Maksym Nazarenko
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Spotlight : Competition/Antitrust
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Practice Areas
Maksym Nazarenko focuses on antitrust and competition matters.
Mr Nazarenko has extensive experience in antitrust law issues related to multinational and domestic M&A and joint ventures, including merger and ancillary restrictions clearances with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. He regularly advises clients on a wide variety of antitrust law matters involving merger control, concerted practices in agreements, cases on cartels, abuse of dominance, and unfair competition.
Maksym regularly acts for clients in the agriculture, automotive, banking, chemicals, electronics, FMCG, food & beverage, heavy machinery, insurance, IT, pharmaceuticals, retail, shipping, tobacco, and transportation sectors.
Career
Before joining Sayenko Kharenko, Maksym Nazarenko worked for the leading Ukrainian and international law firms.
Professional Memberships
Ukrainian Bar Association, Council Member of the Competition Law Committee
American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
European Business Association
Languages Spoken
English, Ukrainian, Russian
Education
PG Diploma in EU Competition Law from King’s College London
LL.M. from the National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy"
Articles, highlights and press releases
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Sayenko Kharenko provided legal support for PGNiG on acquisition of shares in a Ukrainian company
Sayenko Kharenko has acted as a subcontractor of a polish legal counsel – Rymarz Zdort that provided legal support for Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (“PGNiG”) during its acquisition of a controlling stake in Karpatgazvydobuvannya LLC from ERU Management Services LLC.
Sayenko Kharenko provided legal support for PGNiG on acquisition of shares in a Ukrainian company
Sayenko Kharenko has acted as a subcontractor of a polish legal counsel – Rymarz Zdort that provided legal support for Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (“PGNiG”) during its acquisition of a controlling stake in Karpatgazvydobuvannya LLC from ERU Management Services LLC.
Sayenko Kharenko has successfully defended the interests of the JTI group of companies
Sayenko Kharenko has successfully defended the interests of the Japan Tobacco International Group of companies in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court on invalidating the headline-making decision of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.
Sayenko Kharenko advises ad hoc committee of bondholders on USD 2 billion debt restructuring by DTEK
Sayenko Kharenko has acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to an ad hoc committee of bondholders in connection with USD 2 billion debt restructuring by DTEK, the largest private energy company in Ukraine.
Sayenko Kharenko advises Treeum on the sale of its controlling stake to Dragon Capital
Sayenko Kharenko has advised the Treeum group (“Treeum”) and its shareholders on the sale of the group’s controlling stake to Dragon Capital New Ukraine Fund L.P, a private equity fund managed by Dragon Capital.
Sayenko Kharenko advises Elementum Energy on a buy-out of its joint venture partner
Sayenko Kharenko has acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Elementum Energy Limited, a subsidiary of VR Capital focused on investments into renewable energy, on a buy-out of the minority stake of its partner Volterra Energy Group in a joint venture company.
Sayenko Kharenko advised clients in obtaining merger clearance for formation of a joint venture
Sayenko Kharenko acted as a local legal counsel to ADM, Bunge, Cargill, COFCO, Louis Dreyfus Company and Glencore Agriculture on obtaining clearance of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) for the joint venture aiming to modernise global agriculture commodity trade operations
Sayenko Kharenko advises Orexim on the sale of leading port terminal to Glencore Agriculture Limited
Sayenko Kharenko advises Orexim Group (Orexim), a major Ukrainian logistics group, on the sale of a port terminal “Everi” (Everi) to Renaisco B.V., a subsidiary of Glencore Agriculture Limited.
Sayenko Kharenko represents the winner of the pilot concession tender in Ukraine
SK has acted as legal counsel to a successful international consortium in relation to participation in both pilot tenders for the concession of Kherson and Olvia seaports.
Sayenko Kharenko provided legal support for PGNiG on acquisition of shares in a Ukrainian company
Sayenko Kharenko has acted as a subcontractor of a polish legal counsel – Rymarz Zdort that provided legal support for Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (“PGNiG”) during its acquisition of a controlling stake in Karpatgazvydobuvannya LLC from ERU Management Services LLC.
Sayenko Kharenko provided legal support for PGNiG on acquisition of shares in a Ukrainian company
Sayenko Kharenko has acted as a subcontractor of a polish legal counsel – Rymarz Zdort that provided legal support for Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. (“PGNiG”) during its acquisition of a controlling stake in Karpatgazvydobuvannya LLC from ERU Management Services LLC.
Sayenko Kharenko has successfully defended the interests of the JTI group of companies
Sayenko Kharenko has successfully defended the interests of the Japan Tobacco International Group of companies in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court on invalidating the headline-making decision of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.
Sayenko Kharenko advises ad hoc committee of bondholders on USD 2 billion debt restructuring by DTEK
Sayenko Kharenko has acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to an ad hoc committee of bondholders in connection with USD 2 billion debt restructuring by DTEK, the largest private energy company in Ukraine.
Sayenko Kharenko advises Treeum on the sale of its controlling stake to Dragon Capital
Sayenko Kharenko has advised the Treeum group (“Treeum”) and its shareholders on the sale of the group’s controlling stake to Dragon Capital New Ukraine Fund L.P, a private equity fund managed by Dragon Capital.
Sayenko Kharenko advises Elementum Energy on a buy-out of its joint venture partner
Sayenko Kharenko has acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Elementum Energy Limited, a subsidiary of VR Capital focused on investments into renewable energy, on a buy-out of the minority stake of its partner Volterra Energy Group in a joint venture company.
Sayenko Kharenko advised clients in obtaining merger clearance for formation of a joint venture
Sayenko Kharenko acted as a local legal counsel to ADM, Bunge, Cargill, COFCO, Louis Dreyfus Company and Glencore Agriculture on obtaining clearance of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) for the joint venture aiming to modernise global agriculture commodity trade operations
Sayenko Kharenko advises Orexim on the sale of leading port terminal to Glencore Agriculture Limited
Sayenko Kharenko advises Orexim Group (Orexim), a major Ukrainian logistics group, on the sale of a port terminal “Everi” (Everi) to Renaisco B.V., a subsidiary of Glencore Agriculture Limited.
Sayenko Kharenko represents the winner of the pilot concession tender in Ukraine
SK has acted as legal counsel to a successful international consortium in relation to participation in both pilot tenders for the concession of Kherson and Olvia seaports.