Asters

Partner, head of Washington D.C. office. Andrew specializes in cross-border transactions involving US, Ukraine, and CIS entities being an expert in M&A, corporate and competition law, corporate compliance, FCPA/Bribery Act, capital markets and state regulations. Andrew has deep hands-on experience in coordinating complex cross-border disputes, as well as in advising Ukrainian and CIS businesses in their US partner interactions.

Partner. Andriy co-heads the dispute resolution and debt restructuring practice of the Firm. With more than 17 years of experience in the dispute resolution, he is specialised in banking, contractual, corporate, defamation, and labour disputes, as well as disputes involving the protection of creditors’ rights, bankruptcy and restructuring. He has wealth of experience in running and participating in person in disputes brought before Ukrainian courts of all jurisdictions and levels, including the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, as part of a number of cases that have shaped court practice, bankruptcy proceedings involving large debtors, and the most complicated financial restructuring processes unique to Ukraine. Andriy represented clients and advised them on complicated litigation processes covering a number of foreign jurisdictions. Andriy and his team were fully engaged in the drafting of a number of laws that were critical to the financial market, including the Ukrainian Law on Banks and Banking, the Ukrainian Law on Financial Restructuring, the Ukrainian Law amending certain legislative instruments of Ukraine to resume lending, the Ukrainian Law amending certain legislative instruments of Ukraine to address certain issues of operation of the banking system, etc.

Counsel. Anton Sintsov has over 13 years of experience, specializing in business disputes. Mr. Sintsov represents foreign and Ukrainian clients before civil, commercial and administrative courts of all instances, including the Supreme Court; before state enforcement services, as well as other competent authorities. He advises on commercial and civil law issues, bankruptcy and debt collection, as well as on exports and imports of goods and services. Mr. Sintsov also has experience of advising companies on trade issues and participation in trade investigations, representing both domestic and foreign producers, exporters and importers of metallurgical, chemical and other products.

Senior Partner. Armen has extensive banking, finance, and project finance experience. His practice areas also include M&A, general corporate advice, currency control, securities, energy, privatization, and employment law. Mr. Khachaturyan frequently advises foreign and Ukrainian clients on cross-border legal planning and regulatory issues related to foreign investment.

Partner. Gleb focuses on domestic litigation specializing in commercial, civil and administrative proceedings, bankruptcy and debt collection, as well as on exports and imports of goods and services, including trade investigations.

Partner. Mr. Svechkar is the partner heading the firm's Competition & Antitrust practice. Igor advises clients on a wide variety of competition law issues, including merger control, cartels, dominance, and state aid. He represents clients before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and at courts, develops antitrust compliance programs and policies, opines on the competition compliance of clients' activities, transactions and arrangements. Mr. Svechkar is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences, a contributor to Ukrainian and international publications on competition law, as well as an originator and supporter of legislative and regulatory initiatives.

Counsel. Inesa co-heads Asters Employment practice and focuses on labour and employment law matters, including employment planning, collective bargaining, employment of top-management, benefits and compensations, reorganizations and redundancies, employment aspects of domestic and international corporate transactions, immigration, employment policies, outsourcing and industrial safety. Her legal expertise covers resolution of labour disputes, as well as in dealing with any HR crisis or sensitive employment matters. Her additional areas of practice are in corporate, regulatory, compliance and data protection.

Partner. Iryna focuses on cross-border banking and finance transactions, project and trade finance, secured and syndicated lending, capital markets transactions, restructuring and M&A. As counsel to the international financing institutions (EBRD, IFC) and foreign banks, she is involved in all aspects of the deal structure and in the negotiation and documentation of such transactions. Iryna has experience representing lenders in financing transactions involving borrowers in a wide variety of industries, including agriculture, energy, manufacturing, mining, real estate development, food & distribution, media and communications.

Partner. Julia focuses on intellectual property, data protection, anti-corruption and other compliance matters. She advises clients on a variety of issues associated with the acquisition, licensing and assignment, as well as enforcement of IP rights including trademarks, copyright, patents etc. In the field of anti-corruption and compliance, Julia deals with policy evaluation and development, internal investigations, risk identification and assessment, representation and defense. Ms. Semeniy has deep expertise in litigation and other legal proceedings. She represents clients in courts, before the Antimonopoly Committee, Ukrainian Patent and Trademark Office, law-enforcement, customs and other governmental agencies.

Counsel. Ms. Oliynyk has over 15 years of experience in banking and finance, capital markets and financial restructuring. Kateryna advises high-profile Ukrainian and international clients on various types of debt and capital markets transactions, including sovereign borrowing transactions and external borrowings involving Ukrainian state-owned companies. She focuses on debt deals, including secured and blank financings, loan portfolio acquisitions and restructurings, as well as on regulatory matters in such areas as currency control, banking activities, financial services market, etc. Kateryna's focus also covers project finance, structured products and PPP, as well as Greenfield and M&A in banking sector. Ms. Oliynyk has also participated in a series of projects aimed at developing Ukrainian legislations, including PPP regulations, FX derivatives regulations, banks’ recapitalization.

Partner. Kostyantyn Solyar is a tax and private client partner. He chairs our Tax Practice. He also helps high-net-worth individuals with structuring of their inbound and outbound investments. When it comes to taxation, for more than his 15 years of practice Kostyantyn has gained expertise that covers Ukrainian general and special tax regimes as well as both direct and indirect taxes. He advises clients on a variety of international tax matters. As a Ukrainian lawyer, Kostyantyn represents clients in administrative and judicial proceedings involving Ukrainian tax authorities.

Counsel. Maksym Tereshchuk focuses on M&A and corporate restructuring, corporate and commercial law, and cross-border banking and finance. He advised international clients on various issues of corporate law in connection with establishment and operation of business in Ukraine, participation in public procurement, corporate restructuring, restructuring of debt portfolios, etc. Maksym participated in a number of major projects, including M&A deals, group restructurings, due diligences, pre-sale planning, and investment cross-border transactions.

Counsel. Marta focuses on energy law (oil & gas, electricity, and renewable energy), as well as environmental protection and sustainable development, leading this workstream at Asters. She has over a decade of experience in handling a wide range of energy projects in general and renewable energy, encompassing wind, solar, biogas, conventional generation etc. Marta has also been involved in numerous due diligence cases for various energy assets, M&A transactions, including "greenfield" and turnkey acquisitions.   Marta advises companies on matters related to the sustainable energy transition, the European Green Deal, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and projects in the field of hydrogen and other alternative fuels. She also provides guidance on environmental protection issues and ESG initiatives. Marta gained extensive international experience during her 14-month secondment at a leading Irish law firm. There, she advised numerous leading energy companies on the development of wind power plants, assisted state energy companies with service agreements and power purchase agreements, and addressed matters related to the applicability of EU laws.

Partner. Oksana Legka focuses on dispute resolution issues, including multi-jurisdictional litigation, investor-state and international commercial arbitration. Oksana advises the State of Ukraine, governmental agencies, and major corporate clients in complex, multi-billion, transnational landmark disputes, as well as investor-state and commercial arbitrations that involves the strategic coordination of simultaneous litigations in various foreign jurisdictions and national courts.

Partner. Oleg focuses on complex cross-border M&A deals, transactional real estate matters, infrastructure construction projects, as well as related regulatory issues. His clients include construction, infrastructure, oil & gas, FMCG, and retail companies.

Partner. Oleksandr's area of expertise encompasses a wide variety of competition law issues, including concerted practice, the abuse of dominance, restrictive and discriminatory practices, unfair competition, the procedural aspects of AMC's activity, as well as state aid and public procurement issues.

Partner. Mr. Volkov has over 15 years of experience in international commercial, investment, and sports arbitration, as well as cross-border litigation. Oleksandr has been involved in numerous arbitration proceedings under ICSID, ICC, SCC, LCIA, JAMS, AAA, ICAC at CCI Arbitration Rules. Additionally, he has experience in the FIDIC-related disputes, as well as in advising clients in litigations in England, the USA, the EU, and other major jurisdictions. Oleksandr also frequently appears before the Ukrainian Supreme Court in arbitration-related cases. Mr. Volkov represents both state authorities and private companies. He frequently advises foreign investors engaged in pre-arbitration negotiations.

Counsel. Mr. Khomenko focuses on: Corporate and M&A – cross-border investments, pre-M&A corporate restructurings and reorganizations, corporate and secretarial support of business, exit strategies, agreements between shareholders, escrow arrangements and corporate, shareholders and post-M&A disputes; Private Equity and Venture Capital – private equity investments, including buyouts, minority investments, growth equity investments, spin-offs and roll-ups, leveraged recapitalizations, secondary equity transactions and other similar transactions. Support in all investment phases from angel to late stage in venture capital deals; Gaming, Gambling & Lottery – licensing, certification support, compliance with regulatory gambling requirements, market entry by international operators, agreements with hotels, advertisement, enforcement action, online and ground operations; Banking & Finance – cross-border banking and finance transactions, project and trade finance, secured and syndicated lending, capital markets transactions, restructurings.

Counsel. Oleksandr Frolov specializes in international arbitration, and cross-border and domestic litigation. He represents multinational corporations, states, in particular the State of Ukraine, state-owned enterprises and government institutions in high-value disputes before different fora in European and Middle Eastern counties, and in the US. The cases cover a wide range of complex issues involving various industry sectors such as banking, international trade and foreign direct investment, oil and gas, and privatisation. Beyond dispute resolution, and as part of a broader commercial practice, Oleksandr advises clients on commercial matters, including military and defence spheres, technology, cryptocurrency, fintech, insurance, and reinsurance on matters that could become contentious. He provides expert counsel on matters related to sanctions, white-collar/fraud issues, including money laundering, and bribery concerns, as well as matters arising out of causing harm.

Partner. Mr. Demyanenko focuses on: Corporate and M&A – cross-border investments, pre-M&A corporate restructurings and reorganizations, corporate and secretarial support of business, exit strategies, agreements between shareholders, escrow arrangements and corporate, shareholders and post-M&A disputes. Gaming – licensing, certification support, compliance with regulatory gaming requirements, market entry by international operators, agreements with hotels, advertisement, enforcement action, online and ground operations. Aviation – aircraft sale, purchase, lease, fractional ownership, management and finance transactions, insurance claims, employment of pilots, arrest and repossession of the aircraft and complex cross-border aviation disputes.

Co-Managing Partner. Oleksiy focuses on international arbitration and cross-border litigation, corporate and M&A, GR.

Senior Associate. Olena' s main areas of expertise include intellectual property rights enforcement, transactional IP and data protection. She also specializes in support to FCPA investigations, international arbitration and cross-border litigation, pharmaceutical law. Since joining the Firm in 2011 Ms Kozhokar has been advising foreign and local clients on licensing matters and IP rights transactions, registration of IP rights at patent authorities, anti-counterfeiting and domain disputes. Olena has been involved in a number of high profile cases, involving local and international companies in diverse industries including, among others, agricultural, banking, communication and media, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, etc.

Counsel. Oles focuses on corporate, commercial, contract law, M&A, restructuring, securities and dispute resolution. He has actively participated in drafting a number of legislative acts, including the Laws of Ukraine "On Joint Stock Companies", regulations and clarifications of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine.

Counsel. Orest focuses on criminal cases with international element, anti-bribery compliance work, and internal investigations. He advises major Ukrainian and international blue chips across the wide range of industries on white-collar crime issues, FCPA, UKBA, anti-corruption compliance, internal investigations, government investigations, enforcement actions, litigation. He represents high-profile individuals and legal entities in criminal investigations, disputes with regulatory and law enforcement authorities, advises on legal security for business and protection from raider attacks.

Counsel. Pavlo focuses on competition and antitrust law. He provides legal advice to international and Ukrainian clients on wide variety of issues, including merger control clearance, concerted actions filings, competition compliance reviews, clearance of past competition violations, AMC investigations. Pavlo also actively participates in law making process through Competition Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association. He is also an author of numerous Ukrainian and international publications on competition law and policy.

Partner. Roman focuses on capital markets and financing transactions. He advises on debt and equity deals, investment projects, structured finance, debt restructurings, derivative instruments, securities and banking and financial services regulatory. He has experience in financing and restructuring transactions, as well as advising public and private sides on PPP deals.

Partner. Mr. Kostenko focuses on real estate acquisition, real estate financing, general corporate and tax matters associated with real estate and construction transactions.

Counsel. Sergiy is a legal expert in telecommunications and media. In particular, he focuses on telecom and media regulation under Ukrainian and EU legislation, and antitrust law.

Counsel. Sergiy counsels across a variety of antitrust matters, from mergers and supply and distribution deals to more complex state aid-related cases. He also has experience of advising in relation to Ukrainian competition law on matters including abusive conduct, cartels and compliance issues.

Partner. Sergiy focuses on representing clients facing criminal cases and court procedures. He has extensive experience in legal security for businesses, internal corporate investigations of possible violations, anti-corruption and compliance issues.

Counsel. Sergiy has over 15 years of experience in representing foreign and Ukrainian clients in national courts, corporate investigations, international and national arbitration, focusing on civil and commercial disputes, as well as enforcement proceedings. He has successfully represented foreign and Ukrainian companies in various disputes on corporate conflicts, contracts, debt recovery and in disputes with state authorities. Sergiy also participated in multinational corporate internal investigations touching sensitive compliance issues, involving data privacy, anti-bribery and anti-corruption.

Of Counsel. Sergiy Burnus provids a liaison between the UK-based clients and project teams in various practice areas, maintaining and developing the firm’s relationships with its contacts in the UK and worldwide. He is passionate about collaboration, proactively responding with the new legal solutions to the market developments and clients’ needs. Sergiy combines legal and advocacy skills with strategic expertise developed over many years of work in a variety of legal advisory, regulatory policy, and business development projects. He is qualified as a Ukrainian lawyer and does not advise on English law. As a practicing lawyer he brings many years of experience in banking and finance, capital markets, M&A, dispute resolution, immigration and international trade areas. Sergiy has acted as a locum lawyer in many international commercial disputes related to commercial contracts, anti-money laundering and regulatory compliance, data protection, corruption and fraud investigations. He has a great deal of experience in acting for financial institutions, international corporations, high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs and innovative start-ups in connection with multi-jurisdictional projects.

Co-Managing Partner. Serhii focuses on international arbitration and cross-border litigation with particular expertise in complex disputes in oil and gas, energy and natural resources, real estate and construction, media and technology sectors, financial transactions, as well as in connection with top-managers’ duties and fraud.

Partner. Ms. Poroschuk focuses on M&A, corporate, capital markets, banking and securities practice. She regularly advises on Ukrainian law issues in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and capital markets transactions.

Partner.  Head of Family Law and Co-head of Private Client Practice. Talina Kravtsova has over 15 years of experience working at leading Ukrainian law firms with the focus on family law litigation, including matters of divorce and property division, child visitation and residence, child benefits and child support payments, adoption and custody, status of paternity, and termination of paternal rights. Talina also advises on the legal issues of citizenship and inheritance (including coordination of multijurisdictional inheritance cases), enforcement of judgments of Ukrainian and foreign courts in Ukraine, and conclusion of marriage agreements. Talina represents both Ukrainian and foreign clients, including high-level state officials and owners and top managers of Ukrainian and international companies.

Partner. Vadym is active in M&A, business restructuring, securities, corporate and labor law with the main focus on IT, medicine and pharmaceuticals, agro and aviation sectors.

Partner. Head of London office. Yaroslav focuses on energy law projects (oil & gas, electricity, renewable energy, and energy efficiency) as well as dispute resolution (international arbitration, and commercial litigation).

Associate

Partner. Yuriy Kotliarov leads the firm's Telecommunications, Media & Technology practice. He focuses on strategic legal advice, licensing and other regulatory matters, relations with public authorities, transactions structuring, business and assets protection, corporate law and governance, and dealing with employer-employee relations.