On 30 September 2017, the UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the "Act") came into force.1 The Act outlines the liability for companies which fail to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion actions.

The recent record fines for merger control violations imposed by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for merger control violations were amongst the hot topics discussed at the recent V Antitrust Forum.

On 10 June, the long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding on the Settlement of Problematic Issues of the Ukrainian Renewable Energy Sector (the "MoU") was signed by the...

On August 17, a gathering of Dispute Resolution experts from many of the leading domestic and international law firms in Ukraine gathered in Baker McKenzie's Kyiv offices for a Round Table conversation.

On 13 April 2017, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed the Law of Ukraine "On the electricity market" (the "Electricity law") , which was published on 10 June 2017.

Svitlana Teush, counsel at Redcliffe Partners law firm in Kyiv, Ukraine, discusses the country's new electricity market design and what it means for renewables.

The Ukrainian government's conference rooms have been stuffier than usual lately, as policymakers and renewable energy industry representatives attempted to thrash out a compromise to reduce the financial burden ...

In Ukraine, laws and regulations that may apply to mergers and acquisitions are represented by a large number of generally applicable legislative acts that also govern other types of transactions...

In 2017, the new Law of Ukraine, On Electricity Market, was adopted, which improved the outlook for the country's renewable energy industry and stabilized the legal framework ...

The Draft Law introduces a reduction of the feed-in tariff (the "FiT") and certain other changes in the renewable energy regulatory framework.

On 2 August 2017 the state aid regime, based on the requirements of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (the "Association Agreement"), fully entered into force in Ukraine.

The auctions will be carried out until 31 December 2029. Pilot auctions are to be carried out in 2019.

On 4 December 2018, Parliament's Committee on Energy and Fuel Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety considered and approved the key provisions of the revised draft law No. 8449-д

On 18 December 2018 the Ukrainian Government approved carrying out tenders for oil & gas production sharing agreements ("PSAs").

In 2018 alone, 742.5 MW was installed under the FIT in Ukraine, which is almost three times the capacity installed in 2017, and six times the capacity installed under the FIT in 2016...

As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine hit the one-year mark, we asked Ukrainian law firms how they adjusted to the new circumstances...