Redcliffe Partners

Managing Partner: Olexiy Soshenko

Number of partners: 10

Number of lawyers: 21

Languages: English, French, Russian, Ukrainian

Firm Overview:

Redcliffe Partners is a leading Ukrainian law firm which provides the full range of legal services to large strategic businesses. We have become a natural choice for clients seeking comprehensive legal advice where a wealth of experience and innovative thinking is required.

Redcliffe Partners team includes market-leading lawyers with years of experience with international law firms in Australia, Poland, the UK, Ukraine, and the USA, including partners admitted to practice in the UK and the US and with Big 4 experience.

Our clients are international organisations, multinational companies, investors, financial institutions and project developers operating and investing in Ukraine.

We remained fully operational throughout the war. Having relocated some of our personnel abroad, we are able to continue working on deals despite the current challenges in Ukraine.

Antitrust & Competition:

■ Advised CVC, one of the leading global investment funds, on obtaining merger and concerted practices clearances for the EUR3.03 billion acquisition of Recordati, an international pharmaceutical group, specialising in primary care pharmaceuticals and drugs for the treatment of rare diseases

■ Advised GE Capital on obtaining merger clearance for the sale of PK AirFinance and its USD3.6 billion aviation loan book

Contact: Yuriy Terentyev; Anastasia Usova

Email: [email protected] , [email protected]

Banking & Finance:

■ Advised The Netherlands (acting through Invest International Public Programmes B.V.) in connection with EUR 27 million loan to Kovalska

■ Advised EBRD in connection with portfolio risk sharing instruments provided to ProCredit Bank, OTP Bank, OTP Leasing, Kredobank, Credit Agricole Bank, PrivatBank, Bank Lviv, Raiffeisen Bank, and UkrSibbank (17 deals in total) with an aggregate EBRD’s share amount of up to EUR 228 million

■ Advised EBRD, DFC and IFC in connection with an up to USD 480 million financing package to MHP

Contact: Olexiy Soshenko

Email: [email protected]

Capital Markets:

■ Advised Credit Suisse, Banca IMI, Barclays, Uni- Credit, Banca Akros, and KKR Capital Markets in connection with the Guala Closures S.p.A. issue of bonds for EUR455 million, maturing in 2024 and listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange

■ Advised First Ukrainian International Bank in connection with consent solicitation in relation to outstanding USD252.5 million 11% loan participation notes

Contact: Olexiy Soshenko

Email: [email protected]

Corporate & M&A:

■ Advised KKCG, a leading European investment and innovation group, on the acquisition of global software platform Avenga, including conducting agreed upon legal due diligence on Avenga's subsidiaries in Ukraine and advising on various Ukrainian employment and tax law matters related to the transaction.

■ Advised Jakala S.p.A. S.B., a portfolio company of Ardian, the leading European independent private equity investment company, in relation to acquisition of FFW, a Denmark-based company specialising in the marketing strategies, including conducting due diligence of two Ukrainian subsidiaries in relation to the taxation of contractors issues and advising on Ukrainian tax, corporate, employment and real estate law matters.

■ Advised Arçelik in relation to the formation of a joint venture between Arçelik's subsidiary, Beko B.V., and Whirlpool Corporation's subsidiary, Whirlpool EMEA Holdings LLC, leading to the establishment of a stand-alone company, Beko Europe.

Contact: Dmytro Fedoruk; Albert Sych

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Restructuring & Insolvency:

■ Advised a syndicate of major European and UK banks on the matters relating to the restructuring of the facilities provided to Origin Enterprises plc, a focused agri-services group

■ Advised FMO and Green for Growth Fund as lenders and EksFin, a Norwegian export credit agency, providing a partial unfunded credit guarantee to FMO, with respect to the implementation of restructuring of an up to EUR 37.8 million financing provided for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a 54 MWp solar PV plant in Bohuslav, Kyiv region.

Contact: Olexiy Soshenko

Email: [email protected]

Energy & Natural Resources:

■ Advised Nafta RV in connection with the implementation of PSA in Ukraine under Ukrainian and foreign law.

■ Advised Chevron, ENI, Shell, TNK-BP, Vanco, Vitol and others in connection with their investments in Ukraine’s oil and gas market

■ Advised Ukrnafta, Ukraine’s largest oil producer, in connection with the introduction of a first-ever in Ukraine contractual mechanisms for oil reservoir rehabilitation through the use of a Production Enhancement Agreement (PECs)

Contact: Dmytro Fedoruk

Email: [email protected]

International Arbitration:

■ Acted for a Czech manufacturer against a major Ukrainian nuclear power-generation company in a series of arbitrations under the VIAC Arbitration Rules and ICAC at the Ukrainian CCI Arbitration Rules;

■ Acted for a major international electronics producer in a series of ICAC at the Ukrainian CCI arbitrations against a Turkish guarantor under a complex equipment supply contract.

Contact: Victoria Ivasechko

Email: [email protected]

Litigation:

■ Represented Raiffeisen Bank International in cross-border enforcement of Ukrainian mortgages and pledges securing a USD 100 million loan against the Milkiland group, a major Ukrainian dairy producer;

■ Acted for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in a USD 80 million enforcement of a secured syndicated loan against one of Ukraine’s largest private rail operators.

Contact: Victoria Ivasechko

Email: [email protected]

Key Clients:

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD), European Investment Bank, General Electric, UBS Switzerland, Nebras Power, FMO (Nederlandse Financierings Mij. voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V.), Nordic Aviation Capital, Citibank, UiPath, Yazaki Ukraine, Carlsberg Ukraine, Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM), Jakala, Nemiroff.