Following a month after the new Chairman of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine was appointed at the end of June 2015 eight Commissioners were approved by the President to take the office.

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

This Law enables improvement of Ukrainian legislation for compliance with the European legislation based on the risk-management principles.

On 26 January 2016 the law reforming merger control regime was adopted by the Parliament.

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.

On 1 January 2017, the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Fundamental Principles of State Supervision (Control) in the Sphere of Commercial Activity"...

On 21 July 2015 the AMC published on its web-site the draft Guidelines on calculation of fines in competition cases.

On 12 November 2015 the draft law reforming merger review passed the 1st reading in the Parliament.

The bank ownership structure shall be deemed non-transparent if it is based on trust ownership preventing identification of all the owners of substantial interest in the bank.

One of the main business attractions of Ukraine is the country's well-educated, skilled and hardworking population.

On 29 June 2016 the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine on Justice" (hereinafter "Law on Justice") was officially published and shall become effective on 30 September 2016,

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.

By its Resolution No. 581, effective as of 4 September 2015, the National Bank of Ukraine (the "NBU") extended the term of the prohibition of early repayment of loans provided by non-resident lenders...

There have been several important developments in the practice of the higher courts of Ukraine released in November.

The revolutionary changes effected by the reform lay in the introduction of private enforcement service and envisaging legal framework for regulating its activities.

Ukrainian authorities consider Crimea to be under the rule of Ukrainian laws and regulations.

The Law introduces several significant additions and changes to the existing regime, particularly the following.

Despite heated discussions over several versions of the Ukrainian tax reform, the adopted legislation has not radically changed the basic tax rules.

On 28 November 2016 the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) launched public consultations on the draft Horizontal Merger Guidelines.

On 23 October 2014, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a number of laws against corruption.