Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Ilhar Hakhramanov - experienced professional, quick in response, available at any time, hard-working, diligent, and polite with a client.’

  • ‘Saenko has a good team of lawyers in almost all legal spheres necessary for business.’

  • ‘Many lawyers has broad practical experience, some of them even from the state authorities like anti-monopoly or tax office’

  • ‘I highly appreciate – high level of qualification, vast area of expertise of the firm; – client-centric approach – the team prioritizes our needs and is very responsive and effective in communication; – Saenko-Kharenko helped us with cross-border legal services (Poland, Estonia, UK) as they have partnerships with other international firms; – Saenko-Kharenko provided full transparency. ’

  • ‘The team is highly professional, always available, and easy to deal with. I would like to mention Michael Kharenko, Vitaliy Odzhykovskyy, Dmitriy Riabikin, Nazarii Pylypchuk.’

  • ‘Super quick in their answers. We are very satisfied with the depth and content of the legal work received.’

  • ‘Very hard working, very creative. Technology for data exchange was very innovative and easy to use.’

  • ‘Dmytro Riabikin did a great job by managing the project and by providing innovative solutions, Zarina Khalimon was very devoted, no mistakes.’

Key clients

  • AIR Media-Tech
  • Control Risks
  • Elementum Energy
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • Helsi Ukraine and its shareholders
  • Intellias
  • JSC “Oschadbank”
  • JSC “PrivatBank”
  • JSC “Ukreximbank”
  • WorkMotion
  • D3
  • STG

Work highlights

  • Advising Goldman Sachs Asset Management, one of the world’s leading asset managers, in connection with the acquisition of Cprime.
  • Advising Intellias, a global software engineering and digital consulting company, in connection with acquisition of Digitally Inspired.
  • Advising Independent Supervisory Boards of all state-owned banks (PrivatBank, Oschadbank and Ukreximbank), which together hold 65% of all banking assets in Ukraine, on a wide range of corporate law and corporate governance matters.

Lawyers

Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Vladimir Sayenko, Oleksandr Nikolaichyk, Alina Plyushch