Renewable energy, upstream oil and gas, and nuclear energy are all regular areas of activity for the energy sector group at Dentons‘ Kyiv office, which collaborates with the firm’s offices across the CEE region and internationally. These links are a boon for a client base which includes a plethora of foreign and multinational energy companies, as well as investors in such. Experienced duo Oleg Batyuk and Maksym Sysoiev share leadership of the practice. Batyuk has substantial experience advising international and domestic clients on foreign investments in Ukraine, joint ventures, loan arrangements, and transactions on international capital markets. He has also advised on key energy infrastructure projects in Ukraine. Sysoiev is particularly highly regarded in Ukraine’s burgeoning renewable energy sector.
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Key clients

  • Misen
  • ENGIE
  • TIU Canada
  • DTEK
  • ERU Trading
  • Kness Group
  • GÜRİŞ
  • HELIOS STRATEGIA
  • Tetra Tech ES, Inc.
  • Goldbeck Solar
  • N1 Capital
  • GammaOne

Work highlights

Advising GÜRİŞ on legal matters related to connecting the client’s new solar power plant to the connection grid of the client’s wind farm, as well as on regulations applicable to its battery energy storage project.
Advising N1 Capital on legal framework analysis for a hydrogen production plant in Ukraine.
Advising GammaOne on legal due diligence relating to a wind project with capacity of up to 300 MW in Ukraine.

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Practice head

Oleg Batyuk; Maksym Sysoiev