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Oil & Gas, Natural Resources, Conventional Power Generation & Renewables, Clean Tech, Energy Commodities trading, Mining, Infrastructure & PPPs

Partner, Head of Energy & Projects at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang (Kyiv)

Vitaliy is a Partner in the Energy and Projects team at the Kyiv office of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang. He focuses on M&A, financing, commercial law and regulatory advice in relation to: oil&gas, natural resources, conventional&renewable power generation, clean tech, infrastructure and PPP projects. Vitaliy has been at forefront of the legislative initiatives and changes in Ukraine’s energy market, advising the Ukrainian government stakeholders and IFIs on the comprehensive reform of the natural gas and electricity sectors to achieve compliance with the EU 3rd energy package, restructuring and unbundling of the state-owned energy companies, sustainable design of the competitive support system for renewable energy projects, market design and sector-wide laws.

Vitaliy is ranked Tier 1 by recent editions of Chambers Europe, IFLR, Legal 500, Ukrainian Law Firms legal directories and listed among “TOP 100 lawyers of Ukraine”. Clients highlight his "outstanding knowledge of the Ukrainian energy sector", adding "he is very commercial and knows how to deal with customers".

Ukrainian, Russian, English

Co-Chairman of the Fuel & Energy Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce, the first Ukrainian member of Association of International Petroleum Negotiations

2005 - Master’s Degree in Civil and International Private Law (Distinction), Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Kyiv