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Oksana Simonova

Oksana Simonova

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Baker McKenzie, Kyiv Office

Baker McKenzie, Kyiv Office

Ukraine

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Competition

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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Profile

Work Department
Antitrust & Competition
Position

Oksana Simonova is a partner in the Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie with over 12 years of experience in advising clients on a wide range of sophisticated cross-border transactions. In 2012, she was appointed to lead the Kyiv office’s Competition and Pharmaceuticals practice groups.

Ms. Simonova advises international clients on Ukrainian merger control and competition law issues (including in the pharmaceuticals industry). She also has broad experience in various corporate finance transactions (including syndicated lending, Eurobonds and IPOs). She has worked on numerous international capital markets offerings from Ukraine and led the local legal team on the first main market London Stock Exchange listing of a mining company from Ukraine. Her practice also includes mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and commercial law matters.

Languages
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Education
  • Kyiv National Economic University (M.B.A.) (2002)
  • Washington University (LL.M.) (2000)
  • Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (Masters International Private Law) (1999)

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Key clients

  • ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
  • Astellas Pharma

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.