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Igor Davydenko

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Business Structures and Tax Planning; Corporate; Corporate Governance; Cross-Border Transactions; Foreign Direct Investment; Joint Ventures; Mergers and Acquisitions

Position

Igor Davydenko is a partner in Dentons' Kyiv office. He has proven experience in legal practice, including the coaordination of legal issues in major financial and commercial organizations. Igor has been working in the Kyiv office for the last 12 years. During this period he was involved in more than 110 multimillion complex transactions in different areas in Ukraine. He concentrates on matters of Ukrainian tax, civil and corporate law.

Career

Partner - Dentons (formerly Salans), Kyiv (2007-present); Of Counsel - Salans, Kyiv (2006); Associate - Salans, Kyiv (1994-2005); Venture capital firm in Kyiv (1994)

Languages

English, Russian, Ukrainian

Member

Member of the Board of Management of three Ukrainian banks, dealing extensively with bank regulatory matters and questions of secured lending and loan documentation (1991-1994)

Education

Kyiv Institute of State and Law, 1988, post-graduate course. National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, 1985, Law Degree, with Honours.

Ukraine

Tax

Within: Tax

Dentons has 'a great team', which is led by Igor Davydenko and also includes highly regarded associate Tetiana Gryn. The firm advised Ingenico Group on the tax issues arising from its acquisition of a Ukrainian company.

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