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Freezing winds dominate the global investment climate these days, mainly due to the harsh economic and knotty political situation in the EU and US.

For many years Ukraine has been terra incognita for most of the foreign investors, and the only thing they knew was that it was difficult to invest in Ukraine and even more difficult to get investment proceeds out of it.

The Law of Ukraine "On Introduction of Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Protection of Investors' Rights" No. 289-VIII dated 7 April 2015 (hereinafter – the "Law") has become effective on 1 May 2016.

The Parliament of Ukraine has recently passed the draft Law of Ukraine No. 6122 "On Introduction of Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Lending and Stimulation of Foreign Investment" (the "Law No. 6122").

The new Ukrainian government controlled by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Servant of the People party settled into office early September and laid out

Ukraine has adopted a comprehensive new factoring law that harmonizes its legal framework with international standards, specifically the UNIDROIT Model Law on Factoring. The legislation establishes clear definitions, requirements, and protections for factoring agreements while eliminating regulatory conflicts by transferring factoring regulation from the Civil Code to dedicated legislation.

New Resolution No. 581 of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine ("NBU") dated 3 September 2015 enters into force as of 4 September 2015.

On 31 January 2009, the new Law of Ukraine "On Concessions for the Construction and Operation of Highways" came into force.

September 2025 – Ukraine's parliament has registered a draft law "On the Screening of Foreign Direct Investments" (the "FDI Draft"), which, in line with EU standards, seeks to establish...

As announced earlier (see our law-now article as of 23 November 2009), on 23 June 2009 the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine No. 1533-VI "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine for the Purpose of Overcoming Adverse Consequences of the Financial Crisis" (the "Law"), which became effective on 24 November 2009.

In spite of visible growth of the global mergers & acquisitions market in 2011 and 2012, the area has not recovered yet to the level of pre-crisis times.

On 24 November 2009, the Ukrainian government introduced a number of limitations to minimise the consequences of the global financial crisis. The lifting of these limitations should signal to potential investors that Ukraine feels confident about the future of its economic and financial system.

Ukraine’s competition law landscape saw several key developments during the first half of 2026, with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) continuing to focus on merger controls, procedural enforcement and broader policy reforms.

On 26 June 2017 President Petro Poroshenko signed the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Eliminating Barriers to Attracting Foreign Investment" as adopted by...

In this article we shall briefly touch upon Ukrainian legislative framework regulating investment activities, general legal environment for foreign investments, legislative restrictions as to foreign investments, as well as novelties in Ukrainian legislation which might affect the attitude of foreign investors to carrying out investment activity in Ukraine.

On 1 January 2011 came into effect the Tax Code of Ukraine, which significantly changed the rules of taxation of non-residents.

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, the European Union has coordinated numerous measures to strengthen public health systems and mitigate the socio-economic impact among the Member States.