Baker McKenzie, Kyiv Office’s competition team is a key adviser to clients in the pharmaceutical, agribusiness, IT, heavy industry, and consumer goods sectors. The practice is led by Oksana Simonova, who advises on abuse of dominance cases, competition compliance in public procurement, and state aid matters. Olga Mikheieva is recommended for her strength in merger control work and for handling issues arising from anticompetitive conduct.
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Key clients
- ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
- Astellas Pharma
- Berlin-Chemie
- EDF
- Electrolux
- Envu
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Grundfos Holding A/S
- ManpowerGroup
- Metinvest Holding
- MHP
- Rheinmetall AG
Work highlights
Advised Metinvest Holding, an international vertically integrated mining and metals company, in connection with a merger control filing related to the establishment of a joint venture in Italy, together with Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. – an Italian multinational company, specialising in the supply of equipment and physical plants for the metal and steel industry – for the construction and operation of a steel plant in Italy producing hot-rolled carbon and steel products using EAF technology.
Advised Sika AG, a Swiss multinational specialty chemical company in connection with the merger control filing in Ukraine related to acquisition of MBCC Group and Phase II initiated by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.
Advised EDF, a French multinational electric utility company owned by the French state, in connection with several remedial merger control filings related to the establishment of a power generation joint venture in Uzbekistan with Nebras Power, Sojitz Corporation and Kyuden International and several cases in Ukraine.
Lawyers
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Leading associates
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Practice head
Oksana Simonova
Other key lawyers
Olga Mikheieva