Defence City: New Opportunities For The Defence Industry

For some considerable time, there has been periodic interest in legal and political circles in the use of Kazakhstan's experience and the incorporation of British jurisdiction within its own domestic jurisdiction

OFAC extended the expiration date for two Ukraine-related General Licenses. The new expiration date is March 31, 2020.

Дефенс Сіті: нові можливості для оборонного бізнесу

Doing business in the Crimea has changed dramatically as events in the peninsular have been rapidly unfolding in the past few weeks.

The Ukrainian authority charged with the issuance of work permits has recently clarified the law relating to the employment of foreigners in Ukraine (Letter of the State Employment Center dated March 24, 2006, No. DTs-12- 1556/0/6-06 "Concerning the Use by Employers of Foreign Nationals and Persons without Nationality as Hired Labor").

On March 30, 2012 the Order of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine No. 255 "Some problems of conducting the analysis of the effectiveness of public-private partnership implementation" came into force.

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense has launched TrophyLab, a groundbreaking platform that grants eligible Ukrainian and foreign defense-sector entities unprecedented access to captured military equipment. Through technical information, research materials, and physical samples, this initiative enables comprehensive study of seized weaponry for defense innovation and analysis.

June 2026 – Via Resolution No. 661 of 27 May 2026 (which entered into force on 3 June 2026), the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has enacted regulations covering the transfer and export of weapons and military...

LexisNexis issues this guide with a view to assisting investors around the world in understanding the key investment aspects of different countries.

On 24 February 2022, the Ukrainian Parliament imposed martial law within Ukraine's constitutional boundaries in view of the unprovoked Russian military aggression against the country.

Margarita Karpenko, Co-Managing Partner of Kinstellar's office in Kyiv, has been re-elected as a member of the Executive Committee of U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) for 2023.

On 21 June 2018 the Parliament adopted the new framework currency control law "On Currency and Currency Transactions", which marks the commencement of a major reform of currency control legislation...

Because the Act was written in secrecy, it expectedly provoked criticism from all actors, including legal experts, civic society activists, judiciary and law enforcement branch of the government.

September 2024 – Kinstellar, in collaboration with DataDriven, provides regulatory guidance for companies entering Ukraine's demining industry.

The National Bank of Ukraine imposed further currency control restrictions to stabilise the foreign exchange market and prevent foreign currency outflow.

Serhiy Verlanov, who has been a partner at Sayenko Kharenko for over three years, has been appointed Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine.

Established in mid-2017, UA Direct is a Kyiv-based investment management company seeking to tap into growing investor interest in Ukraine by offering partnership opportunities to investors looking to launch new projects in the country.

February 2026 – Ukraine's government has adopted a key resolution to establish an Interagency Commission for screening foreign investments (the "FDI Commission").

In order to prevent negative trends on Ukrainian foreign currency exchange market, the National Bank of Ukraine (the "NBU") was granted the rights (i) to introduce the mandatory sale of foreign currency proceeds; and (ii) to change the time-limits for payments under export and import transactions for a period of up to six months.