Volodymyr Sayenko

Volodymyr Sayenko is a partner practicing law since 1994, admitted in Ukraine and in the State of New York (USA).

Volodymyr specialises in competition, M&A, corporate and securities law. He has extensive experience in supporting clients through the entire lifecycle of their business, from formation and day-to-day operational issues to major transactions and exit. Throughout his career Volodymyr has worked with clients across all major industry sectors but his principal focus is in the financial services, energy, oil & gas, real estate and media sectors.

Prior to co-founding Sayenko Kharenko, for over 10 years Vladimir worked for a leading western law firm operating in Ukraine. For a number of years he acted as an advisor to the Ukrainian Parliamentary Committee on the Freedom of Speech and Information.

Ukrainian Bar Association, Vice-President (2017-2019), Board Member of the Committee on Competiton Law

British-Ukrainian Law Association

International Bar Association

American Bar Association

Public Council with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (2013-2019)

Advising Piraeus Bank in a complex cross-border reverse merger transaction with its parent company

Advising Kyivstar on Acquisition of Uklon

Advising CEMARK on the acquisition of Astor Invest

Securing Ukrainian merger clearance for acquisition of two Spanish ports by CMA CGM

Advising Goldman Sachs Asset Management on the acquisition of Cprime

LL.D. in Securities Law from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Law Department

LL.M. in Transnational Business Practice from McGeorge School of Law (Muskie Fellow)

LL.B., summa cum laude, from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Law Department (joint degree with Diploma in English translation from the Department of Foreign Languages)

Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

University of Michigan

Named among the leading Antitrust lawyers for Ukraine by Lexology Index: Competition: 2025 and Lexology Index: Thought Leaders - Competition 2026

Named among the leading Competition/Antitrust, Corporate and M&A lawyers for Ukraine by Chambers Global 2026, Chambers Europe 2025, The Legal 500, 2025

Named among market leaders in Project development, M&A, Mining, Oil and gas by IFLR1000, 2025

Named among the Celebrated practitioners in Antitrust/Competition and Corporate and M&A according to Ukrainian Law Firms 2025