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May 29, 2012

Bertrand Barrier appointed as local partner of Gide Loyrette Nouel

Gide Loyrette Nouel (GLN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Bertrand Barrier as a local partner of the Kiev office of the firm, effective from 1 June 2012. Bertrand Barrier specializes in cross-border transactions with specific expertise in…

May 23, 2012

Konnov & Sozanovsky advised Penta Investments Limited

With the lead of the managing partner Alexey Ivanov, associates of Konnov & Sozanovsky, Sergei Glushchenko and Helen Tsygulskaya, successfully obtained permission of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the acquisition by Penta Investments Limit…

May 21, 2012

Legal Alliance - Legal Adviser to Novartis Consumer

Legal Alliance Company has signed a contract for legal services with the pharmaceutical company Novartis Consumer. Novartis Consumer is a specialized division of Novartis, engaged in the promotion OTC medicines on the pharmaceutical market. Company's product portfolio includes such well-known brands as Limizil, VoltarenEmulgel, Theraflu, etc.…

May 15, 2012

Avellum Partners won Chambers Europe Award for Excellence 2012

Avellum Partners has won the Chambers Europe Award for Excellence 2012 for Ukraine and was recognized as Ukraine Law Firm of the Year. The award ceremony was held in Amsterdam on 10 May 2012. The Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence honor outsta…

May 11, 2012

Vasil Kisil & Partners succeeded in ICAC at UCCI Arbitration

Vasil Kisil & Partners represented Major Chevrolet Inc., the exclusive distributor of General Motors in the CIS market, in an arbitration case initiated by a leading Ukrainian automotive importer in the International Commercial Arbitration Court at t…

April 27, 2012

Chadbourne & Parke Represented Horizon Capital In Acquisition of Ciklum

Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Horizon Capital in its acquisition of a minority stake in Ciklum, an innovative IT company based in Ukraine. The deal, announced on 24 April 2012 is the first investment of Horizon Capital into the fast-growing IT …

Avellum Partners - Ukrainian legal counsel to Oasis Group

Avellum Partners - Ukrainian legal counsel to Oasis Group in connection with the establishment of a joint venture with Persha Pryvatna Brovarnya (PPB), one of the leading beer producers in Ukraine. Avellum Partners also assisted Oasis Group to obtai…

April 25, 2012

Arzinger Law Office Announces New Name Partner

Starting from 1 April 2012 Markian Malskyy was welcomed to partnership at Arzinger Law Office. While heading Arzinger West Ukrainian Branch in Lvov since 2009 Markian Malskyy is also head of alternative dispute resolution practice. During the years…

April 23, 2012

CMS Cameron McKenna held a seminar on Buying and investing outside of Ukraine

On 19 April 2012 CMS Cameron McKenna held a seminar dedicated to Buying and Investing outside Ukraine. The seminar was intended for companies and its shareholders who are seeking to expand overseas, or are looking to buy stakes in Ukrainian companies…

April 19, 2012

Avellum Partners advised SECURE Management

Avellum Partners - Ukrainian legal counsel to SECURE Management (South East Continent Unique Real Estate Management) in connection with its USD 8 million investment into Aisi Realty Public Limited, a property investment company focusing on development projects and related investments in Ukraine. …

Baker & McKenzie – legal counsel to Sadovaya Group S.A.

Baker & McKenzie - Ukrainian and Luxembourg legal counsel to Sadovaya Group S.A. in connection with borrowing by Interdon LLC, a Ukrainian subsidiary of Sadovaya Group S.A., of a USD 36 million secured loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). This loan is to finance the construction of waste coal processing facilities in Ukraine.…

April 12, 2012

Avellum Partners advised on sale of Into-Sana Group

Avellum Partners - legal counsel to owners of Into-Sana Group in connection with the sale of their shares to Russia Partners, one of the oldest and largest private equity firms in Russia and the CIS with over USD 1 billion of assets under management.…

April 10, 2012

Introduction of bail against economic crime shall not cancel possibility of the subsequent arrest

A business breakfast dedicated to the protection of business against possible threats and consequences of inspections and investigative actions by law-enforcement bodies was held by the Pavlenko & Poberezhnyuk Law Group. According to Tatiana Ignaten…

April 9, 2012

International Debt Restructuring Seminar held by Gide Loyrette Nouel

On 30 March 2012 Gide Loyrette Nouel (GLN) held a seminar on International Debt Restructuring involving Ukrainian Companies: Options for Creditors and Obligors. The seminar brought together leading legal practitioners of Gide Loyrette Nouel - Tim The…

April 6, 2012

The new edition of Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients is now in print

Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing would like to announce that the 10th printed project of Ukrainian Law Firms 2012. A Handbook for Foreign Clients is available. The new Handbook gathers both a legislative update and a legal services market in-depth…

April 5, 2012

Issues of IP Rights Protection and Fair Competition Principles in the Alcohol, Food and Tobacco Industries Conference

We are pleased to inform you that the III Professional Conference Issues of intellectual property rights protection and fair competition principles in the alcohol, food and tobacco industries (Kiev) will be held in Kiev on 11 May 2012. The Conferenc…

March 26, 2012

Oleg Mazur - Ukrainian banking law expert for HSBC

Oleg Mazur, International Partner with the Kiev office of Chadbourne & Parke LLP has, upon instruction of Clifford Chance LLP, recently acted as independent Ukrainian banking law expert for HSBC (Trustee) Ltd in the case a matter HSBC (Trustee) Ltd v…

March 16, 2012

How to Acquire Cypriot Citizenship webinar

Eurofast Taxand will be organising a series of webinars in the coming days and the first one to start with is 20th March, 2012, at 3.00 pm (GMT+2) titled How to Acquire Cypriot Citizenship. The webinar will be focusing on new financial criteria for …

February 22, 2012

Vasil Kisil & Partners Protects YOUTUBE’S Rights

Vasil Kisil & Partners represented world No. 1 video-sharing provider YouTube LLC in legal proceedings to prove that the YOUTUBE trade mark is well known in Ukraine, as well as to invalidate the certificate of YOU TUBE trademark wrongfully register…

February 10, 2012

Leonid Antonenko promoted to counsel with Sayenko Kharenko

Sayenko Kharenko, a leading transactional and dispute resolution law firm, has announced the promotion of Leonid Antonenko. Leonid Antonenko, the firm’s senior associate, has been promoted to counsel of Sayenko Kharenko. Mr. Antonenko benefits fro…

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