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March 17, 2010

Kiev office of Chadbourne & Parke LLP expands its corporate practice

The international law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced that Olga Prokopovych has joined the firm as a senior associate of the corporate practice of the Kiev office. Ms. Prokopovych comes to Chadbourne from the Kiev office of 1849 PLC Group of …

March 12, 2010

Magisters Announced the Appointment of Top Austrian Lawyer as Partner and Head of German Desk

Magisters announced the appointment of Ilona Zekely, formerly managing partner of Schoenherr in Ukraine, as partner and head of German Desk, Ukraine. Ms. Zekely will expand Magisters' offerings to German-speaking clients and will provide legal ad…

March 9, 2010

Wind of Change

How have Ukrainian legal businesses passed the adjustability test? How has the crisis affected the scope and areas of work of law firms? How do professionals evaluate the anti-crisis efforts made by the Ukrainian Parliament? And what challenges have …

March 4, 2010

International recognition of Odessa-based law firm ANK and its chairman Alexander Kifak

According to reputable international service Who’s Who Legal, known as a worldwide researcher of law services and publisher of the annual volume entitled The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, the chairman of ANK law firm Alexander Kifak is…

March 2, 2010

Nataliya Mykolska judges the National Round of ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law

On February 12 – 14, I. Franko Lvov National University hosted the 4th National Round of the 8th edition of the ELSA Moot Court Competition (EMCC) on WTO Law. This year, the Moot was focused on trade aspects of intellectual property and relevant WTO …

European insurers must rebuild capital while seeking growth opportunities in 2010

According to Ernst & Young’s Global Insurance Center 2010 European Insurance Outlook, as insurance companies wait for the world economy to slowly recover, they must work to rebuild capital, …

February 24, 2010

Salans opens new office in Brussels

International law firm Salans announces that it will open a new office in Brussels, Belgium, with the recruitment of a seven-person team who will join from Mayer Brown. The opening in Brussels will be Salans’ 22nd office, with an effective start date of 1 March 2010. The Brussels team will be led by partner Edward Borovikov, a recognised …

February 22, 2010

Glib Bondar, one of the leading banking and finance lawyers in Ukraine, joins Avellum Partners

Kyiv, February, 19, 2010 — Avellum Partners, a law firm specializing in corporate finance, welcomes as its new partner Glib Bondar, one of the leading Ukrainian banking and finance lawyers, who worked on most capital markets transactions out of Ukrai…

February 12, 2010

Svetlana Musienko of DLA Piper elected IFA Ukraine member of the Board for 2010-2012

Svetlana Musienko, legal director and head of tax with the Kiev office of DLA Piper, has been elected a member of the board of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) Ukraine for 2010-2012, according to the results of member votes gathered. The n…

February 9, 2010

Spenser & Kauffmann announces new counsels

Spenser & Kauffmann is pleased to announce the appointment of Ruslan Shevchuk and Igor Chernyshenko as new counsels to the firm, effective 1 February 2010. Ruslan Shevchuk joined Spenser & Kauffman to the post of senior associate of M&A and Corporat…

February 8, 2010

AstapovLawyers advised Avery Dennison

Oleg Malskyy, head of AstapovLawyers M&A and corporate practice has, together with its team, provided comprehensive advice to Avery Denisson on debt recovery in Ukraine. In order to secure a multi-million debt recovery transaction, M&A and corpora…

ENGARDE leads buyout of biggest retail network in Ukraine

ENGARDEM is acting as legal advisor to an investor in the acquisition of a controlling stake in the Amstor group of companies, an operator of the biggest retail network in Ukraine. The estimated value of the deal is USD 500 million. ENGARDE’s lega…

February 2, 2010

Konnov & Sozanovsky / FLI welcomes new member from London

Konnov & Sozanovsky (Kiev), a member of First Law International (FLI) legal network, welcomes a new FLI member from London – Mishcon de Reya, solicitors. Sergei Konnov, Senior Partner of Konnov & Sozanovsky, along with Orlando Casares, the FLI Pri…

January 22, 2010

Asters advising on creation of the second-largest pharmaceutical company in the world

Asters provided legal advise on Ukrainian merger control law issues, including representation in in-depth merger control investigation by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) and obtaining merger clearance in connection with a merger of two global …

Chadbourne & Parke LLP helped OPIC return to Ukraine

Chadbourne & Parke LLP assisted the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in the resolution of its long-standing dispute …

Asters advised EBRD on USD 50 million financing to leading Ukrainian brewery

Asters acted as a Ukrainian counsel to European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in connection with USD 50 million loan to support Obolon in restructuring its balance …

Pavlenko & Poberezhnyuk, Law group won the arbitration process of Tubex Commodities AG

On 7 December 2009, the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry made a positive decision on the claim of Tubex Commodities AG, against A.F. Zasyadko Coal Mine, on recovering a debt under the contract on delivery …

Spenser & Kauffmann represented the interests of Yuzhny Sea Port

The Commercial Court of Odessa Region invalidated the ruling of the Odessa regional branch of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on violation of competition legislation by the state-owned enterprise Yuzhny Sea Trade Port. The Spenser & Kauffmann law firm represented the interests of the port. In its decision of 16 June 2009, …

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