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December 24, 2014

ILF Integrites – legal adviser for TopService

ILF Integrites acted as a legal advisor in trade financing for TopService, one of the largest Russian companies engaged in the import and wholesale of galvanic batteries for household and special purposes. The project was implemented in order to sup…

December 23, 2014

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine represented Johnson Controls Ukraine

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine represented Johnsons Controls Ukraine, a part of Johnson Controls Group, in a tax dispute. Tax authorities took the company to trial, seeking an additional UAH 3 mill…

Vasil Kisil & Partners announced expansion of its management team and staff promotion

On 23 December 2014 Vasil Kisil & Partners announced the expansion of its management team and staff promotion. The following senior lawyers have been promoted to the counsellors: Volodymyr Igonin, Oleg Kachmar, and Anna Sisetska. Volodymyr Igoni…

Lavrynovych & Partners won the lawsuit with the State Ecological Inspection of Ukraine

Lavrynovych & Partners’ team defended the rights and interests of Silski Tradytsiyi Ltd. The lawsuit arose with the State Ecological Inspection of Poltava Region, whose interests during the court hearings were represented by prosecution aut…

December 19, 2014

Poberezhnyuk & Partners law group has been established

Poberezhnyuk & Partners law group announced launch of its activity. The firm seceded from Pavlenko & Poberezhnyuk law group. The team of Poberezhnyuk & Partners includes experienced practitioners previously employed in Ukrainian and inter…

AstapovLawyers advised Rolls-Royce

AstapovLawyers International Law Group has advised Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc on Russian and Kazakh law matters in connection sale of gas turbine and compressor business for USD 1.32 billion to Siemens AG. AstapovLawyers team included partners Oleh Ma…

Doubinsky & Osharova defended Indian pharma producer

Doubinsky & Osharova has successfully persuaded the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine to uphold the 12 June 2014 decision of the Kiev Administrative Court of Appeal in support of the makers of the Flukold Plus cough and cold remedy, made by…

VKP defended the interests of an investment fund in tax litigation

Vasil Kisil & Partners' lawyers represented the interests of a closed non-diversified venture investment fund in a dispute with the tax authorities regarding taxing the assets of collective investment institutions created with the purpose of acqu…

December 17, 2014

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine advised Leonardo and Univermag Ukraina

EPAP Ukraine advised Leonardo and Univermag Ukraina, major business centre and shopping mall in Kiev downtown, across a spectrum of transactional and real estate matters. EPAP Ukraine provides full legal support, including negotiation and registrati…

IBA opens global public consultation on its draft business and human rights guidance

The International Bar Association (IBA) Business and Human Rights Working Group has opened a global, public consultation on its recently published draft guidance for bar associations and business lawyers (‘Dra…

December 16, 2014

Baker & McKenzie advised EBRD on USD 25 million term loan facility for grain trader Nibulon

Baker & McKenzie acted as Ukrainian law counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in connection with a new USD 25 million term loan facility for Nibulon, Ukraine’s leading grain trader, logistic operator and exporter. …

Asters - Ukrainian counsel to the EBRD in connection with EUR 8.5 million loan to Farmak

Asters acted as a Ukrainian law counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the EBRD) in connection with a loan of up to EUR 8.5 million to JSC Farmak. The financing will be used for working capital needs to finance foreign trad…

December 11, 2014

Vasil Kisil & Partners represented international tobacco company

Vasil Kisil & Partners defended the interests of a Ukrainian subsidiary of a major international tobacco company in a dispute with the tax authorities regarding alleged violations of Ukrainian legislation on licensing of wholesale trade of tobacc…

December 9, 2014

Multiple firms advised on USD 1 billion Chemtura acquisition by Platform Specialty Products

Eversheds has acted as international counsel to Chemtura on the sale of its agrochemicals business Chemtura AgroSolutions to Platform Specialty Products Corporation, a global specialty chemicals company. Greenberg Traurig was the international leader…

International Fiscal Association will hold the seminar “Tax Legislation Developments and Trends in EU”

December 16th, 2014, International Fiscal Association in Ukraine is organizing the fourth seminar in its series of Knowledge Sharing Seminars on International Taxation.  The seminar “Tax Legislation Developments and Trends in EU” is …

December 8, 2014

Avellum Partners advised Lafarge Group

Avellum Partners advised Lafarge Group in connection with obtaining a merger control clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the sale of LLC Lafarge UralCement, operating a 1.1 million tones per year cement plant in Korkino, Russia, …

December 3, 2014

Misechko and Partners defended Panalpina World Transport L.T.D.

Misechko and Partners defended interest of Panalpina World Transport L.T.D. in dispute with the State Property Fund of Ukraine in regard to extension of the state property rental agreement Misechko & Partners has acted as legal counsel of Panalp…

Olga Vorozhbyt elected as a New Board Member of Ukrainian Arbitration Association

CMS Cameron McKenna is pleased to announce that Olga Vorozhbyt, Dispute Resolution and Compliance partner in the Kiev office of CMS Cameron McKenna, has been elected as a new Board Member of Ukrainian Arbitration Association. Olga has established her…

December 1, 2014

Vasil Kisil & Partners defended Edelweiss Development Ltd

In November 2014 Vasil Kisil & Partners Law Firm has successfully represented Edelweiss Development Ltd before the Commercial Court of Appeal in a dispute with the prosecution regarding invalidating and cancelling orders of the state administrati…

2014 CEE Legal Matters Summit: an Unprecedented Gathering of CEE Legal Experts

More than 20 of Central and Eastern Europe's top business lawyers will come together at the InterContinental Vienna on the evening of December 3 for the 2014 CEE Legal Matters Summit, the first-ever dedicated gathering of CEE legal specialists in one…

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