About

Provided by Kinstellar

Kinstellar Ukraine team advises on the full spectrum of competition law – from high profile and complex investigations and litigation through to strategic advisory work, and high value national and multi-jurisdictional mergers and joint venture arrangements. In particular, this includes:

–     Merger control advice (M&A, shareholders’ agreements, JVs) including obtaining permits for concentration from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine;

–     Antitrust and strategic competition advice;

–     Advice on anti-competitive concerted practices including obtaining permits from the AMCU;

–     Advice on antitrust aspects of commercial agreements and trade practices (distribution, marketing, merchandising, tendering procedures)

–     Intellectual property and competition law (franchising agreements, unfair competition);

–     Competition compliance audits (full scale due diligence of competition law compliance);

–     Advice on abuse of dominance;

–     Assistance in investigations by antimonopoly authorities;

–     Competition litigation;

–     State aid;

–     Public procurement;

–     Private enforcement of competition law and actions for damages;

–     Preparation and implementation of competition compliance policies;

–     Delivery of trainings to clients’ officer and employees on antitrust compliance.


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What the team is known for

Kinstellar frequently advises clients on obtaining competition law clearance for proposed mergers and joint ventures, and assists with the compliance of distribution strategies. In addition, the law firm represents clients in AMCU sector inquiries. The law firm is popular with prominent pharmaceutical companies and other clients from a range of sectors such as private equity and banking.

Notable practitioners

Olexander Martinenko is a key contact at the firm.

Work Highlights

Provided by Kinstellar
  • Kinstellar assisted InterCars and DANX with the competition law approval for its joint venture.

Members

Provided by Kinstellar

Olena Kuchynska

Olexander Martinenko

Head of Department

Yulia Eismont