
The energy and climate change practice at CMS Ukraine 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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Practice head
Vitaliy Radchenko; Maria Orlyk