ANTON ARKHYPOV

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Anton Arkhypov is a Counsel with AVELLUM’s competition practice with the primary focus on horizontal mergers.

Anton assists clients with merger notifications in Ukraine and has experience in the coordination of multijurisdictional merger filings.

Prior to joining AVELLUM Anton worked as an associate at another leading Ukrainian law firm.

  • EDUCATION AND BAR ADMISSION

      Education: Bachelor of Laws (with Honours), 2016, Queen Mary University of London

      Master of Laws degree, 2012, Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine

  • RECOGNITION

      Recommended lawyer for Competition and M&A law in Ukraine; Best Lawyers 2022

  • RECENT EXPERIENCE

      Advised Roosh, a Ukrainian tech company, in connection with the acquisition of a minority stake in Neurons Lab, a globally distributed AI R&D company

      Advised the managing partners of American University Kyiv in connection with its launch. American University Kyiv is a private university offering a U.S. higher education standard in Ukraine through its partnership with Arizona State University

      Advised JSC “Kaspi.kz”, a leading Kazakhstan-based fintech company, on obtaining merger control clearance from the AMC for the acquisition of 100% shares in Portmone Group by Kaspi Pay, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaspi.kz

      Advised Furshet on obtaining merger control clearance from the AMC for the acquisition of control over Furshet’s retail assets by Fozzy Group

      Advised Samoran Investments Limited, a company affiliated with Yakov Gribov, a beneficiary of Nemiroff Group, on obtaining merger control clearance of the AMC for the acquisition of shares in Rostok Agroinvest Limited

      Advised LLC “LVN Limited”, a part of Nemiroff Group on obtaining merger control clearance of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the privatisation of a part of assets of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprise of Alcohol and Liquor Industry “Ukrspyrt”

      Advised UFUTURE on obtaining a merger control clearance of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the partial sale of its stake in LvivTech.City

      Advised Uber on obtaining a merger control clearance from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the creation of a joint venture with Yandex. The new company is valued at USD3.8 billion

      Advised AGCO on obtaining a merger control and concerted practices clearances of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the acquisition of Precision Planting LLC and assets owned by Monsanto Argentina S.R.L., and Monsanto do Brasil Ltda

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AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to JSC “Kaspi.kz” (“Kaspi.kz”) in connection with the acquisition of 100% shares in Portmone Group (“Portmone”) by Kaspi Pay, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaspi.kz. AVELLUM provided full legal support to Kaspi.kz in performing legal due diligence of Portmone, negotiating and drafting the transaction documents, as well as coordinating completion of the entire transaction. AVELLUM advised the client on obtaining merger control clearance of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and the approval of the National Bank of Ukraine for the acquisition of the significant stake in Portmone. The acquisition of Portmone gives Kaspi Pay a solid starting platform with a payments licence from the National Bank of Ukraine, Visa & Mastercard accreditation, business relationships with thousands of merchants and a wide pool of banks. Kaspi.kz’s ecosystem connects consumers and merchants, enabling digital payments, e-commerce, and financial services. Kaspi.kz serves customers in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Founded in 2002 in Ukraine, Portmone provides electronic delivery of bills from service providers to customers, payment of customers’ bills via the Internet with Visa and Mastercard, and delivery of customers’ electronic bills to banks and payment of these bills via ATM’s, self-service kiosks and Internet banking systems. The AVELLUM team was led by managing partner Mykola Stetsenko with support from associates Yelyzaveta Kravtsova, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, and Anastasiia Karpenko, who handled corporate and M&A matters. Senior associate Anton Arkhypov and associate Yelyzaveta Kashyna advised on antitrust matters under the general supervision of counsel Mykyta Nota. Counsel Andriy Romanchuk, associates Yelyzaveta Kravtsova, Iryna Fonotova, and Anastasiia Karpenko assisted with obtaining the approval of the National Bank of Ukraine.

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