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ARTICLE · 20 JULY 2010

Mergers and Acquisitions 2010/11 (Q&A)

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Please give a brief overview of the public M&A market in your jurisdiction. (Has it been active? What were the big deals over the past year? Please distinguish between trade buyers and private equity backed deals.)

UkraineCorporate/Commercial Law
Denis Lysenko
Denis Lysenko
Anna Babych
Anna Babych

MARKET AND REGULATION

1. Please give a brief overview of the public M&A market in your jurisdiction. (Has it been active? What were the big deals over the past year? Please distinguish between trade buyers and private equity backed deals.)

At the beginning of 2009, it was expected that the value of all M&A transactions in Ukraine would be about US$8 billion (about EUR5.9 billion). However, the value of transactions in the first half of 2009 reached only about US$1.8 billion (about EUR1.3 billion), far less than the expected volume. The second half of 2009 saw a slight improvement, with 17 transactions valued at US$2.61 billion (about EUR1.9 billion).

The majority of transactions in 2009 involved the sale and purchase of small and medium-sized businesses. The following sectors were active:

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