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

Maksym Nazarenko, partner at Sayenko Kharenko, focuses on antitrust and competition matters, also practices corporate and real estate. Mr Nazarenko has extensive experience in antitrust law issues related to multinational and domestic M&A and joint ventures, including merger and ancillary restrictions clearances with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. He regularly advises clients on a wide variety of antitrust law matters, involving merger control, concerted practices in agreements, cases on cartels, abuse of dominance, and unfair competition. Maksym acts regularly for clients in the agriculture, automotive, banking, chemicals, electronics, FMCG, food & beverage, heavy machinery, insurance, IT, pharmaceuticals, retail, shipping, tobacco, and transportation sectors. His recent experience includes advising on: AB InBev on its acquisition of SABMiller (deal value USD 103 billion) DuPont on its merger with DOW Chemicals (deal value USD 130 billion) Maersk Line on its acquisition of Hamburg Süd (deal value EUR 3.7 billion)

Valentyna Hvozd, partner at Sayenko Kharenko, is focusing on antitrust and competition matters. She also practices corporate law, M&A, privatization, and intellectual property law. Ms Hvozd regularly advises clients on a wide range of antitrust law matters, including merger control (mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures), cartels, abuse of dominance, antitrust investigations and advice, distribution agreements, and unfair competition before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. She has extensive experience advising multinational and domestic clients on the most complex and high profile cases requiring profound knowledge and an innovative approach to meet the client's expectations. Her recent work highlights have included representations of: AbbVie Inc. in its acquisition of Shire plc (54.7 billion USD) Archer-Daniels-Midland Company in its acquisition of WILD Flavors GmbH and WILD Dairy Ingredients GmbH (2.2 billion EUR) Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in its acquisition of Duracell business from The Procter & Gamble Company (4.7 billion USD) Berkshire Hathaway in its acquisition of Precision Castparts (37.2 billion USD) China National Chemical Corporation in its acquisition of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. (7.1 billion EUR) Cinven and Bain Capital in their acquisition of Stada (4.1 billion EUR) Concerted practices clearance for MTIBU re new system for claims settlement Dell in its acquisition of EMC (67 billion USD) Diebold in its acquisition of Wincor Nixdorf Konecranes in its acquisition of Terex business Merck KGaA in its acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (17 billion USD) PartnerRe Ltd. and AXIS Capital Holdings Limited in their merger (11 billion USD) One Equity Partners in its acquisition of Duran Group Holding GmbH (93 million USD) Perrigo Company in its acquisition of Omega Pharma Invest NV (3.6 billion EUR) Royal Dutch Shell in its acquisition of BG Group (47 billion GB pounds) Solvay S.A. in its acquisition of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company assets Solvay SA in its acquisition of Cytec (5.5 billion USD)