The energy and climate change practice at CMS remains a key player in the local market, bringing to bear a full-service offering that encompasses corporate, M&A, governance, competition and employment advice, as well as work on major energy projects. Financing and regulatory specialist Vitaliy Radchenko and renewable energy expert Maria Orlyk are the key contacts. Radchenko advised a Swedish onshore wind farm developer on the acquisition of a stake in a Norway and Ukraine-focused renewables developer. Anna Pogrebna departed the firm.

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Key clients

  • Arise
  • Goldbeck Solar Investment
  • Tetra Tech ES, Inc.

Work highlights

  • Advised Swedish onshore wind farms developer Arise AB on its acquisition of a 70% stake in Norway and Ukraine-focused renewables developer Fenix Repower AS.
  • Advising Goldbeck Solar on the contemplated acquisition of a portfolio of RES projects in Ukraine (due diligence and transactional parts), and assisting Goldbeck Solar on establishing a joint venture with EBRD owning a portfolio of RES projects in Ukraine.
  • Providing Tetra Tech ES, Inc. legal advice on various issues of the biomethane market’s implementation in Ukraine.

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Vitaliy Radchenko, Maria Orlyk