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Glib Bondar

Glib Bondar is a senior partner at AVELLUM and Head of Finance and Debt Restructuring Practice. Glib focuses on financings, capital markets and debt restructurings. Glib’s additional expertise spans over energy and infrastructure projects. The last 25+ years of his legal practice Glib devoted to international financing and capital markets projects from Ukraine and was involved in many of the high profile and landmark cross-border lending, eurobond offerings and debt restructurings for Ukrainian sovereign/quasi-sovereign, municipal and corporate borrowers. He represented international and local clients, including major investment and commercial banks, financial institutions and corporates.

Andriy Fortunenko

Andriy Fortunenko is a Partner at AVELLUM’s Dispute Resolution practice and Head of White-Collar Crime Practice. Andriy regularly represents national and foreign clients before the law enforcement and regulatory authorities. He has extensive experience in criminal cases related to fraud, embezzlement, cybercrime, and corruption-related offences. Andriy also handles complex multi-jurisdictional investigations into money laundering and represents the clients before INTERPOL. Andriy’s track record include defending state officials and MPs in criminal cases investigated by the National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine and heard by the High Anticorruption Court.

Kostiantyn Likarchuk

Kostiantyn Likarchuk is a Senior Partner at AVELLUM and a Co-Head of the Dispute Resolution practice. He focuses on complex cross-border litigation proceedings, international arbitration, assets tracing and recovery, corporate investigations and international aspects of white-collar crime. His additional expertise spans over energy and infrastructure projects. Kostiantyn represents clients in Ukrainian civil, commercial and administrative courts of all instances and acts as counsel before arbitral tribunals in major arbitration forums. He advises, along with leading global dispute resolution practices, on all aspects of litigation strategies, including on numerous cases involving major common law jurisdictions. He acts for international and Ukrainian businesses and investors in their international arbitration and cross-border litigation matters. Kostiantyn also regularly acts as expert on Ukrainian law before foreign courts, including English courts and arbitral tribunals.

Maksym Maksymenko

Maksym Maksymenko is a Strategic Advisor with over 20 years of experience in real estate, infrastructure, and energy. His professional track record includes participation in more than 1,500 projects across agriculture, finance, development, lodging, oil & gas, ports, and retail. Maksym is a regular contributor to the various working groups in the Ukrainian Parliament, Ministry for Communities, Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine, and the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre. In addition to his professional work, Maksym has engaged in academic activities, including lecturing at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. His academic work also includes developing a PhD thesis on optimising land use structure in Ukraine, aiming to facilitate such land use to streamline economic growth to benefit Ukrainian society with minimal negative environmental impact. Maksym draws on his extensive expertise to provide strategic guidance on complex real estate, infrastructure, and energy matters in Ukraine.

Vadim Medvedev

Vadim Medvedev is a Partner, Head of the Tax and Private Clients practices, and Co-Head of the Dispute Resolution practice. Vadim has a successful track record in high-profile domestic disputes. Vadim regularly represents the clients in complex commercial disputes and disputes with state authorities. Vadim also specialises in tax and succession planning matters. He has significant experience advising clients in international tax planning, transaction structuring and succession planning matters. He also provides general corporate and commercial advice. Vadim Medvedev serves as the Head of the International Taxation working group in American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and was the member of the working group on VAT reform and Expert Council at the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

Yuriy Nechayev

Yuriy Nechayev is a partner at AVELLUM’s corporate practice with the primary focus on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and private equity. Yuriy regularly advises international and Ukrainian companies on various aspects of their business activities in Ukraine. His experience includes advising clients on the aspects of a wide range of major cross-border corporate transactions. Yuriy also advises his clients on various matters of commercial law.

Mykyta Nota

Mykyta Nota is a Partner and the Head of AVELLUM's Competition practice. He focuses on competition & antitrust, arbitration, and cross-border litigation. Mykyta advises clients on all aspects of competition & antitrust law, involving merger control, concerted practices, abuse of dominance, state aid, unfair competition, and competition litigation. He also counsels on antitrust matters in relation to multinational and domestic acquisitions and joint ventures, including merger clearances by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. He regularly acts for clients in international arbitrations under the ICC and LCIA Arbitration Rules. Mykyta Nota boasts over 11 years’ experience in representing clients in post-M&A and shareholders’ disputes in high-profile cross-border matters across various sectors like fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), energy, agriculture, banking, and the real estate sectors. Mykyta is experienced in resolving complex competition disputes involving multinational companies, particularly claims on private enforcement of competition law and annulment of decisions of the competition authority.

Mykola Stetsenko

Mykola Stetsenko is the Managing Partner, Head of Corporate/M&A Practice, and Co-Head of Real Estate and Infrastructure at AVELLUM. For nearly 30 years of his legal career Mykola focused on complex multijurisdictional transactions, some of which have set new market precedents and are repeatedly recognised by legal directories, including Chambers, IFLR, and The Legal 500. Mykola has extensive experience in all types of corporate and M&A transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, IPOs, securities, corporate restructurings, and corporate governance. Mykola also advises major international corporations on their market entry and employment matters in Ukraine. As Co-Head of Real Estate and Infrastructure Mykola focuses on land acquisitions, construction, natural resources, minerals exploration, production sharing agreements, and public-private partnerships. Mykola is one of the lead authors of modern corporate law in Ukraine, having drafted provisions on shareholder agreements, securities regulation, corporations and LLCs, corporate governance, as well as squeeze-out and sell-out mechanisms. Mykola currently serves as President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, the largest independent association of lawyers in Ukraine, where he is actively involved in legal policy development and advancement of the legal profession. Mykola is also a member of the Executive Committee of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), where he focuses on assisting foreign companies with their market entry to Ukraine.

Anton Zaderyholova

Anton Zaderyholova is a Partner at AVELLUM’s Tax & Private Client Practices. He focuses on effectively structuring corporate clients’ international deals and business processes. Anton has significant experience in advising clients on international tax planning, direct and indirect taxation, personal taxation, transfer pricing, and customs. He has worked on transfer pricing projects in various areas: IT, telecom, retail, and pharmaceuticals. In addition to his experience with corporate clients, Anton is adept at handling sensitive tax, succession, and legal issues for private clients. His guidance extends to navigating intricate legal landscapes and providing tailored solutions. Anton also represents clients in disputes with tax and customs authorities in both administrative and court proceedings.