The recently published IFLR1000 2017 Financial and Corporate rankings seals Sayenko Kharenko's top league position in the Ukrainian legal market. This is the ninth year running that Sayenko Kharenko has been top ranked by IFLR 1000.

On 6 June 2011 the Law of Ukraine No. 3263-VI "On Introduction of Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Simplification of the Procedure of Establishing Business" (the "Law") became effective.

June 2026 – Ukraine has updated the rules for recognising enterprises as critically important and for reserving employees liable for military service.

On 19 November 2009, the President of Ukraine signed Law No. 1533-VI which was adopted by the Parliament of Ukraine on 23 June 2009.

On March 23, 2017 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted three laws substantially changing legislative regulation on ownership and disposition of corporate rights (shares) of companies...

The High Commercial Court has changed its 2007 recommendations guiding the practice of lower commercial courts towards corporate disputes.

Clarification on import duty has been issued by the State Customs Service of Ukraine.

On April 1, 2015, franchise regulations took effect in the Ukraine, ending (in some respects) a decade-long wait for regulatory clarity.

The Amendments represent a major step forward in aligning Ukrainian merger control rules with the approaches taken in Europe.

A new era of CFC rule implementation commenced on January 01, 2024 under the Laws of Ukraine No. 466-IX as of January 16, 2020 and No. 1117-IX as of December 17, 2020.

On 23 November 2011, the President of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 1070/2011 and Resolution No.1063/2011 (the "Resolutions") to regulate the activities of the newly created National Commission for Financial Service Markets Regulation (the "NCFSMR") and National Commission for Securities and Stock Market (the "NCSSM") (together the "Commissions").

Sayenko Kharenko acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to Deutsche Bank, ING, Natixis and UniCredit, joint bookrunners of the USD 1.592 million Eurobond issue by Metinvest B.V., a holding company...

On 2 March 2015 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine "On Licensing Types of Business Activities".

Following the introduction of martial law in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, registration actions were significantly limited and the registration of presence of foreign NGOs was suspended.

Sayenko Kharenko acted as Ukrainian legal counsel in connection with the USD 250 million financing to State Enterprise "National Nuclear Energy Generating Company "Energoatom", operator of all running nuclear power plants in Ukraine.

In its Ruling No. 15-рп/2011 (the "Ruling"), dated 10 November 2011, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (the "CCU") ruled that provisions of Article 11 of Law of Ukraine No. 1023-XII "On Consumer Rights Protection", dated 12 May 1991, as amended (the "Law") apply to all consumer loan agreements between banks and borrowers not only at the stage of the conclusion of such agreements but also during their performance.

The National Bank of Ukraine (the "NBU") has recently amended the Regulation on the Procedure for Obtaining Foreign Currency Loans by Residents and Extending Foreign Currency Loans by Residents to Non-Residents, approved by the resolution of the NBU Management Board dated 17 June 2004, No. 270 ("Regulation 270").

The majority of individual entrepreneurs, who using the simplified taxation system (STS), do not use payment transactions recorders (PTRs).

The Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA), in collaboration with Sayenko Kharenko, today announced that the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine terminated special sanctions that were imposed on the International Bar Association (IBA) almost ten years ago.

2016 Banking, Finance and Transactional law Expert Guide, one of the most trusted resources for international buyers of legal services, recognizes partners Michael Kharenko and Nazar Chernyavsky among the world's leading lawyers in the areas of banking and finance, capital markets.