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Baker & McKenzie - CIS, Limited

RENAISSANCE BUSINESS CENTER, 24 VOROVSKOHO STREET, 01054 KYIV, UKRAINE
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Ukraine : Banking, finance and capital markets

Within Banking, finance and capital markets, Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited is a first tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited is ‘one of the best teams in the market’, and one of its largest. Led by Serhiy Chorny, it advised Crédit Suisse on a $250m syndicated loan to Ukrtelecom and acted for Ukrainian investors on the acquisition of SEB Bank – now known as FIDOBANK.

Ukraine : Corporate and M&A

Within Corporate and M&A, Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited is a first tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited has ‘outstanding experience in M&A’, as well as business partnerships and corporate law. The firm advised Cadogan Petroleum on a joint venture with ENI, and acted for Cargill on local aspects of a €1.15bn acquisition. Viacheslav Yakymchuk is ‘committed and driven, and always fights for his client’.

Ukraine : Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited is a third tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited’s excellent team advises large international and domestic corporations. Olga Shenk provides ‘excellent service’, and Nataliya Demir is also recommended, as is Ihor Siusel, who joined from Lavrynovych & Partners. Svitlana Romanova joined Metinvest.

Ukraine : Intellectual property

Within Intellectual property, Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited is a first tier firm,

Ruslan Drobyazko’s team at Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited ‘always does an excellent job’. Svitlana Kompanets is ‘especially helpful with anti-counterfeiting’, Oleksiy Stolyarenko gives ‘superb advice to tight deadlines’ and Yuliya Kolchenko is also recommended – all three are ‘creative, careful and conscientious about costs’. Recent matters include representing a household name in a trade mark infringement case in the hospitality sector.

Ukraine : Real estate and construction

Within Real estate and construction, Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited is a first tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited has the largest team in Kiev, which is ‘very strong across the board’. Serhiy Piontkovsky ‘gives straightforward, commercially focused advice and is very helpful on government relations matters’. Lina Nemchenko is also recommended. The firm advised ESTA Holding on a hotel project in Donetsk.

Ukraine : Tax

Within Tax, Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited is a second tier firm,

Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited is ‘one of the smartest and most adaptable firms’. Hennadiy Voytsitskyi’s team includes Yuriy Zalusky, who is ‘a real asset; very strong on litigation’. The firm advises leading companies in sectors such as technology and financial services.

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  • Ukraine enables itself to furnish procedural orders of foreign judicial and arbitral authorities

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  • Ukrainian district court allowed attachment of property located in Ukraine on the basis of UK proced

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