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Baker & McKenzie - CIS, Limited

What we say about the firm's legal practice in Ukraine

Banking, finance and capital markets

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

Headed by Serhiy Chorny, the three-partner team at Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited has a very good standing despite some departures (particularly on the capital markets front) to the up-and-coming Avellum Partners. The firm has, however, been active in major debt restructurings, and advised a group of export credit agencies and other creditors on the restructuring of €37m and $51m of Bank Nadra’s debts. The firm also advised Mobile TeleSystems on its $750m ten-year Eurobond offering.

Corporate and M&A

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

Few will dispute Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited’s continued dominance of Ukraine’s corporate market. Highly rated managing partner James Hitch heads the two-partner team, which includes Viacheslav Yakymchuk. Despite a relative dearth of activity in the market, the group has maintained momentum with advice to several major private equity houses, which are taking an increasing interest in Ukraine, including Horizon Capital, which it represented on its acquisition of an almost $40m stake in Datagroup, one of Ukraine’s top data network and telecommunications providers. Other clients include the Ukrainian food company, Technocom, which was advised on its takeover by Nestlé.

Dispute resolution

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

Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited offers clients an ‘excellent overall level of service’, and is ‘one of the few firms in Kiev showing really high standards, including in its code of conduct and ethics’. Svitlana Romanova heads the team, which includes the highly rated associate Olga Shenk, who is praised for her ‘insight and straightforward approach to issues’. The firm represents clients in disputes across the full range of sectors.

Intellectual property

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

Headed by Ruslan Drobyazko, Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited’s top-notch IP practice has an even split between contentious and non-contentious work. While about 30% of the firm’s disputes work is in the pharmaceuticals sector, it is especially active on the trade mark front, where it has been representing 3M Company on infringement issues relating to its filter cartridges. Other major clients include British American Tobacco and Nissan.

Real estate and construction

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

Clients are quick to praise Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited for its ‘very high level of service’ and for being ‘always available’, while offering ‘solid and timely advice’. Within the three-partner team, the ‘excellent’ Lina Nemchenko is ‘very knowledgeable and a skilled negotiator’, while group head Serhiy Piontkovsky and Mykhailo Tymoshenko have ‘very good’ reputations. The firm has been active in tourism infrastructure and recently advised KDD Group, a major real estate investment and development group, on a hotel management agreement with Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts.

Tax

Within Tax , Baker & McKenzie is a second tier firm,

Hennadiy Voytsitskyi heads the highly rated practice at Baker & McKenzie – CIS, Limited, where ‘the responses are always prompt and advice is well thought out’. Associate Yuriy Zaluskyy is singled out for his ‘hands on experience and valuable advice’. The firm has been very active on the contentious front, while transactional advice has largely been focused on distressed assets.


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    Continuing our practice of regularly updating our clients on changes in the Russian legislation, in this legal alert we would like to inform you that as of September 1, 2011, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation will introduce a new procedure for assessing working conditions in workplaces. 1 [1] Results of workplace assessments with respect to the working conditions conducted before September 1, 2011 (in accordance with the procedure currently in effect 2 [2]) will remain valid up until the next regular assessment.
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