Sayenko Kharenko’s banking and finance team is widely recognised as a market leader, providing end-to-end advisory services to international financial institutions, foreign governments, governmental agencies, export credit agencies, and investment banks. The practice is co-led by Michael Kharenko, who is acclaimed for structuring complex cross-border investments and capital mobilisation in Ukraine; Nazar Chernyavsky, specialising in private and public securities offerings, syndications, and ECA-supported financings; Anton Korobeynikov, with deep experience in sovereign and corporate finance at scale; and Igor Lozenko, who is highly sought for project and corporate financing across the energy, agriculture, mining, and metals sectors.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team is very business aware, capable and experienced. They are very good at working with complex Ukrainian law matters, such as banking regulatory matters, and producing a clear and high quality legal product.’
- ‘Anton Korobeynikov, who is a partner of the firm, is very responsive, has a creative mind and is a pleasure to work with on a personal level. Oles Trachuk and Vladyslava Mitsai, senior associates, are very smart senior members of the team and dedicate a lot of effort to getting the work done. Yevgen Koval, as associate, is very good at analysing complicated situations and transforming it into an understandable legal analysis.’
- ‘Sayenko Kharenko's capital markets and banking & finance team is the most experienced, mature and professional in the Ukrainian markets. Their knowledge and abilities are very strong across all the range of financial instruments and transactions. No other firm in the Ukrainian market has such a background and capabilities.’
- ‘We are working with Sayenko Kharenko because they are unique in difficult and not standard situations. We have had a lot of situations which require legal advice of high professionalism, quality and thinking outside the box - this is Sayenko Kharenko's unique feature. We can rely on their team in all our banking and capital markets projects. ’
- ‘This practice is unique because of the scope of their experience and universal capability in finance and capital markets. They combine knowledge of local legal intricacies and international standards and can be a perfect coordinator of projects between local banks and foreign counterparties. They are innovative in their solutions to the issues we face and make our projects with them run very smoothly.’
Key clients
- Barclays Bank
- Citigroup
- Danske Bank
- Deutsche Bank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Export and Investment Fund of Denmark
- Government of Canada
- J.P. Morgan
- ING
- International Finance Corporation
- Oppenheimer
- Raiffeisen Bank International
Lawyers
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Practice head
Nazar Chernyavsky; Michael Kharenko; Anton Korobeynikov; Igor Lozenko
Other key lawyers
Oles Trachuk; Olexander Olshansky; Vladyslava Mitsai; Yevgen Koval