Dentons and BASEAK have assisted Volkswagen in obtaining antitrust and merger control clearances for a joint venture with Italian energy supplier Enel X. 

Valentyn Zasukha has joined Hillmont Partners as Partner and Head of Corporate and M&A Practice.

Asters, working with Slaughter and May, has advised Arawak Energy Ukraine B.V., a member of the Vitol group of companies, on the sale of 50% of shares in Geo-Alliance Oil-Gas Public Limited to gas producer Geo Alliance Group Limited. 

Yan Voinikanis-Myrskyi has joined Eterna Law as Partner and will head criminal law and public procurement practices.

CMS has advised Air Products on the establishment of a joint venture with ArcelorMittal for the construction of a new air separation unit at the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant in Ukraine. CMS has also advised the JV on securing a long-term loan of up to USD 81 million from the EBRD for the unit's design, construction, and operation.  

Vasil Kisil & Partners has advised OCEA on contracting the Nibulon Shipbuilding and Repair Yard for the construction of five OCEA FPB 98 MKI fast patrol boats.

Sayenko Kharenko has successfully represented Ultra Play and Kronospan UA in an anti-dumping investigation related to imports of Belarusian plywood into Ukraine.

Sayenko Kharenko, working with an international Allen & Overy team, has advised Avenga on the acquisition of the Perfectial Group.

Sayenko Kharenko has advised the EBRD on a EUR 10 million synthetic loan in local currency to Bank Lviv.

On 11 August 2021, the President of Ukraine signed Law of Ukraine “On Stimulating the Development of the Digital Economy in Ukraine” No. 1667-IX (“Law”). Most of its provisions became effective on 14 August 2021, introducing Diia City, a special legal regime for IT companies, and bringing changes beyond the IT industry.

Asters has advised the EBRD on a EUR 15 million secured loan to Ukraine’s Zelena Dolyna agricultural complex. Bird & Bird reportedly advised the EBRD on English law-related matters.

On October 20, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that Kinstellar had advised 4i Capital Partners on its sale of Ukrainian online payment platform Portmone to Kazakhstan’s financial technology firm Kaspi.kz subsidiary Kaspi Pay. CEE In-House Matters spoke with Konstantin Vasiuk, Investment Manager at 4i Capital Partners, to learn more about the deal.

CMS has advised Slovakia's Nafta International on the buyout of its joint venture partner Cub Energy to become the sole owner of the Ukrainian company holding a license for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons near Uzhhorod.

Asters has successfully represented Oschadbank before the Kyiv Commercial Court in a USD 25 million dispute with Cypriot company Opalcore.

Former EY Partner and Law Leader for Ukraine Albert Sych has joined Redcliffe Partners.

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Vasil Kisil & Partners has successfully represented Wikimedia Ukraine in court in a dispute related to the recognition and refutation of a blog post as false.

As a rule, transactions with securities, including shares in joint stock companies, require the engagement of an investment firm, in particular a securities broker. At the same time, the Law of Ukraine “On Capital Markets and Organised Commodity Markets”, which entered into force on 1 July 2021, provides for several exceptions to this rule. Indeed, an investment firm engagement is not required for the transactions made outside of Ukraine.