Competition

Aequo

The ‘knowledgeable, experienced and client-oriented’ team at Aequo houses a balanced contentious and non-contentious practice that spans the gamut of competition law. A leading firm in merger filings, the group is also regularly called upon for representation in antitrust investigations and advice on regulation, cartels and state aid matters. The team continues to add to its roster of national and international clients and notes a particular influx of clients from the tech sector. Leveraging her specialist knowledge of EU competition law, Mariya Nizhnik is well-placed to advise multinational clients and is particularly adept at antitrust investigations. Sergey Denisenko is an expert in merger clearance, unfair commercial practices and competition compliance, leading the firm’s consumer and retail industry group. Denis Lysenko is another key member of the practice, along with Anna Litvinova, who has experience in merger control and antitrust compliance cases.

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Testimonials

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‘The team is efficient and has an excellent knowledge of the market/sector.��
‘Sergey Denisenko is very engaged and client oriented. His skills are pretty exceptional.’
‘Greta team.’
‘Very responsive practice for merger control filings and good anticipation of what the authority expects.’
‘Very professional team of competition and antitrust practice lawyers, knowledgeable, experienced and client-oriented, capable of supporting virtually any time necessary, quickly finding the best practical solution to any issue under severe time pressure.’
‘Very reliable advisors with 10+ years of experience in international projects, capable of delivering and defending their position, open for discussion, quickly learning details of a unique defence-related project, despite the lack of similar cases in the past.’

Key clients

ArcelorMittal and its Ukrainian subsidiary ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
Google
Bunge
Neqsol
Philip Morris
Cameco Corporation
Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB)
Novus
Epicentr-K
Darnitsa
Dragon Capital
Pfeifer & Langen group and its Ukrainian subsidiary Radekhiv Tsukor
European Business Association
Coca-Cola HBC
OLX
UDI

Work highlights

Assisted Ukrainian Defence Industry (UDI) to establish a joint company with Rheinmetall AG: Rheinmetall Ukrainian Defense Industry LLC, operating since 18 October 2023.
Represented Cameco Corporation before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) in connection with its acquisition of Westinghouse Electric Company, a transaction valued at $7.875bn, conducted in partnership with Brookfield Renewable Partners and its institutional partners.
Represented Radekhiv Zukor in the AMCU on the acquisition of a sugar plant in western Ukraine, particularly in obtaining merger clearance approval.