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Oleg Batyuk KC

Oleg Batyuk KC

Dentons, Ukraine

Work Department

Arbitration; Competition and Antitrust; Corporate; Corporate Governance; Intellectual Property and Technology; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies; Securities and Corporate Finance

Position

Oleg Batyuk is the Ukraine Managing Partner and Head of the Ukrainian Corporate Practice in Dentons’ Kyiv office. Oleg is one of the leading lawyers in Ukraine. He has substantial experience advising international and domestic clients on foreign investments in Ukraine, joint ventures, loan arrangements, banking regulations and transactions on international capital markets. Oleg has advised major international companies and financial institutions on key infrastructure projects in Ukraine. He has been engaged as an expert witness on Ukrainian legal matters in several high-profile litigation and arbitration proceedings in England, USA, Canada and Sweden.

Career

Oleg has lectured on Ukrainian civil law at the Law faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He is the author of numerous articles and books on Ukrainian law and practice, published in the US, UK, Netherlands, Ukraine and in other countries. He has been involved in drafting Ukrainian civil and criminal legislation. Oleg is a regular speaker on legal issues at Ukrainian and international conferences. He contributes regularly on legal and tax issues affecting foreign investment in Ukraine.

Languages

English, Russian, Ukrainian

Memberships

Member of the Supervisory Council, PJSC State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine (Ukreximbank), 2016-2018

Board Member, Misen Energy AB, 2014-2018

Member of the Dentons’ Global Council, 2012-2015

Member of the Board of Dentons Europe, the part of Dentons comprising France, Germany, Spain, Turkey, CEE and CIS countries, 2011-2015

Education

Queen Mary & Westfield College (1992, Centre for Commercial Law Studies);

Kyiv University (1988, Postgraduate course, Candidate of Science degree in Law);

Kyiv University (1985, with Honours).

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