September 7, 2010
International law firm D&D Lawyers has changed its name to the Dovhan & Partners law firm. Viktor Dovhan will be the managing partner at Dovhan & Partners. The firm will also have two counselors and five lawyers. The main office will be in Kiev with…
September 3, 2010
Gide Loyrette Nouel advised International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, in connection with a USD 25 million multi-currency loan facility to meat producer Globino, one of the largest group of the Ukrainian agricultural compani…
August 30, 2010
Salans has advised Noble Resources Ukraine LLC on a USD 24 million long-term loan from the EBRD for investments in grain infrastructure and processing facilities in Ukraine. Noble Resources Ukraine LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Noble Group Limi…
August 9, 2010
Lawyers of the ANK law firm acted on behalf of Evertrade (France) in a court case connected with recognition and enforcement of an international arbitral award against the Kherson Sea Commercial Port. On January 2006 a general contract on cargo hand…
August 6, 2010
Alpcot Agro AB, a Swedish company, has concluded a framework agreement with Polski Koncern Miasny DUDA S.A. (PKM Duda). The framework agreement aims at transferring certain agricultural assets which include a grain silo, certain pieces of machinery a…
August 2, 2010
Avellum Partners acted as legal counsel to OJSC Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP) in connection with USD 50 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The loan will be used for the financing of the working capital requirem…
July 21, 2010
Asters advised Scotland-based EasyDate on Ukrainian law issues in preparation for their £10 million offering of shares (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market. EasyDate entered the London market on 30 June attracting …
July 13, 2010
On 8 July 2010 GROUPE ADEO (France), a leading international operator of DIY construction materials stores and Leroy Merlin Ukraine LLC acquired Solteks-Group LLC holding lease rights to ca. 4 ha land plot Kiev. The transaction was structured by mea…
July 9, 2010
Baker & McKenzie recently acted as legal counsel to a group of export credit agencies (ECAs) and other creditors in connection with the restructuring of EUR 37 million and USD 51 million worth of loans previously obtained by Open Joint Stock Commerci…
June 30, 2010
Schoenherr acted as legal advisor to Generali Holding Vienna AG to sell more than 50%+1 share in the Generali Garant Life JSC Insurance Company to local Ukrainian purchasers. The company will operate under its former name, Garant Life. After cons…
June 17, 2010
Sayenko Kharenko acted as a Ukrainian legal counsel to ING, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Erste Group Bank AG, the deal managers of USD 500 million Eurobond placement by DTEK (part of System Capital Management). The debut Eurobonds were issued …
June 15, 2010
DLA Piper advised Assos Capital on all aspects of implementation of strategies which allowed Assos Capital to achieve tax optimization at the level of its Ukrainian subsidiaries. DLA Piper team's work included a profound advice on elaboration of…
June 14, 2010
Alexandrov & Partners International Law Firm in cooperation with NOERR law firm (Germany) consulted major Ukrainian investor on the acquisition of Billhoеfer Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, which was recognized bankrupt according to the Decision of Nu…
June 11, 2010
The purchase of Mobil Oil Austria GmbH and Esso Austria GmbH by Italian energy company ENI has been successfully cleared by the European Commission. After advising on the takeover in January, Central European law firm Schoenherr also advised ENI thro…
Avellum Partners recently acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to AvangardCo Investments Public Limited (Avangard) on its debut issue of GDRs on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. In the course of its IPO, Avangard raised approximately USD…
June 8, 2010
A multi-jurisdictional Baker & McKenzie team has advised the mining and steel company Metinvest BV on its debut offering of USD 500 million 10.25% Guaranteed Notes due 2015. The notes are listed and admitted to trading on the Global Exchange Market o…
June 3, 2010
On 28 May 2010, the Partners Meeting of Vasil Kisil & Partners adopted a resolution to add Yaroslav V. Teklyuk as a new partner. Prior Yaroslav Teklyuk acted as a counsellor of the Litigation Practice Group where he primarily dealt with banking and …
May 31, 2010
Vasil Kisil & Partners advised UniCredit Bank Austria AG on the Ukrainian law matters of interbank guarantees and stand–by letter of credits, including counter guarantees and counter stand-by letters of credits, as well as various instruments to secu…
May 28, 2010
Oleh Malskyy, head of AstapovLawyers competition practice, successfully represented Nemiroff in unfair competition dispute against Lyubotinsky plant Prodtovary at the AMCU on 25 May 2010. Lyubotinsky plant Prodtovary in production of vodka Zhitna P…
May 25, 2010
ILF has successfully completed a project on development of a legal mechanism enabling orphan centers to set up rehabilitation groups for handicapped children who live in families, as well as mother and baby groups. The project has been implemented…
