Banking & Finance lawyers

Oleksiy Koltok

Oleksiy Koltok, partner at Sayenko Kharenko, has extensive experience of practicing law in dispute resolution on a variety of matters. Oleksiy specializes in defending local and multinational clients in complex litigation projects across a variety of sectors including banking, insurance, real estate, construction and other industries. Relaying on his substantial experience, Oleksiy advises and effectively represents clients at all stages of court proceedings in Ukrainian courts of all instances and specializations, including disputes with state and municipal authorities, contractual and corporate litigations, consumer protection, real estate disputes, labour litigations, debt collection, enforcement proceedings and firm bankruptcy.

Sayenko Kharenko

Olena Golovtchouk

Senior Associate

Baker & Partners LLP

Olena Kuchynska

Partner

Kinstellar

Olena Pertsova

Partner

Aequo

Olena Savchuk

Counsel, Banking and Finance

Impacta Law

Olena Tokman

Linklaters

Olena Volianska

Partner, Head of Bankruptcy and Restructuring

LCF Law Group

Oles Riabchuk

Senior Associate at Corporate Law and M&A practice, Attorney at Law

GOLAW

Oles Trachuk

Oles Trachuk specialises in banking and finance, project finance, and capital markets. He has extensive experience in handling complex financing transactions across various domains and jurisdictions. His professional expertise was enhanced through a one-year secondment at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, where he gained valuable insight into international financial institutions’ operations and regulatory framework. Oles regularly advises multinational corporations, financial institutions, and significant domestic companies on structuring and executing sophisticated financing arrangements, and on dealing with regulatory matters.

Sayenko Kharenko

Olexander Droug

Olexander, partner at Sayenko Kharenko, specialises in dispute resolution and restructuring with a special focus on arbitration and commercial litigation. He advises local and foreign clients at all stages of dispute resolution proceedings, including complex multi-jurisdictional proceedings involving Ukraine, the UK, Cyprus, the BVI, Switzerland, The Netherlands and other fora, as well as commercial and investment arbitration under the arbitration rules of all major international arbitration institutions (LCIA, ICC, SCC), CIS-based arbitration institutions, ICSID Arbitration Rules and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Mr Droug also advises clients on obtaining and implementing interim relief, including in support of arbitration proceedings and litigation, as well as on recognition and enforcement in Ukraine of arbitration awards and foreign court judgments. Mr Droug has represented clients in proceedings relating to banking, financial services, securities, M&A, shareholders, trade, telecommunication, construction, energy, aviation, and product liability, as well as sports-related disputes. He also has significant experience representing both lenders and borrowers in financial restructuring and related disputes. In March 2017, Olexander was added to the list of arbitrators elected to settle disputes arising in financial restructuring procedures. Mr Droug regularly contributes to key legislation in the areas of arbitration, litigation and restructuring. For example, Mr Droug has recently been involved in drafting/amending the following draft legislation and/or regulations: participating in the working group of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association on development of a draft law on improvement of judicial support for international arbitration by the Ukrainian courts; advising the World Bank on the development of a draft law on financial restructuring (establishing a legislative framework for informal workouts and pre-packaged restructurings); advising the EBRD on the development of a draft law on derivatives (addressing close-out netting).

Sayenko Kharenko

Olexander Olshansky

Counsel Olexander Olshansky has extensive experience in banking and finance, capital markets, and debt restructuring. Olexander has worked on multiple cross-border and domestic financings of every type available in the Ukrainian market. He has handled the most innovative products as they appeared in Ukraine, including Ukraine’s first cross-border securitisations, first MTN programme by a Ukrainian bank, and first public placement of subdebt in Ukraine. Olexander has advised borrowers and lenders on secured and unsecured cross-border and domestic debt transactions and has handled all types of collateral, including mortgages of real estate and construction in progress, and pledges of equipment, inventory, shares, bank accounts, accounts receivable and intellectual property. He has advised on a broad range of issues related to investing in and doing business with Ukraine, including Ukrainian corporate governance, currency controls, public procurement and securities regulation. Recently, Olexander has been at the forefront of capital markets legal reforms in Ukraine. During this time, he has led the teams that developed the Ukrainian legislation on derivatives, revised the draft law on bondholder meetings, and drafted the new legislation on post-trade infrastructure. Olexander is admitted to legal practice in Ukraine and the State of New York, USA.

Sayenko Kharenko

Olga Adamidou

Olga Adamidou completed her vocational training with the law firm of Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC in the year 2005 and, since qualifying, has been practicing in corporate, banking and finance law at the firm. Her focus is on corporate, banking and finance transactions as well as financial services matters. PRACTICE AREAS: Finance, Capital markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Corporate Restructuring, General Corporate and Company Law, Tax, Financial Services and Securities Regulation

Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC

Olga Barreto

Partner

Consortium Legal

Olga Eftychidou

Legal Manager

Sioufas & Associates Law Firm

Olga Koncerewicz

Associate

Schoenherr Halwa Okon Chyb sp.k

Olga Kyriusha

Olga Kyriusha focuses on corporate law and employment law matters. Olga advises clients on most sophisticated issues of shareholders’ agreements and put and call option agreements, as well as mechanisms of their extrajudicial enforcement in Ukraine. She also has experience in advising on the above issues participants of legal entities in highly regulated industries imposing statutory limitations on shareholding structure, e.g. audit activity, etc. Olga’s experience in corporate law matters includes advising on and managing deals on cross border debt to equity swap in LLC, where she advised on both corporate law and banking regulatory matters. Olga also has extensive experience in managing due diligence of companies across various sectors and industries, drafting transactional documents and advising on corporate structuring and corporate restructuring matters. Olga’s experience also includes advising on and managing setting up non-governmental and non-profit organizations (NGOs), representative offices of foreign companies in Ukraine, as well as otherwise establishing presence of local and international businesses and organizations under Ukrainian laws. She regularly acts as a corporate secretary for our clients and is experienced in developing all types of corporate documents and addressing any ongoing legal issues which may arise. In addition to her expertise in the field of corporate law, Olga routinely advises clients on the most sophisticated issues in the area of labour and employment law. She has a broad practice covering all types of employment matters: hiring/ transferring/ dismissing top managers and other employees; sophisticated employment agreements/contracts, job descriptions, internal labour policies/regulations and collective bargaining agreements of the companies accompanied with bringing employment related global group policies in line with Ukrainian law requirements; employee compensations and benefits; vacation and business trips; specifics of regulation of employment of specially protected categories of employees (e.g. disabled persons, pregnant women and employees with children), downtime, remote work, and other ongoing labour/employment issues. Olga also regularly handles sophisticated dismissal procedures and labour/employment law compliance audits of the Ukrainian targets. She has a special expertise in regulation of the work of foreign nationals in Ukraine, including for representative offices of foreign companies in Ukraine.

Sayenko Kharenko

Olga Petrova

Associate, Advocate. Ms. Petrova specializes in Banking & Finance and Corporate & Commercial Law. She has gained valuable expertise in reviewing and drafting share purchase agreements, shareholders agreements, share pledge agreements, security documents, loans and other financial documentation. She also provides practical assistance to international clients on various legal matters, especially in complex cross-border multilingual transactions.

STELIOS AMERICANOS & CO LLC

Olga Rogozhina

Olga Rogozhina is a counsel in Dentons' Moscow office. She focuses on commercial transactions, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, retail, pharmaceutical and hotel projects, and has experience in litigation. Olga also advises on antimonopoly law, share transfer and finance. Olga has experience advising foreign clients on acquisition of assets in Russia, advising on corporate structuring in Russia and on various legal aspects of financing and doing business in Russia.

Dentons

Olger Kaelep

Olger Kaelep advises credit institutions, fintech and crowdfunding companies, insurers, payment service providers, and fund managers on a wide range of legal matters. Known for his calm and thorough approach, Olger has played a key role in various major projects, including cross-border mergers in the financial sector. Olger has also advised clients on copyright and intellectual property issues. From experience in a leading bank as a credit lawyer and later in a managerial role, he has in-depth knowledge of credit and collateral contracts, as well as complex financing deals.

TEGOS (Formerly TGS Baltic)

Oliver Abel Smith

Partner

Fieldfisher

Oliver Arter

Oliver Arter’s practice focuses on private clients and their advisers (banks, family offices, foreign advisers) in all aspects of domestic and international wealth planning. He also specialises in banking, asset management and regulatory matters. Oliver Arter became Of Counsel in June 2009. His work involves representing and advising private clients on the structuring of assets (trusts, foundations, international business corporations), domestic and international estate planning, division of estates, execution of wills, matrimonial property rights, advance care directives and living wills, taking up residence and taxation. In addition he advises Swiss and international banks, asset managers, investment advisers and family offices on regulatory and contractual matters and represents them in proceedings. He publishes extensively in all his fields of practice. Oliver Arter is an academic consultant with the Institute for Legal Theory and Legal Practice at the University of St Gallen, and is frequently invited to give lectures and chair conferences.

MLL Legal

Oliver Dreher

Oliver Dreher, LL.M. (King’s College), is a partner in Dentons’ Frankfurt office and Head of the Debt Capital Markets (DCM) practice group in Germany. His main areas of expertise include corporate, bank and sovereign bonds, MTN-, CP- and structured issuance programmes, structured finance products, Schuldschein loans and registered bonds (Namensschuldverschreibungen), derivatives and advising on financial infrastructure, such as the clearing and settlement of financial instruments.

Dentons

Oliver Fowler

Partner

Kaplan & Stratton Advocates

Oliver Hunt

Oliver is a Partner in the Charity and Social Enterprise team at Bates Wells, and advises charities, social enterprises and impact driven businesses on a wide range of legal issues, including establishment, governance and financing. Oliver particularly enjoys helping clients to structure new projects and bringing together commercial and non-profit enterprises, whether that be corporation foundations, new trading ventures, impact investment, or community finance projects.

Bates Wells