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January 24, 2012

Avellum Partners advised Interpipe

Avellum Partners - Ukrainian legal counsel to Interpipe in connection with the restructuring of its USD887 million credit portfolio. As part of the restructuring, lenders provided the company with the additional funding in the amount of USD136 mill…

January 16, 2012

Avellum Partners advised arrangers on USD 100 million syndicated secured loan facility to Milkiland Group

Avellum Partners - Ukrainian legal counsel to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, UniCredit Bank AG, London Branch, Raiffeisen Bank International AG and ZAO Raiffeisenbank, acting as mandated lead arrangers, in connection with a USD100 million syndicate…

January 11, 2012

Commercial Contracts and Disputes Resolution Conference

FAService is glad to invite the heads of legal departments and in-house counsels to the conference “Commercial Contracts and Disputes Resolution”, which is to be held on 9 February 2012 at AKKO International in Kiev. This conference provides an excellent opportunity for business networking and connections with colleagues from leading companies. During sessions you will also discover proven strategies of disputes resolution, hear about the practical aspects of concluding international contracts and international commercial arbitration.…

December 23, 2011

Avellum Partners advises Kernel on acquisition of Enselco

Avellum Partners acted as the legal counsel to Kernel Holding S.A. in connection with its acquisition of a 100% stake in Enselco, a farming company managing 29,300 ha of leasehold farmland. This transaction will allow Kernel to expand its total farm …

December 22, 2011

International Law Firm Integrites Holds Workshop on International Arbitration

On 15 December 2011 the Integrites law firm, together with Edwards Wildman Palmer UK LLP and George Z. Georgiou and Associates, …

December 16, 2011

Avellum Partners is a winner of the Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011

Avellum Partners has won in three categories of the Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011, The firm received at once the trophies of the Deal Maker of The Year in Ukraine, the Corporate Finance Boutique Law Firm of the Year, and the Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year in Ukraine awards.…

Avellum Partners – Ukrainian law firm of the year

Avellum Partners has won the Acquisition International Legal Award 2011 – Ukrainian Law Firm of the Year. The award was instituted by Acquisition International magazine (AI) and it achieved over 7,000 nominations across 48 categories. The nominations…

December 12, 2011

Konnov & Sozanovsky – legal advisor to AGCO Corporation

Konnov & Sozanovsky provided legal assistance in merger clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) for the USD 940 million acquisition of GSI Holdings Corp by AGCO Corporation, an international manufacturer and distributor of agricul…

November 29, 2011

First Ukrainian-born female lawyer of English qualification is elected to Bryan Cave partnership in City of London

The international law firm Bryan Cave LLP has announced that Irina Tymczyszyn has been elected to partnership in the firm, effective 1 January 2012. Ms. Tymczyszyn practises with the International Arbitration Team and Commercial Litigation Client Se…

November 15, 2011

How to hold Ukrainian capital from running abroad

On 8 November 2011 upon initiative of Ilyashev & Partners a roundtable discussion "How to hold the Ukrainian capital from running abroad: settlement of partnership relations in Ukrainian and foreign law. Opportunities and threats for business" took p…

November 8, 2011

Konnov & Sozanovsky advised the Embassy of Iraq in Ukraine

Konnov & Sozanovsky attorneys at law have successfully closed a transaction on the acquisition of real estate objects for the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Ukraine. The sum of the deal is USD 5 million. The project was led by Alexey Ivanov, ma…

October 31, 2011

International Bar Association Annual Conference starts its work in Dubai

The largest gathering of the international legal community in the world – the Annual Conference of the International Bar Association (IBA) was opened yesterday’s night in Dubai, UAE, with the speech of Nobel laureate, seasoned diplomat and internatio…

October 28, 2011

Second fair of social and environmental projects chooses winners

The Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility Development organized the second CSR MarketPlace within “Ukraine National Initiatives to Enhance Reforms” (UNITER) Project that is implemented by Pact and financed by the U.S. Agency for International De…

Best non-financial reports of Ukrainian opanies chosen

The Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility Development and PocketBook have awarded the best readers and authors within the Readers’ Choice Award, the contest for the best non-financial report by a company. General partner of the contest – PocketB…

October 26, 2011

Chadbourne represented 28 International lenders on financial restructuring of USD 400 million debt of Kreditprombank

Chadbourne & Parke LLP has acted for over two years on behalf of a group of 28 financial institutions from all over the world on restructuring the debt of PJSC Kreditprombank. The restructuring was substantially completed on 23 September with the con…

October 21, 2011

CFA Ukraine invitation to the "II Ukrainian investment forum: financing your growth"

Following the successful "I Ukrainian Investment Forum: Attracting Investments in Changing Times" last year with over 300 participants, CFA Ukraine is organizing "II Ukrainian Investment Forum: Financing Your Growth" on November 17, 2011 at the Premier Palace Hotel in Kyiv. The target audience is CxO level representatives of Top-300 Ukrainian real sector companies. The main topics to be covered are the macroeconomic situation and different sources of external financing available for Ukrainian companies: IPO, Debt and PE.…

Sayenko Kharenko wins two arbitration cases in Russia

Sayenko Kharenko has successfully represented a leading European financial group in two arbitration proceedings under the Rules of International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation against two Russian citizens. According to both awards, …

October 17, 2011

Scholar Competition of ANK law firm

ANK law firm is announcing the holding of the 8th scholar competition on receipt of the firm’s very own certificates for law specialty students of higher education establishments. Full-time students of higher education establishments of Ukraine with…

British Legal Centre and Integrites international law firm held reception

On 5 October 2011 the British Legal Centre and international law firm Integrites held a reception devoted to the visit of Rt Hon Sir Robin Auld Kt, P C, to Ukraine, recently retired Lord Justiceof Appeal, formerly the senior presiding judge of Englan…

Avellum Partners advised Kernel

Avellum Partners – acted as legal counsel to Kernel Holding S.A. in connection with its acquisition of a 100% stake in Russian Oils, an oilseed crusher in Russia, for a USD 60 million enterprise value and cash consideration in the range of USD 15 mil…

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