ANDRIY ROMANCHUK

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Andriy Romanchuk, a Counsel at AVELLUM’s corporate practice with the primary focus on corporate and M&A, tax and banking law.

Andriy regularly advises international and Ukrainian clients on various Ukrainian law matters arising in commercial transactions. His experience includes advising clients on cross-border corporate transactions, transaction structuring and corporate restructurings.

  • EDUCATION AND BAR ADMISSION

      Master of Law degree, 2012, Ivan Franko Lviv National University

      LLM in International Corporate Finance and the Law (with distinction), 2014, University of Reading, UK

  • RECOGNITION

      Recommended lawyer (Up and coming) for Corporate / M&A in Ukraine; Chambers Global 2022

      Next Generation Partner for Corporate / M&A in Ukraine; Legal500 2022 (included in Legal500 since 2018)

      Rising star for M&A in Ukraine; IFLR 1000 (2021-2022)

      Recommended lawyer for Corporate / M&A in Ukraine; Ukrainian Law Firms 2021, Yuridicheskaya Praktika

      Recommended lawyer for Corporate and M&A Law in Ukraine; Best Lawyers (2020 – 2022)

  • RECENT EXPERIENCE

      Advised MHP in connection with investment into Ukrainian food-tech start-up Foodz. As result of two rounds of funding, MHP received a minority stake in Foodz

      Advised AXDRAFT, a Ukrainian document automation company, on its sale to Onit. The advice covered tax and corporate structuring, as well as transactional matters pertaining to major shareholders

      Advised JSC “Kaspi.kz” in connection with the acquisition of 100% shares in Portmone Group by Kaspi Pay, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaspi.kz

      Advised Diligent Capital Partners, a private equity manager, acting together with the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO, in connection with the acquisition of a minority stake in the leading Ukrainian feed producer Edinstvo Group

      Advised Epicentr, leading Ukrainian chain of stores, specialising in home improvement and gardening in connection with the acquisition of Svarog Group, a high-tech agricultural company with a 15-year track record

      Advised Diligent Capital Partners, a private equity manager, in connection with the acquisition of a 16% equity stake in Allseeds SA together with the Dutch Development Bank FMO

      Advised private equity vehicle managed by responsAbility Investments AG in connection with the acquisition of a shareholding in Bank Lviv

      Advised Horizon Capital and certain individuals on the disposal of 90% stake in Ergopack Group in favour of Sarantis Group

      Advised Public Joint Stock Company “Commercial Bank “Center”, a regional Ukrainian bank, and its sole shareholder Mr. Hamed Alikhani on increasing the charter capital of PJSC CB “Center” to UAH200 million

      Advised UniCredit Group on Ukrainian law matters in connection with the disposal of 99.9% shares in PJSC “Ukrsotsbank”, an asset of UCG in Ukraine, in exchange for a minority stake (9.9%) in ABH Holdings S.A.

      Acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia in connection with the acquisition of Thomson Reuters’ Intellectual Property & Science Business for USD3.55 billion

      Advised in connection with the planned acquisition of 30% shares in PJSC Raiffeisen Bank Aval by EBRD

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