The Competition team represents companies from across all industries in proceedings before competition authorities and courts and acts for businesses in anti-trust related law disputes. Our lawyers advise on various major transactions, including advising business corporations in antitrust audits and compliance matters in connection with national and multinational mergers, concerted actions, abuse of market power/unfair competition, state aid, public procurement and anti-competitive governmental acts and dispute resolution pertaining to competition cases, mostly those with a cross-border element.

We provide legal advice to clients through all stages of the notification process:

• preparing merger control and concerted actions notifications
• responding to requests of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine
• representing clients before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine officials during the review of the concentrations, concerted actions in cases on concentration, concerted actions and violation of Ukrainian legislation

Our core practice is advising clients on transactions and complex corporate and commercial matters. Our M&A team advises on all aspects of national and cross-border deals in a wide range of industries, including private M&A, public tender offers, private equity and venture capital transactions, auction sales, privatizations, strategic alliances and joint ventures. One of the key focuses of the team is conducting full-scale legal due diligence checks.

We offer clients comprehensive advice across all corporate issues, which include:

• private M&A
• public tender offers
• private equity and venture capital transactions
• auction sales
• privatizations
• strategic alliances & joint ventures
• corporate advisory
• legal due diligence checks

The Banking and Finance team advises on various aspects of Ukrainian banking and finance law and has extensive experience in legal aspects of cross border lending. Closely cooperating with Corporate and Real Estate practices, the Banking and Finance Group possesses special expertise in establishing security over various movable property and real estate objects in Ukraine. Banking and Finance Group lawyers have participated in multiple intra-group financing projects for Ukrainian subsidiaries of European Corporations and Investment Funds.

The team handled Ukrainian aspects of complex international public offerings of various types of securities.

Company’s Real Estate team advises on real estate and land law of Ukraine as well as legal issues in connection with construction and project development. It advises foreign investors on the acquisition, lease, construction and management of real estate in Ukraine. Real Estate team members have vast experience in structuring transactions for the acquisition of land and buildings in Ukraine.

SYTNYK & PARTNERS's regulatory expertise and solid experience is distinguished as one of the leading for the practice. The regulatory practice group of the firm provides full-range quality service advising top companies in the numerous industry sectors, such as infrastructure, energy and utilities, waste, pulp, paper, mining, oil and gas, steel, automotive, glass, food, entertainment, pharmacy and research. Our lawyers’ in-depth experience also includes advising stakeholders and public authorities on the current legislation and implementation of EU Directives. The lawyers of the group have considerable experience and provide high-quality advice on all issues of administrative, constitutional, energy, environmental, life science, privacy and telecommunications law, public private partnerships and public procurement.

The firm provides full-scale services in advising on effective corporate compliance measures, corporate criminal issues and investigation cases. Our advice is tailored to anticipate and help prompt detection of violations as well as minimize risks connected with non-compliance. As a separate practice area, we provide services related to audit of potential counterparties and development of tailor-made internal policies and regulations to conduct efficient counterparties' audit directly by our clients.

The dispute resolution practice group has extensive experience in complicated matters of commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation, insolvency and restructuring. Our lawyer’s top-of-the-line advice on every stage of the legal proceeding and drafting expertise ensure an effective and timely protection of the clients' interests both in domestic and international arbitration proceedings. The team is also proficient in dealing with claims under bilateral investment treaties.

Our Labour and Employment team advises on all aspects of employment law, from the beginning through to the end of the employment relationship. It focuses on employment issues arising in the course of restructuring of businesses, workforce and management restructuring, related negotiations with employees and their representatives, as well as general non-contentious employment advice.

The team advises in all relevant areas of insolvency, liquidation and restructuring. Our team’s work is primarily focused on solving various issues related to pre-insolvency protection of creditors' rights in restructuring and insolvency proceedings, in particular, our lawyers have vast experience in representing creditors in pending insolvency proceedings, and advocating in insolvency litigation. The firm regularly acts as legal advisor in international insolvency cases, advising foreign insolvency administrators in cross-border insolvency proceedings.

Insurance practice group of the firm advises many leading European insurers on transaction in the broad range of insurance issues, distribution structures, product design and all related regulatory and tax matters for life, non-life, and reinsurance business. In the course of its sustainable work, the practice group has accumulated profound knowledge in the field of insurance contract and insurance law. We also provide careful legal analysis of all applicable insurance laws and regulations, in particular regarding life, d&o and property insurance.

Our IP practice group experts have gained broad experience and are notable for trademark, design, patent, copyright and unfair competition matters. The team of IP lawyers is also dealing with product and software piracy, including customs seizures. It also provides comprehensive services on contentious and non-contentious IP, IT and internet related issues and advises on M&A transactions with an IP/IT focus. Among the other key areas of the group are food and drug law, life sciences.