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.
Key clients
- Agrosem
- Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
- EBRD
- IFC
- Joint Stock Company "Ukrainian Railway"
- Techiia Holding
- WeBuild S.p.A.
Work highlights
- Acted as a Ukrainian counsel for JSC Ukrainian Railways in the successful restructurings of loan participation notes issued by Rail Capital Markets plc in the total amount of USD 895 million.
- Acted as a legal counsel to BSTDB in connection with its up to EUR 25 million short-term revolving trade finance facility to Concern Galnaftogaz, a leading Ukrainian petroleum retailer company.
- Acting as a legal counsel to Agrosem Group, a Ukrainian agribusiness company, one of the top five distributors of fertilisers, agricultural machinery and inputs in Ukraine, in connection with a EUR 9.6 million financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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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.
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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.