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AVELLUM advises on Ukraine’s historic USD20.47 billion debt restructuring

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Practices:

Start-ups and Venture Capital
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Investment into Ukrainian food-tech start-up Foodz

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Legal advisor to MHP

Private equity 
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Acquisition of Thomson Reuters’ Intellectual Property & Science Business

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Legal advisor to Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia

Antitrust
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Merger control clearance for the acquisition of Eaton’s Hydraulics business

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Legal advisor to Danfoss

Capital markets
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Consensual deferral of external debts worth over USD25 billion

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Bln USD

Ukrainian legal counsel to (i) the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, (ii) Private Joint Stock Company “National Power Company “Ukrenergo” (“Ukrenergo”), and (iii) the State Road Agency of Ukraine (“Ukravtodor”)

Compliance and Internal investigations
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Tax fraud compliance and legal analysis of possible Ukrainian law implications of the UK Criminal Finances Act 2017

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Iron ore company with assets in Ukraine

Corporate
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Full legal support in connection with launch of American University Kyiv

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Legal advisor to the managing partners of American University Kyiv

Data protection and Cybersecurity
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Advice on Ukrainian data protection and telecommunications law matters related to transfer and processing of personal and telecom data

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Multinational telecommunications services company

Employment
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Complex employment support in relation to the creation of co-working hub, structuring the employment relations and drafting documents

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Legal advisor to Spectrum Equity

Energy & Natural resources
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Sale of a stake in renewable energy projects to Elementum Energy, the largest international renewable energy producer in Ukraine

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Legal advisor to one of the sellers

Finance
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CAD 2.4 billion (equivalent to USD1.8 billion) concessional loan from Canada

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Legal advisor to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine

Government relations
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ACTED FOR UKRAINE ON CONSENSUAL DEFERRAL OF EXTERNAL DEBTS WORTH OVER USD25 BILLION

25

Bln USD

Ukrainian legal counsel to (i) the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, (ii) Private Joint Stock Company “National Power Company “Ukrenergo” (“Ukrenergo”), and (iii) the State Road Agency of Ukraine (“Ukravtodor”)

Intellectual property
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Advice on transfer of proprietary rights to intellectual property

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Legal advisor to GoDaddy

International arbitration
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Defeated a challenge to a USD20 million LCIA Award with the UK High Court

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Legal advisor

Litigation
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Defended the client, a Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the 9th convocation, a Lieutenant General of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the criminal case heard by the High Anticorruption Court

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Mergers and Acquisitions
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Acquisition of NeoGames by Aristocrat Leisure Limited

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Ukrainian legal advisor to Aristocrat Leisure Limited

Private clients
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Settlement of Prime Assets Capital trust and transfer of Roshen Group

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Legal Advisor to Roshen

Real estate & Infrastructure
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Establishing campus in historic Kyiv River Port building

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Legal advisor to American University Kyiv

Restructuring
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Debt restructuring under the two inter-conditional English schemes of arrangement for DTEK Energy B.V. and DTEK Finance PLC

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Legal advisor to DTEK Group

Tax
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Tax aspects of Eurobond issue

825

Mln USD

Legal Advisor to National Power Company “Ukrenergo”

White-collar crime
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Internal investigation into the suspected insider fraud followed by the criminal proceedings

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Legal advisor to international e-commerce company

Industries:

Technology
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Acquisition of Blam!Games Studios

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Legal advisor to Nordcurrent

Agriculture
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Advising on the largest contract for the supply of agricultural products

26.8

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Legal Advisor to “State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine”

Banking and Financial institutions
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Tax advice on cross-border financing matters

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Legal Advisor to PrivatBank

Consumer goods
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Corporate group restructuring

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Legal Advisor to New Products Group

Energy & Natural resources
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Acquisition of 70% stake in the Zavallivskyi Graphite Group

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Legal advisor to Volt Resources Limited

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
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Advice on transfer of employees due to global spin-off of Covestro

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Legal advisor to Bayer AG

Industrial and Manufacturing
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Developed and implemented dispute resolution strategy in multi-party dispute over shares in Poltava Mining Refinery

400

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Legal Advisor to Ferrexpo AG, subsidiary of LSE-listed Ferrexpo Plc

Real estate
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Construction of a real estate complex in the centre of Kyiv in the form of a joint investment with a business partner

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Legal advisor to A-Development, one of the leading Ukrainian developers

Telecoms and Media
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Eurobond offering of Vodafone Ukraine’s loan participation notes

500

Mln USD

Legal advisor to joint lead managers

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Our insights and press releases

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Key takeaways from “AVELLUM Disputes Day: Asset Recovery”

Key takeaways from “AVELLUM Disputes Day: Asset Recovery”

November 6, 2024

AVELLUM advises on Ukraine’s historic USD20.47 billion debt restructuring

AVELLUM advises on Ukraine’s historic USD20.47 billion debt restructuring

September 16, 2024
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Personal assets structuring. Post non-dom era and available alternatives

We invite you to join the “Post non-dom era and available alternatives”, third event in our AVELLUM Taxember series, which will take place on 28 November 2024, at 16:30 (Kyiv time). The webinar will be most insightful for clients considering a change in tax residency, including those affected by recent UK legislative changes, as well […]

November 7, 2024
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MAP: State protects taxpayers, how to achieve this?

We invite you to join the “MAP: State protects taxpayers, how to achieve this?”, the first event in our AVELLUM Taxember series, which will take place on 14 November 2024, at 11:00 (Kyiv time). This event is jointly organised by AVELLUM, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, and the Faculty of Law, National University of […]

November 7, 2024
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AVELLUM is highly rated in the IFLR1000 ranking ― 2024

AVELLUM is highly rated in the IFLR1000 ranking

November 1, 2024
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AVELLUM advises Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on CAD400 Million sovereign loan from Canada

AVELLUM advises Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on CAD400 Million sovereign loan from Canada

October 21, 2024
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Portal “War and Sanctions” is updated

On 1 June 2024, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ministry of Defence of Ukraine launched new portal “War and Sanctions” (“Portal”). The Portal is designed to collect information about sponsors and accomplices of the Russian aggression. The Portal consists of 7 sections. At the time of its launch, 3 sections had been available: (1) […]

October 14, 2024
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Key takeaways from “AVELLUM Disputes Day: Asset Recovery”

Key takeaways from “AVELLUM Disputes Day: Asset Recovery”

November 6, 2024
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AVELLUM advises on Ukraine’s historic USD20.47 billion debt restructuring

AVELLUM advises on Ukraine’s historic USD20.47 billion debt restructuring

September 16, 2024
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AVELLUM is highly rated in the IFLR1000 ranking ― 2024

AVELLUM is highly rated in the IFLR1000 ranking

November 1, 2024
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AVELLUM advises Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on CAD400 Million sovereign loan from Canada

AVELLUM advises Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on CAD400 Million sovereign loan from Canada

October 21, 2024
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AVELLUM lawyers contributed to presenting the Recommendations on Ensuring Due Process Standards in Claims Against the russian federation to the Supreme Court

We are pleased to announce that AVELLUM lawyers participated in developing the Recommendations on Ensuring Due Process Standards in Claims Against the russian federation (“Recommendations”). The Recommendations are the result of two years of research into the practice of Ukrainian courts, international standards of due process and foreign legislation by a working group of the […]

September 25, 2024
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AVELLUM advises DTEK Renewables on successful extension of green Eurobonds maturity

AVELLUM advises DTEK Renewables on successful extension of green Eurobonds maturity

September 13, 2024
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Portal “War and Sanctions” is updated

On 1 June 2024, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ministry of Defence of Ukraine launched new portal “War and Sanctions” (“Portal”). The Portal is designed to collect information about sponsors and accomplices of the Russian aggression. The Portal consists of 7 sections. At the time of its launch, 3 sections had been available: (1) […]

October 14, 2024
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Ukrainian Government Announces First Green Auctions for 2024

On 13 August 2024, the Ukrainian Government adopted Order No 757-p “Certain Issues of Pilot Auctions for the Allocation of the Support Quota in 2024” (“Green Auctions Order”) scheduling the first auctions for supporting renewable energy producers under the feed-in premium mechanism (“Feed-in-Premium”) later this year. The Feed-in-Premium mechanism was introduced a year ago as […]

October 3, 2024
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NBU grants Eurobonds repayment relief for major Ukrainian corporate issuers

With effect from 11 July 2024, the National Bank of Ukraine (“NBU”) introduced a long-awaited exemption from the moratorium on foreign currency cross-border transfers (“Moratorium”). This exemption is expected to facilitate the repayment of Eurobonds by major Ukrainian corporate issuers, which had faced significant challenges in making payments under their Eurobonds since the beginning of […]

July 17, 2024
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Ukrainian Government approves regulation of state support for investment projects with significant investments

On 26 April 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (“Government”) approved the Procedure for Using Funds from the State Budget to Provide State Support for the Implementation of Investment Projects Involving Significant Investments (“Budget Procedure”). BackgroundThe incentives for investment projects with significant investments (“Investment Project”) were initially introduced by the Law of Ukraine “On […]

May 29, 2024
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Labour law changes: impact of EU Directive on M&A procedures

On 15 May 2024, amendments to the Labour Code of Ukraine came into effect aiming to regulate the rights and obligations of parties in labour relations during a change of control over business. The Ukrainian parliament adopted such amendments to align Ukrainian legislation with EU Directive 2001/23/EC, dated 12 March 2001. Definition of the “transfer […]

May 28, 2024
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New NBU’s steps for currency control liberalisation

On 4 May 2024, new amendments to Regulation of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine “On the Operation of the Banking System during the Period of Martial Law” No. 18, dated 24 February 2022, came into effect. Such amendments aim to further ease relevant currency control restrictions, including (i) lifting all currency restrictions […]

May 13, 2024
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Key takeaways from “AVELLUM Disputes Day: Asset Recovery”

Key takeaways from “AVELLUM Disputes Day: Asset Recovery”

November 6, 2024
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AVELLUM advises on Ukraine’s historic USD20.47 billion debt restructuring

AVELLUM advises on Ukraine’s historic USD20.47 billion debt restructuring

September 16, 2024
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AVELLUM is highly rated in the IFLR1000 ranking ― 2024

AVELLUM is highly rated in the IFLR1000 ranking

November 1, 2024
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AVELLUM lawyers contributed to presenting the Recommendations on Ensuring Due Process Standards in Claims Against the russian federation to the Supreme Court

We are pleased to announce that AVELLUM lawyers participated in developing the Recommendations on Ensuring Due Process Standards in Claims Against the russian federation (“Recommendations”). The Recommendations are the result of two years of research into the practice of Ukrainian courts, international standards of due process and foreign legislation by a working group of the […]

September 25, 2024
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AVELLUM advises DTEK Renewables on successful extension of green Eurobonds maturity

AVELLUM advises DTEK Renewables on successful extension of green Eurobonds maturity

September 13, 2024
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AVELLUM and Hillmont Partners successfully defended US investors, stopping an attempted corporate raid 

AVELLUM and Hillmont Partners successfully defend US investors , stopping an attempted corporate raid 

September 12, 2024
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AVELLUM releases Annual Report for 2023: Setting new transparency standards

We are proud to announce the release of the annual report for 1 January – 31 December 2023, which marks a significant milestone in transparency and accountability within the legal industry. Founded 15 years ago with a vision of excellence, AVELLUM has become a prominent force in Ukraine’s legal landscape. Despite our modest beginnings, we […]

April 25, 2024
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November, 28, 16:30 – 19:10

Personal assets structuring. Post non-dom era and available alternatives

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Webinar

November, 14, 11:00 – 13:00

MAP: State protects taxpayers, how to achieve this?

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Past Events

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Conference

October, 22, 15:00 – 18:30

AVELLUM Disputes Day: Asset Recovery

Zoom Webinars

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Конференція

10 липня 2024 року

Defence Tech: юридичні виклики для індустрії

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Forum

January, 17, 16:00 – 18:00

Global russia Risks: Financial Crime and Compliance Forum

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