CMS Ukraine

Corporate/M&A

Counsel

Mariana Saienko is a Counsel in the Corporate/M&A Transactions practice group at CMS Ukraine and also a member of the wider CMS International Private Equity team. With over 10 years of experience, Mariana specialises in high-profile projects across infrastructure, energy, life sciences & healthcare, private equity, telecom, and IT sectors. She provides expert advice on complex joint ventures, corporate restructurings, private equity, and M&A transactions in Ukraine, CEE/CIS, Europe, and beyond.

Most recently, Mariana has acted as a client contact for several multi-national companies across various sectors, including SALIC, NEFCO, Amazon, AECOM, Coca-Cola Beverages, ED&F Man, and Emerson Electric. She has coordinated teams of lawyers working for these clients across Europe and the UK.

Mariana is also dedicated to pro bono legal work and fundraising initiatives. She was instrumental in the development and launch of the Superhumans project, the largest state-of-the-art rehabilitation and prosthetics centre in Ukraine.

Ukrainian, English, Russian

Ukrainian Bar Association

2014 - Master’s Degree in Law with Honours, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University