Over the years, we have gained substantial experience working with large industrial companies across various sectors. 

This experience laid the foundation for our industrial work, which today focuses on seven key areas: 

• Agro-industrial production
• Aerospace and advanced technologies
• Chemicals
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Metals and mining
• Minerals and natural resources

These areas represent our primary sectoral focus, though our practice extends across the full spectrum of industrial operations.

At AVELLUM, we understand how large-scale production facilities operate from the ground up. We know the pressures, operational realities, and commercial drivers that shape decisions in this sector. Accordingly, our advice covers the full spectrum of legal issues arising from complex regulatory, operational, and cross-border environments. 

Our team works on cross-border industrial investments, serving both Ukrainian and international clients. 

For Ukrainian companies, we regularly advise on expansions abroad, asset acquisitions in foreign markets, and establishing operations outside Ukraine.

For international clients, we guide investments into Ukraine, helping foreign investors navigate the Ukrainian industrial landscape and establish a long-term presence in the market. This encompasses legal advice on initial market entry, deal structuring, obtaining regulatory approvals, and establishing sustainable operations on the ground.  

Given the level of statutory oversight and cross-border exposure inherent to the industrial sector, our work frequently involves navigating overlapping regimes, responding to enforcement actions, and managing complex disputes. We represent large industrial clients in both arbitrations and litigations with their counterparties and Ukrainian state authorities, with emphasis on complex dispute that transcend national borders.

Our cross-practice approach allows us to examine each matter from multiple legal and commercial perspectives and deliver practical solutions that protect assets, manage regulatory risk, and support business continuity.

We will assist you with:

• Acquisitions: Asset and share acquisitions, mergers, due diligence, corporate structuring and governance.
• Antitrust: Antitrust and competition law matters, including antitrust compliance and anti-dumping investigations.
• Assets and business defence: Representation in corporate disputes, white-collar and other criminal investigations, and internal investigations.
• Compliance: Sanctions, anticorruption and regulatory compliance, environmental standards, and ESG frameworks.
• Dispute resolution: Domestic and international litigation, international arbitration, regulatory disputes with state authorities, and tax disputes.
• Employment: Labor relations, employment disputes, and workforce compliance.
• Finance: Asset and project financing, loan financing, structured facilities, and trade and commodities financing.
• International trade: Legal support for export operations and trade compliance, trade-related disputes.
• Real estate, land, and infrastructure: Property transactions, land issues, infrastructure development, and public-private partnerships.
• Tax matters: Tax structuring, compliance, and tax dispute resolution, including cross-border tax issues.

Given the international and heavily regulated nature of the industrial sector, many of our matters involve multiple jurisdictions, and coordination with foreign counterparties, regulators, and advisers. We regularly work alongside international law firms to ensure seamless support in complex, multi-jurisdictional regulatory and dispute-driven projects.

Trusted by: 

Our clients include leading agribusinesses, mining operations, and production companies in Ukraine and abroad. We have represented Ferrexpo, Donetsksteel, Metinvest, and Georgian Manganese in mining and metals, Volt Resources Limited, JKX Oil&Gas, Alpha Oil & Gas, Ukrnafta, and Ukrnaftoburinnya in minerals & natural resources, Lafarge, Holcim, and Asamer in industrial production, Bosch, Stihl, and Velta in manufacturing, and many other established players in the sector.