On 8 October 2016 Tatyana Slipachuk, a partner with Sayenko Kharenko and the head of its International Arbitration and International Trade practices, has been awarded an honourable title "The Honoured Lawyer of Ukraine".

Sayenko Kharenko's international trade team advised Public Joint-Stock Company "Dniepropetrovsk Tube Works" (PJSC "Dniepropetrovsk Tube Works") on potential initiation of interim review of anti-dumping duties applied to imports into the Eurasian Economic Union of casing pipe, oilwell tubing, oil and gas piping, hot finished conventional pipes originating in Ukraine.

Sayenko Kharenko has been shortlisted for the prestigious The Lawyer European Awards 2016 in the Law firm of the year: Russia, Ukraine & the CIS category.

Sayenko Kharenko acted as Ukrainian legal advisor to Commerzbank AG (in its capacity as scheme solicitation agent) in connection with a restructuring proposal by PJSC Commercial Bank "PrivatBank" (PrivatBank) relating to USD 150 million loan participation notes due 2016 and USD 70 million loan participation notes due 2021 ..

Sayenko Kharenko's intellectual property practice has once again been nationally ranked in the sixth edition of World Trademark Review (WTR 1000) – the World's Leading Trademark Professionals 2016.

Sayenko Kharenko's counsel Olexander Droug coached the team of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Institute of International Relations for the 24th Willem C. Vis Moot. This year, the oral rounds of the Moot took place in Vienna from 6 April until 13 April 2017.

Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal advisor to Avangardco Investments Public Limited, the largest producer of shell eggs and egg products in Ukraine, on the restructuring of its outstanding USD 200 million 10 per cent Eurobonds.

Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on arranging the USD 40 million syndicated working capital loan to the Industrial Group ViOil (ViOil), Ukraine's major sunflower oil producer and exporter.

Sayenko Kharenko advised one of the leading foreign animal nutrition manufacturers on the peculiarities of application of agency agreements in Ukraine and associated risks.

Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal counsel to Unirad LLC on distribution of TRACAB tracking system in the CIS region.

Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal counsel of Electronic Arts, an American video game company, in relation to prize promotion issues.

Sayenko Kharenko advised Shanghai Giant Network Technology Co. (Giant) on the Ukrainian aspects of acquisition of Playtika Ltd (Playtika), one of the world's largest social casino gaming company.

Sayenko Kharenko acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to Infracapital on the acquisition of utility company GGE a.s. from Grafobal Group (GGE) and pre-completion restructuring of GGE's Ukrainian assets.

Sayenko Kharenko acted as a Ukrainian legal advisor to Commerzbank AG, the consent solicitation agent, in relation to solicitation of consent by PJSC Commercial Bank

Sayenko Kharenko is pleased to announce that the firm has promoted 2 new counsels, effective from 1 January 2016.

On 24 February 2017, at the constituent assembly of the Public Council of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU), Oleksandr Nagorny, counsel at Sayenko Kharenko, was appointed to the position of Deputy Chairman.

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.

Sayenko Kharenko is growing its London office. In September 2015, Eugenia Rebotunova joined the firm's team as a senior counsel permanently based in the UK.

Sayenko Kharenko's international trade team represented VITA POLYMERS POLAND SP. Z O.O. in the course of safeguard investigation related to imports into Ukraine of plates, blocks and sheets of flexible foam notwithstanding of country of origin and export initiated by the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade.

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.