On 31 May 2016, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted amendments to several Ukrainian legislative acts resulting in cancellation of the registration of foreign investment (Draft Law No 2763).

On 26 September 2019, the book "Gun Jumping in Merger Control" was presented in Brussels. Anastasia Usova, Head of the Antitrust practice at Redcliffe Partners

June 2026 – Information requests from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) are often treated by the recipients as routine events.

Yesterday, 9 August 2023, the Ukrainian parliament adopted long-awaited amendments to the country's competition law (the "Amendments"), which is the first step towards an extensive...

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine prolonged the amnesty period during which companies can make corrective merger filings till 15 March 2017.

The Sayenko Kharenko Competition/Antitrust team has contributed to the annual edition of Getting the Deal Through –Market Intelligence: Merger Control 2019

Ukraine's competition laws, particularly those relating to merger control, have been eagerly anticipated to undergo significant revisions. Despite repeated attempts...

On 18 March 2016 the law introducing major changes to the Ukrainian merger control rules was published. It will become effective in 2 months following publication – on 18 May 2016.

The Recommendations highlight the methodology used by the AMC to calculate fines and introduce a one year amnesty period for merger control violations.

Parties with Ukrainian assets or operations are advised to carefully consider their obligations under Ukrainian pre-merger notification laws before engaging in significant transactions.

The Ukrainian Competition Law was amended to exempt certain transactions in the military and defence sector from merger control requirements.

Over the past four years, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine ("AMC") has significantly intensified enforcement against so-called "gun-jumping" violations, in which mergers or acquisitions occur prior to obtaining AMC approval.

Starting from 20 June 2022, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) will resume merger and concerted action controls in Ukraine as usual.

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) is increasing enforcement efforts against so-called "gun-jumping" violations (i.e. a merger or acquisition executed without the prior approval of the AMC)...

Sayenko Kharenko acted as the legal counsel to Alpha Bank A.E., an Athens based bank, on the EUR 82 million sale of 100% shares in PJSC "Astra Bank" to a Cyprus based entity affiliated with Mr. Mykola Lagun.

A so-called Procedure for Determining the Amount of Fines Imposed for the Violation of Laws on the Protection of Economic Competition (the "Procedure")...

The AMC will submit the draft law to the Ukrainian Parliament early this November and expects it to be adopted later this year.

In the last edition of Antitrust in focus we discussed various antitrust developments in connection with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Despite the pandemic, Sayenko Kharenko follows its development strategy and continues to strengthen its international team consisting of US, UK and EU qualified lawyers...

Naturally M&A tends to slow down during times of uncertainty; and the first half of 2023 was overshadowed by fears of a global recession and rising interest rates, combined with the war in Ukraine.