Sayenko Kharenko

Vladimir Sayenko, partner at Sayenko Kharenko, is practicing law since 1994, admitted in Ukraine and in the State of New York (USA). Vladimir specializes in competition, M&A, corporate and securities law. He has extensive experience in supporting clients through the entire lifecycle of their business, from formation and day-to-day operational issues to major transactions and exit. Throughout his career Vladimir has worked with clients across all major industry sectors but his principal focus is in the financial services, energy, oil & gas, real estate and media sectors. Mergers & Acquisitions Advising on Ukrainian law aspects of benchmark cross-border M&A transactions, such as the acquisition of Samsung printer business by HP, acquisition of vaccines business of Novartis by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) with further establishment of a joint venture between GSK and Novartis, acquisition of Unimilk CIS operations by Danone, acquisition of Cadbury by Kraft Foods, as well as numerous Ukrainian M&A deals, including the acquisition Karavan Hypermarket chain by Auchan Group, sale of minority stake in Ukrainian subsidiaries of Allianz SE. Handling M&A transactions involving over a dozen Ukrainian banks, including the acquisition of a controlling shareholding of PJSC “Region-Bank” by a foreign investor,  acquisition of Platinum Bank (Ukraine) by a group of Ukrainian and foreign investors, acquisition by First Ukrainian International Bank of Renaissance Credit Bank, acquisition by Platinum Bank of Home Credit Bank, sale by Platinum Bank of Vostok Bank, acquisition by Alpha Bank of Astra Bank, acquisition by Societe Generale of Ikar Bank, and acquisition by Piraeus Bank of International Commerce Bank. Advising bidders in the privatizations of Kryvorizhstal, KGOKOR, Odessa Port Plant and regional electricity distribution companies. Antitrust/Competition Advising major corporations, such as Apple, Beam, BEKO, Coca-Cola, Dyckerhoff, Henkel, and Philip Morris, on Ukrainian competition law issues, including development trainings and compliance programs, conducting mock down raids, etc. Representing multinationals in various investigations and proceedings before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, including Amadeus, Coca-Cola, Dyckerhoff, Sanofi, Visa and Western Union. Merger clearance for numerous mergers and acquisitions, including for AB InBev, BASF, Boehringer Ingelheim, Citibank, Comcast, Dell, DowDuPont, Geely, Glencore, Goldman Sachs, Hamburg Süd, Hitachi, HP, Honda Motor, Imerys, Japan Tobacco, Komatsu, Maersk Line, Monsanto, Outokumpu Oyj, Porsche, Samsung Electronics, Sandvik, Société Générale, Syngenta, and Thyssenkrup

Sergiy Kazmirchuk, counsel at Sayenko Kharenko, focuses on corporate law and M&A as well as banking and insurance regulatory matters.Sergiy has extensive track record of advising clients on M&A projects and on various corporate matters, including in highly regulated industries such as banking and insurance. During his 10-year legal practice at Sayenko Kharenko, Sergiy acted on a number of high-profile transactions involving sale and acquisition of Ukraine’s largest banks and insurance companies. His vast experience includes advising on legal due diligence of Ukraine’s assets, full transactional support, pre- and post-closing support, and other issues. After adoption of the Law of Ukraine "On Joint Stock Companies", he participated in developing one of the first in Ukraine forms of constituent documents of a bank - public joint stock company that were subsequently used as precedents. Notably, Sergiy was among those assisting with the conversion of the largest Ukrainian stock exchange into a private joint stock company in 2010.Sergiy’s experience in banking regulatory matters includes obtaining approvals from the National Bank of Ukraine for major banks for acquisition of significant shareholding in respective Ukrainian banking institutions (more than ten in total).Following introduction in 2012 of the statutory requirement to obtain written approval of the insurance regulator for acquisition or increase of significant shareholding in Ukrainian insurance companies, Sergiy has worked on a number of respective regulatory filings, including obtaining approvals from the Ukrainian insurance regulator for major Ukrainian and international companies to acquire significant interest in Ukrainian insurance companies. He advised one of the multinational insurance groups on obtaining the first approval ever granted in Ukraine for indirect acquisition of a Ukrainian insurance company by a non-resident.

Oleksandr Nikolaichyk, partner at Sayenko Kharenko, deals with the firm’s most complex multijurisdictional corporate transactions including acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate finance, corporate and pre-IPO restructurings, equity and asset sales. Oleksandr also advises clients on various corporate governance issues, general corporate and investment matters, stock market and securities transactions. Based on his in-depth understanding of the local business environment and of the challenges faced by private and public corporations in Ukraine, Oleksandr advises the firm’s high-profile foreign and domestic clients. He has extensive experience across a variety of sectors and industries including banking, real estate, retail, energy & resources, industrials, logistics and infrastructure. Oleksandr is actively involved in the Ukrainian legal community and is a member of various initiatives. In the last few years, he has been engaged in the development of important laws and regulations in the areas of corporate governance, compliance and capital markets.