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CurrentRecent experience includes advising on:• Ukrainian law aspects of benchmark cross-border M&A transactions, such as the acquisition of Samsung printer business by HP, acquisition of vaccines business of Novartis by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) with further establishment of a joint venture between GSK and Novartis, acquisition of Unimilk CIS operations by Danone, acquisition of Cadbury by Kraft Foods;• sale of Ukrainian companies, including sales: by Commerzbank of Bank Forum, by Lafarge of the gypsum and plasterboard business, by Ageas of Fortis Life Insurance Ukraine to Horizon Capital, of Kolos to Glencore, of Ukrros to Kernel, of Allseeds to Kernel, of KP Media to UMH, of Central European Media Enterprises to Harley Trading, of Volia Cable to Providence, of Sandora to PepsiAmericas and PepsiCo;• investigations by Ukrainian competition authorities against major multinationals, including Amadeus, Coca-Cola, Dyckerhoff, Sanofi, Visa and Western Union; • merger clearances for AB InBev, BASF, Boehringer Ingelheim, Citibank, Comcast, Dell, DowDuPont, Geely, Glencore, Goldman Sachs, Hamburg Süd, Hitachi, HP, Honda Motor, Imerys, Japan Tobacco, Komatsu, Maersk Line, Monsanto, Outokumpu Oyj, Porsche, Samsung Electronics, Sandvik, Société Générale, Syngenta, and Thyssenkrupp;• development of trainings and compliance programs, conducting mock dawn raids, for Apple, Beam, Coca-Cola, Dyckerhoff, Henkel, and Philip Morris;• privatizations of Kryvorizhstal, KGOKOR, and Odessa Port Plant;• private placements by Nadra Bank and Creativ;• arbitration and court proceedings abroad, including Football Club Dynamo-Kyiv, Podil-Plaza, Sumy Machine Building Plant, and Nadra Bank.
