 34% for February 2020. Quite recently, the Guaranteed Buyer also had significant debt for the last months of 2019.

The State continues to respond to the situation with COVID-2019 and promptly adopt regulations to resolve the quarantine-related issues. On March 30, 2020, a law intended to provide for significant changes in the field of labor relations was adopted. Let us consider the major changes and their impact on employers and employees.

CMS has advised the Bank of Cyprus on Ukrainian law matters following its 2014 sale of the Ukrainian subsidiary of Bank of Cyprus and associated debt to Alfa Group and on the refinancing by the EBRD of a EUR 68 million facility for the construction of the “largest shopping, exhibition, and office centers in Odesa Riviera Property Complex owned by Ukrainian asset holding company Novi Biznes Poglyady."

“The Ukrainian Government is concerned with resolving the issues that arose following the outbreak of the pandemic,” says Armen Khachaturyan, Senior Partner at Asters in Kyiv. “This has led to many specific measures being adopted as a response to the new challenges that suddenly appeared, like postponing the deadlines for certain obligations and expanding interest loans to businesses, all of which are well-expected and, hopefully, efficient.”

Love them or hate them, conferences are a fundamental part of the successful commercial lawyer’s calendar. But time is precious. Those calendars are full. It’s vital for conference organizers to get them right, and critical for lawyers to choose wisely in determining which events to attend and which to skip.