The pandemic spring of 2020 entailed a widespread pause in global M&A activity. Countries have tightened their borders, while decision-makers are not able to travel and explore investment opportunities. The traditional M&A market has certainly been disrupted, experiencing specific consequences across industries. Many sectors, for example, travel, hospitality and aviation transport, faced severe drops, which may result in consolidations and solvencies.
Yuliia Kylchynska
Due diligence is a very important part in every M&A transaction. During the performance of due diligence, the purchaser’s legal, financial, tax and technical advisers review the provided documents and information to identify the key issues and risks associated with the target company and the business. The results of due diligence usually impact a deal structure, purchase price and commercial decisions of the parties, because risks identified during due diligence are then addressed in transactional documents.
Oleksandr Fefelov, Olga Samoilenko
This article is to address two aspects of M&A in Ukraine in the face of the outbreak of global disaster by the name of COVID-19: (a) responding to the challenges posed by government actions to overcome pandemic upon pending M&A transactions; and (b) raising the opportunities provided by new legislation on privatization meant to fill in the niche of decreased M&A activity in Ukraine (should we consider privatization to be one form of M&A).
Taras Dumych
Corporate governance has started playing a greater role not only in the day-to-day life and operations of companies, but also on those occasions when companies are involved in M&A transactions as sellers, acquirers or targets. Ukrainian corporate governance regulations and practices are still developing. However, for quite some time already, it was arguably the corporate governance side of the story that was responsible for the success or failure of many of Ukraine’s landmark businesses.
Marta Halabala
In 2019 the world saw great interest on the part of energy giants aggressively entering the renewable energy market. We see such trends as the importance of renewable energy reflects the ambition of stakeholders throughout the value chain to increase exposure to renewables and raise the share of renewables in the energy mix.
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The concept of corporate governance is widespread around the globe, helping companies to reach greater levels of efficiency and sustainability. It is an evolutionary process for that business whose strategic aim is to explore new markets and investment opportunities.
The tradition of corporate governance in Ukraine is on its way to being established, while legal advisors play a crucial role in this process. We asked two partners of Kinstellar, Olena Kuchynska, a leading expert in corporate governance and head of the local energy practice, and Iryna Nikolayevska, head of the corporate/M&A to tell us how it operates in current Ukrainian realities and how corporate governance is able to contribute with the application of the world’s highest standards.
Maxim Oleksiyuk, Viktoriia Minets
An important indicator of success for M&A is how smoothly control of it was transferred. The acquisition of a company often involves appointment of new management. What should be considered during transfer of control, and how can risks borne by new management due to the mistakes of their predecessors be avoided?
Roman Gerasymenko
It is already safe to assume that 2020 has been marked by several unique events in Ukraine: coronavirus, land reform, and other circumstances associated with intensive legislative activity. It is worth noting that the laws regulating commercial trials were amended as well and such amendments may be divided into two groups: (1) amendments related to quarantine, (2) amendments not related to quarantine. Both groups of changes should be analyzed through the lens of their impact on the right to access to justice.
Kseniia Pogruzhalska
Over the last couple of years, Ukrainian procedural law has experienced constant change. A major overturn of judicial procedures took place at the end of 2017, when the new version of procedural codes came into effect. The new codes introduced completely new mechanisms of case administration (i.e., e-court), were aimed at resolving numerous existing practical issues, and should have brought the entire court system to a brand new level in terms of the quality and effectiveness of dispute resolution. Did this happen? It’s still hard to say.
The UJBL editorial team spent last month monitoring recently adopted legislation and new initiatives. We asked experts to comment on NEURC Resolution No. 725, which increases “green” tariffs for electricity for household producers, Draft Memorandum of Understanding, Resolution No.580 in the sphere of land management, Draft Law No. 2571-ä aiming to amend certain acts regulating banking activities and others.
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