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  • Aequo has proven expertise in all aspects of transactions.


  • The team is a usual suspect for the biggest and most complex deals in Ukraine, both domestic and cross-border. The client roster is balanced between well-known international companies and leading Ukrainian businesses.


  • Aequo stands apart from other Ukrainian law firms in that it has strong English law capability.


  • The competitive advantage of the Aequo team in M&A practice rests on the support of an experienced antitrust team that assists with merger clearances.


  • Aequo team is specifically known for its outstanding work in M&A acquisitions for private equity houses, as well as business expertise in key industries: technologies and communications, real estate, agro, banks, and retail.


  • Aequo team also assists with sector-specific compliance challenges in regulated industries. The team is known for developing corporate laws in Ukraine and are leading experts on how to apply them commercially. Aequo’s corporate lawyers are the true innovators in this area.


  • The team is extremely well established with 2 partners with 100% time devoted to corporate and M&A projects – Anna Babych, practice head, and Michael Lukashenko. The other 2 partners have a specific M&A focus and unparalleled expertise in the selected niches: Yulia Kyrpa – banking and real estate M&A, and Denis Lysenko – Energy M&A and corporate restructuring. That makes a perfect blend of senior experts depending on the M&A specifics that are so valued by clients.

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What the Team is Known For

Aequo's M&A practice group receives significant instructions from private equity funds as well as notable local and international companies. The team assists with domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, as well as joint venture projects. The law firm also handles corporate restructuring matters. The team has practical experience in handling deals in the energy, information technology, retail and agriculture sectors, and also has experience in assisting energy and industrial companies. The practice group has a strong track record in handling private equity transactions, representing private equity funds and venture capital firms. The corporate team also regularly works in co-operation with international law firms.

Work Highlights

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  • The team at Aequo assisted Svit-Agro Group with the sale of a large oil processing plant to LNZ Group.

Strengths

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The lawyers at Aequo are very experienced, client-oriented and creative. They can add material value to the project and have skilled negotiators.

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They understand the business needs of our members and have a good reputation with the regulator as reliable experts. This helps to establish good dialogue among all.

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The Aequo team's strengths are its scrupulousness and systematic business-oriented approach.

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I just want to work with Aequo more often in more and more matters. They are really good lawyers.

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The Aequo team distinguishes itself in the Ukrainian legal market through its extensive range of competencies, deep knowledge of local law and vast experience across various industries.

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Notable Practitioners

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Anna Babych
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Anna Babych
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Head of department Anna Babych is a top-tier practitioner known for her skilful handling of notable transactions in a range of industries, including energy, agriculture and pharmaceuticals. She is well placed to act for international clients on inbound transactions.

Anna Babych is exceptionally responsive and consistently delivers insightful, high-quality legal advice, aligning with the best market practices.

Her high work ethic combined with exceptional skills always ended up generating valuable and accurate deliverables exactly to our appetite and demands. She is also a very polite and sincere person.

Anna has excellent knowledge of local legislation, and is very responsive and creative.

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Michael Lukashenko
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Michael Lukashenko
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Michael Lukashenko regularly assists with a broad range of corporate matters, including transactions, joint ventures and restructurings.

Michael Lukashenko is highly client-oriented, combining his deep understanding of business needs with strong expertise in M&A.

Michael manifested deep and comprehensive knowledge of local legislation, an excellent level of responsiveness and the ability to work under pressure.

His ability to understand and address the unique demands of each client ensures that his legal advice is not only technically sound but also practical and actionable.

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Denis Lysenko
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Denis Lysenko
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Denis Lysenko is recognised for his experience in share and asset transactions as well as corporate restructurings.

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Anna Babych
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Michael Lukashenko
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Denis Lysenko
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Members

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Mykyta Polatayko

Clients

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BlaBlaCar

Cameco Corporation

Darnitsa

Dragon Capital

Google

Inditex

Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Novus

Onit

Posco International

Schenker

UN Global Compact Network Ukraine

Industries

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Agribusiness

Consumer and Retail

Energy and Natural Resources

Life Sciences and Healthcare

Private equity

Real Estate and Construction

Technology and Communications