Profile
Work Department
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
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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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team is utterly supportive, highly responsive and tenacious.’
‘Oksana Simonova and Olga Mikheieva are both excellent and provide good strategic insights into complex situations and the dynamics and priorities of the Serbian Competition Authority.'
- 'Volodymyr Nazarchuk is a great member of the team, providing clear and comprehensive legal advice.’
Key clients
- Astellas Pharma
- Berlin-Chemie
- DS Smith plc
- EDF
- Electrolux
- Flügger
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Grundfos Holding A/S
- Metinvest Holding
- MHP
- Olam Agri
- Public Investment Fund
- Sika AG
- Wargaming