Dentons > Kyiv, Ukraine > Firm Profile
Dentons Offices
41 Naberezhno-Khreshchatytska Street
9th floor
04070 Kyiv
Ukraine
Dentons > The Legal 500 Rankings
Ukraine > Banking, finance and capital markets Tier 1
Practice head(s):
Natalia Selyakova
Key clients
National Bank of Ukraine
EBRD
EFET
OeEB
IFC
Pireus Bank
BSTDB
Pay Set
Nefco
Rewire
Work highlights
- Advising Pay Set on the provision of financial services to Ukrainian customers, including legal advice on regulatory matters in respect to the use of electronic money issued by a foreign electronic money issuer.
- Advising a leading real estate company in Ukraine on banking and finance matters in connection to the restructuring under the loan agreement, as well as on repayment, extension, and amendments to the security documents.
- Advising a leading Ukrainian bank on regulatory and financial technology matters, as well as on regulation of the usage of one-time ID technologies and electronic signatures in Ukraine.
Ukraine > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 1
Practice head(s):
Oleg Batyuk
Testimonials
‘Always in time, can help to decide internal questions as being an official representatives of the company or shareholders.’
‘Fast help and cooperation, always on the line and follow the changes.’
‘Dentons team in Kiev provides a very effective and quick service, always customer oriented. They have a great knowledge of the diverse areas of practice and have always been responsive. From a personal standpoint, the interaction has been always great. We worked on diverse corporate integration and companies rationalization, specially remarkable on current period in the region, where it becomes a real challenge to keep on working normally.’
‘I would mention Oleg Batyuk,Managing Director, so as diverse associates such as Oleksandra Piskun or Viktor Marchan and Anna Tkachenko.’
Key clients
Farmak
Ciklum
EKSIM YATIRIM
OeEB
Children of Heroes of Ukraine Foundation
Work highlights
- Advising Farmak, Ukraine’s leading pharmaceutical company, on a series of strategic acquisitions from a portfolio company of private equity house Novator.
- Providing pro bono legal advice to Children of Heroes of Ukraine Foundation regarding formation of charitable organization with mission to help the children of Ukraine.
- Advising one of the largest private charitable foundations in the world regarding the establishment of its presence in Ukraine.
Ukraine > Employment Tier 1
Practice head(s):
Volodymyr Monastyrskyy
Testimonials
‘Know the trends and changes in the labour legislation and good practice with long-term clients.’
‘Good to have direct contact and have opportunity to ask urgent questions.’
‘Very responsive, professional, and understands business needs. ’
‘Very resposinve team that helps in an efficient and cost effective manner.’
Key clients
Solarisbank
Farmak
Work highlights
- Advising Farmak on employment law matters in connection a series of strategic acquisitions from a portfolio company of private equity house Novator.
- Advising Solarisbank with an on-going day-to-day general advice on common employment law queries in connection to the client’s business activities in Ukraine.
- Advising an American multinational corporation on employment law matters in Ukraine and Poland in connection to the relocation of client’s employees from Ukraine due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces.
Ukraine > Energy Tier 1
Practice head(s):
Adam Mycyk; Maksym Sysoiev
Key clients
Power China New Energy Power Co., Ltd.
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
DNV GL Energy Advisory GmbH
Misen
ENGIE
Helios Strategia
TIU Canada
DTEK
Hlobynskyy Pererobnyy Zavod LLC
Eksim Yatirim Holding A.S.
Work highlights
- Advising Hlobynskyy Pererobnyy Zavod on the development of biogas project in Ukraine.
- Advising Ukrainian renewable energy projects developer on legal advice on certain aspects and specifications of EU power markets operation.
- Advising an international energy projects developer on potential acquisition of solar project with total capacity of approximately 40 MW.
Ukraine > Competition Tier 2
Practice head(s):
Volodymyr Monastyrskyy
Testimonials
‘Responsive and to the point.’
Key clients
Farmak
Roku
Solarisbank
Work highlights
- Advising Farmak on competition law matters in connection to a series of strategic acquisitions from a portfolio company of private equity house Novator.
- Advising one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers on competition law matters and assisting in obtaining merger clearance in Ukraine.
- Advising multinational mass media factual television company on competition law matters and compliance with Ukrainian personal data protection and privacy laws during cooperation with local VOD/OTT providers.
Ukraine > Dispute resolution Tier 2
Ukraine > Intellectual property Tier 2
Practice head(s):
Oleg Batyuk
Key clients
Farmak
Work highlights
- Advising Farmak on IP-related matters in connection with client’s acquisition of pharmaceutical marketing companies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, together with the relevant IP rights and trademarks, and in a separate transaction, a Ukrainian business owning a product portfolio, selected assets, and IP rights and trademarks.
- Advising an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, on intellectual property matters, in particular, regarding the right of publicity under Ukrainian legislation.
- Advising one of the largest private charitable foundations in the world on IP related matters in Ukraine.
Ukraine > Real estate and construction Tier 2
Practice head(s):
Oleg Batyuk
Key clients
Hlobynskyy Pererobnyy Zavod LLC
TIU Canada
Solarisbank
Work highlights
- Advising Hlobynskyy Pererobnyy Zavod on real estate, construction and regulatory matters in connection with the development of a biogas project in Ukraine.
- Advising one of the largest private charitable foundations in the world on real estate and land law advice in connection to the several acquisitions of land plots in Ukraine.
- Advising an international company specializing in the turnkey construction of photovoltaic plants on real estate matters in connection to acquisition of solar project with total capacity of approximately 40 MW in Ukraine.
Ukraine > Tax Tier 2
Dentons > Firm Profile
The firm:
Across over 80 countries, Dentons helps you grow, protect, operate and finance your organization by providing uniquely global and deeply local legal solutions. Polycentric, purpose-driven and committed to inclusion, diversity, equity and sustainability, we focus on what matters most to you. www.dentons.com
Dentons’ long-term commitment to Ukraine is unsurpassed among international law firms. Dentons has been active in Ukraine since 1988, and the firm officially opened the Kyiv office in 1992. Dentons’ practice in Ukraine encompasses the full range of legal services across a diverse range of industries. With strong global capabilities, Dentons is well equipped to assist its clients in a variety of cross-border issues. International experience and in-depth knowledge of Ukrainian legislation, as well as the client-tailored approach, allow the firm to provide innovative, seamless legal solutions of the highest quality.
Main Areas of Practice:
Dentons’ lawyers and professionals provide services in the following practice disciplines and industry sectors:
Corporate and M&A: With a corporate practice that encompasses multibillion-dollar purchases of public companies, corporate governance and formation, venture and private equity investing, compliance and operations, and alliances and breakups in virtually every corner of the world, Dentons’ scope and reach is as broad as the universe of corporate interests.
Competition and Antitrust: Dentons provides legal advice and judicial assistance in all aspects of national and EU competition law, consumer law, state aid, tender procedures and regulatory issues. Clients receive tailored, industry-focused advice on complex litigation, investigations by competition authorities, merger control, competition compliance, or commercial arrangements.
Intellectual Property and Technology: Dentons’ lawyers identify, protect and help commercialize IP in the most highly developed markets — and in jurisdictions where IP laws and enforcement are still evolving. Dentons’ lawyers and technical/scientific advisors represent global corporations, academic and research institutions, inventors and artists, venture capital firms and others invested in patents, trademarks, copyrights and proprietary property.
Banking and Finance: Dentons covers every aspect of banking and capital markets transactions and regulation in the world’s leading financial centres. Dentons helps clients access and invest new sources of capital, develop and use financial products, structure financing transactions, comply with regulations, respond to investigations and resolve disputes.
Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration: Dentons’ highly reputable Litigation and Dispute Resolution lawyers are particularly well known for helping clients resolve disputes in energy, construction and engineering, banking, restructuring and insolvency, life sciences and retail. The team is also highly experienced in EU trade disputes, investigations and international arbitration.
 Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Dentons’ teams formulate strategies that result in the optimal solution for trustees, bondholders, investors, traders, debtors, creditors and creditor committees around the world as it pursues claims for clients through negotiation and litigation.
Public Law and Regulatory: Dentons has unique regional and global capabilities in advising clients on complex and multi-jurisdictional regulatory issues. We help clients navigate the most pressing regulatory challenges such as: ESG, greenwashing, chemicals, climate change, circular economy, public procurement, and defense and security.
Real Estate: The Real Estate practice at Dentons is the largest in the world, and advises real estate owners, investors and lenders on some of the most complex development, acquisition, disposition, debt and equity transactions undertaken in today’s market. Dentons’ hotels and leisure practice is consistently ranked among the best in the world.
Tax: With experience in worldwide jurisdictions, Dentons provides comprehensive tax advice to individuals, private companies, multinationals and other entities on tax planning, compliance, M&A structuring tax advantaged investing, transfer pricing, disputes with tax authorities and more.
Sector focus:
To ensure our lawyers understand the key trends and developments facing your industry, we have established dedicated sector groups focused on the following: Consumer Goods, Energy, Family Office and High Net Worth Individuals, Financial Institutions, Industrials, Insurance, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Real Estate, Sovereign, Technology Media and Telecommunications, and Transport and Infrastructure.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Agribusiness | Ihor Mehedynyuk | ||
Agribusiness | Volodymyr Monastyrskyy | ||
Anti-corruption, compliance and data privacy | Volodymyr Monastyrskyy | ||
Anti-corruption, compliance and data privacy | Igor Svitlyk | ||
Arbitration, litigation and dispute resolution | Oleg Batyuk | ||
Banking and finance | Natalia Selyakova | ||
Corporate and M&A | Adam Mycyk | ||
Capital markets | Natalia Selyakova | ||
Competition and antitrust | Volodymyr Monastyrskyy | ||
Competition and antitrust | Igor Svitlyk | ||
Corporate and M&A | Oleg Batyuk | ||
Employment and labour | Volodymyr Monastyrskyy | ||
Energy, environment and natural resources | Maksym Sysoiev | ||
Information technology | Natalia Selyakova | ||
Intellectual property | Oksana Horban | ||
Intellectual property | Oleg Batyuk | ||
Life sciences and healthcare | Volodymyr Monastyrskyy | ||
Private equity | Oleg Batyuk | ||
Private equity | Adam Mycyk | ||
Real estate | Volodymyr Monastyrskyy | ||
Restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy | Natalia Selyakova | ||
Tax | Igor Davydenko | ||
Tax | Valeria Tarasenko |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Mr Oleg Batyuk | Oleg Batyuk is the Ukraine Managing Partner and Head of the Ukrainian… | View Profile | |
Mr Igor Davydenko | Igor Davydenko is a partner in Dentons’ Kyiv office. He has proven… | View Profile | |
Ms Oksana Horban | Oksana Horban is a counsel at Dentons’ Kyiv office, and a registered… | View Profile | |
Mr Oleg Kuchanskyy | Oleg Kuchanskyy is a counsel in Dentons’ Kyiv office. As a member of… | View Profile | |
Ms Natalia Levchuk | Natalia Levchuk is a senior associate in Dentons’ Kyiv office. Natalia has… | View Profile | |
Artem Lukyanov | Artem Lukyanov is a senior associate in Dentons’ Kyiv office with major… | View Profile | |
Mr Ihor Mehedynyuk | Ihor V. Mehedynyuk is a partner in Dentons’ Kyiv office. He advises… | View Profile | |
Mr Volodymyr Monastyrskyy | Volodymyr Monastyrskyy is a partner in Dentons’ Kyiv office and a member… | View Profile | |
Mr Adam Mycyk | Adam Mycyk is a partner in Dentons’ Kyiv office. Adam has more… | View Profile | |
Mrs Evgenia Prudko | Evgenia Prudko is a legal advisor in Dentons’ Kyiv office with major… | View Profile | |
Mrs Natalia Selyakova | Natalia Selyakova is a partner in Dentons’ Kyiv office and Head of… | View Profile | |
Ms Nadiya Shylienkova | Nadiya Shylienkova is a counsel in Dentons’ Kyiv office. Nadiya has extensive… | View Profile | |
Mr Igor Svitlyk | Igor Svitlyk is a counsel in Dentons’ Kyiv office. He is a… | View Profile | |
Mr Maksym Sysoiev | Maksym Sysoiev is a partner in Dentons’ Kyiv office. He is a… | View Profile | |
Mrs Valeria Tarasenko | Valeria Tarasenko is a tax advisor in Dentons’ Kyiv office, and a… | View Profile | |
Ms Anna Tkachenko | Anna Tkachenko is a counsel in Dentons’ Kyiv office. She concentrates on… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Total number of people : 12,500+ Number of lawyers : 5,900+ Kyiv office : 30Languages
70+ languages including: Arabic Afrikaans Azerbaijani Bulgarian Czech Dutch English French Georgian German Hungarian Italian Japanese Kazakh Mandarin Polish Romanian Russian Slovak Spanish Turkish Ukrainian UzbekOther
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