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  • Enforced in Ukrainian court an international will and trust executed in California, US, and governed by California law as well as achieved recognition of title to luxury real properties located at Khreshchatyk St. (the main street) in Kyiv, Ukraine, under American documents;
  • Removed a penalty of $25,000, which the IRS charged on a US corporation for late filing the Form 5472 (Information Return of a 25% Foreign-Owned US Corporation or a Foreign Corporation Engaged in a US Trade or Business) along with a corporate income tax return in the US;
  • Advised an international e-commerce business owner on the US bank account closures, checks, wire transfers, and other banking issues with American banks;
  • Advised a biotechnology business owner on the legal systems of the US and Ukraine to structure a corporate holding for a global medical marketplace on age management;
  • Obtained US tax residency certificates for an international film distribution corporation receiving royalty payments in various countries;
  • Obtained ITINs for non-US residents being shareholders of American companies;
  • Advised IT startups, entrepreneurs, and investors on American business law issues, such as starting a business, choosing legal form, structuring company holding, opening a bank account, issuing shares, and paying taxes in the United States;
  • Advised non-US residents all over the world on opening US business bank accounts remotely (online), i.e., without any visit to the US bank;
  • Acted as a registered trademark contact attorney and gatekeeper for enrollment of a client’s trademark into the Amazon Brand Registry and approved the enrollment by verification code for sales on Amazon;
  • Advised business owners, investors, and entrepreneurs on the US business immigration law, including EB-5 green card and E-2 (US treaty investor) visa;
  • Obtained a special permit of the Ministry of Greece in Ukraine for entry into Greece by Ukrainian citizen under a cross-border contract;
  • Advised on exceptions to the ban on entry into Greece, France, Italy, and Spain due to the coronavirus pandemic restrictions in the EU;
  • Registered a US trademark for business on Amazon;
  • Advised entrepreneurs on obtaining an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) in the US;
  • Advised cross-border businesses on legal issues of opening American business bank accounts remotely (online);
  • Advised entrepreneurs on how to invest from Ukraine into a joint venture LLC in Florida, US, and obtained a relevant license of the National Bank of Ukraine on investment abroad;
  • Advised a Big Four firm on legal issues of $30M joint investment, international holding, and stock issuance in a C-corporation in New York as compared with Delaware;
  • Established a New York company for a Russian digital production business;
  • Advised a European producer of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) on establishing a US business, formalizing relationships with potential business partners, distributing and selling drones in the US, and obtaining authorization of the FAA for commercial use of drones in the US;
  • Acted as lead counsel for a Ukrainian business to set up in New York and export agricultural products from Ukraine and the US;
  • Completed a pilot project on practicing the Emirates law in Dubai, U.A.E.;
  • Advised one of the largest international retailers and its lead German law firm on various issues of Ukrainian law regarding sale of a hypermarket division to another international retailer, as well as supervised preparation of electronic data room, reviewed SPA and other documents, with the deal amounting to overall €1.1B for hypermarkets in Poland, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence for a world’s leading steel producer to participate in an auction on acquisition of the largest Ukrainian steel works;
  • Advised a North-American telecom company, international law firm, and big-four firm on (i) corporate, bankruptcy, liquidation, and other issues regarding the company’s Ukrainian subsidiary in view of insolvency administration and sale of business in the US, Canada, and other jurisdictions, and (ii) termination of the Ukrainian subsidiary by voluntary liquidation;
  • Advised an international real estate investment company on legal risks, payment demand, litigation, acquisition restructuring, and other issues regarding $35.8M guarantee issued by Russian bank as security for company’s investment into construction of a major retail and office center in Kharkiv, Ukraine;
  • Advised an international real estate investment company on acquisition of a retail and office center as an unfinished construction object, which included preparation of contracts to implement new acquisition scheme, amendments to the general contractor agreement, obtaining land lease rights, mitigation of the risks related to land lease auction requirement etc;
  • Advised an Austrian realty management company on restructuring a development management agreement and a general contractor agreement for construction of an international-standard office building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, for ca $25M;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence for a leading global automobile manufacturer regarding the real estate assets of another top international auto-manufacturer in Ukraine for the purpose of acquisition;
  • Advised a leading American tobacco-related service company, acting through a top US law firm, on various issues of legal regulation of tobacco business in Ukraine;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence for Austrian construction company regarding the structure of corporate holding of, and the SPV’s rights to, a forest of 8,214 hectares;
  • Advised an American multinational private equity firm on termination by its Ukrainian software development companies of mortgage and receivable pledges in connection with refinancing;
  • Advised a major European bank on securing (by mortgages and pledges) the loans that finance large-scale construction projects and acquisitions in Ukraine;
  • Advised a major US software developer on cancellation by its Ukrainian subsidiary of office lease agreement and transfer of contributed real estate back to its shareholder as a result of liquidation;
  • Drafted a claim for a major US software developer to demand the landlord to perform the office lease agreement properly;
  • Advised an international telecom company on purchase and lease of 58 land plots in Moldova;
  • Advised an Austrian property developer on the legal risks related to construction permits and Kyiv-Odesa highway accessibility in an Odesa logistic park construction project;
  • Advised a global toy manufacturer on preparation, review, revision, and negotiation of agreements on lease of office premises and parking spaces for its Ukrainian subsidiary in a Kyiv business center;
  • Advised a global toy manufacturer on preparation of (i) template sale-and-purchase agreement for sale of its products in Ukraine, (ii) cross-border sale-and-purchase agreement to import products into Ukraine, and (iii) master agreement with an international carrier for shipment of products throughout Ukraine;
  • Advised an international insurance group on reconstruction of its Ukrainian subsidiary’s commercial building in downtown Kyiv;
  • Advised an Eastern European real property developer on investment into, and management of, development of a real estate complex at the Boryspil International Airport;
  • Advised a European medical equipment provider on hostile replacement of the management of its Ukrainian subsidiary;
  • Advised a European engineering company on claiming payment under, and termination of, a design agreement with a Boryspil airport company;
  • Advised an Austrian realty management company on lease (via its Ukrainian representative office) of an office in downtown Kyiv;
  • Advised a global paper production company on sale of two apartments in Kyiv in view of foreign element of transaction, lost and misleading title documents, termination of realtor’s agreement, settlements with potential buyers who refused to close the deals, and implementation of the most secure scheme of payment;
  • Advised a major European bank on a power of attorney for possible enforcement of a share pledge granted by Cypriot company as to its Ukrainian subsidiary;
  • Advised a leading international bank on Ukrainian security law issues;
  • Advised a global computer manufacturer on retention of title to movable property under distribution agreement in Ukraine;
  • Advised a European consumer electronics retailer on applicability of option/preliminary agreements to transfer a part of land plot in Ukraine;
  • Advised a Ukrainian developer on development, construction, and lease of hypermarkets to one of the largest international retailers in Ukraine, which included review, revision, and negotiation of preliminary lease agreement, draft lease agreement, and general contractor agreement;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence (in the areas of land, real estate, construction, corporate, privatization, labor, and mining compliance law) of a by-product coke plant and five central ore mills in Donetsk, Ukraine;
  • Advised a leading international insurance group on structuring of reconstruction financing and lease of an office building in downtown Kyiv;
  • Advised an Austrian realty management company on resolution of a matter of stepping by its Ukrainian office building over a third party’s land plot in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine;
  • Advised a global household appliance manufacturer on product certification, product liabilities, bank guarantee issuance, supply agreements, equipment waste utilization, and other commercial issues;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence for a Bulgarian majority shareholder of a leading Ukrainian silica-sand producer on land, real estate, and construction matters of its Ukrainian mining business as well as drafted its cooperation agreement with Ukrainian shareholders;
  • Advised an Austrian realty management company on legal feasibility of privatization of a land plot which the company leases and which houses its office building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine;
  • Advised an Israeli solar energy company on solar energy regulation in Ukraine;
  • Advised an Austria’s leading electricity company on legal (particularly land, real estate, and construction) regulation of renewable energy projects in Ukraine;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence for Russian bank on recreational construction project in Oreanda, Yalta, located on the south coast of Crimea, for purposes of acquisition of this project through foreclosure;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence (covering, among other things, leases of premises for around 80 shops), reviewed electronic data room, and drafted SPA for global media company in connection with contemplated sale of its publishing (family leisure book club) business in Ukraine and Russia;
  • Advised a leading German construction product retailer on (i) general terms and conditions of purchase and (ii) avoidance of conclusion of a long-term store lease agreement under preliminary agreement;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence and drafted a complex asset purchase agreement along with commission agreement for multinational industrial gas and engineering company to acquire liquid carbon dioxide resale business in Ukraine;
  • Advised a world leading fire-protection company on legal due diligence over share title and other issues of Ukrainian subsidiary of the seller’s group;
  • Advised a leading international insurance group on conclusion of two new preliminary agreements regarding completion of construction and lease of office premises in downtown Kyiv;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence on real estate law issues of Ukrainian subsidiaries of leading international insurance group for purposes of its €500M share public offering in Vienna;
  • Obtained approval of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for acquisition by a Russian investor of a major Ukrainian textile plant;
  • Assisted a global industrial technology manufacturer with obtaining an approval of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to acquire an energy / long-distance heating business;
  • Advised one of the world’s largest payment networks on legal issues relating to possible proposal of gifts to public officials of the National Bank of Ukraine;
  • Drafted a standard customer contract and reviewed a cross-border supply contract for an Austrian stamp manufacturer to do business in Ukraine;
  • Advised a major Austrian airline on repossession and attachment of its aircraft leased by Ukrainian international airline and on transfer of the title to the aircraft;
  • Drafted a loan agreement for a British company to borrow funds from Ukrainian company;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence for leading international insurance group to acquire two large life and non-life insurance companies in Ukraine;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence for a Russian group company to acquire indirect control over a Ukrainian SPV and to develop a marine terminal in the Odessa region of Ukraine;
  • Drafted bank guarantees for a leading Austrian construction consulting firm as beneficiary that a major international bank was to issue to substitute warranty retentions under various agreements on services and works that a Ukrainian subcontractor as principal performed for one of the largest international retailers;
  • Coordinated a legal opinion to a German lawyer on food supplement regulation in Ukraine in view of client’s concurrent dealing in medical products under a certain umbrella brand;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence for a Czech consulting firm on six Ukrainian companies of an Austrian waste management group in connection with acquisition of all shares of that group’s waste management company;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence for a global leader in door-opening solutions on Ukrainian subsidiary of a Polish fire protection system producer in connection with contemplated acquisition of the latter’s business in fire partitions;
  • Advised a foreign individual on purchase of two luxury apartments in a luxury residential complex in Kyiv for a total price of up to $7M;
  • Advised a worldwide industrial service company on (i) conclusion of a real estate lease agreement with a top steel producer in Ukraine to obtain a license for stocking and recycling scrap metal, (ii) obtaining land rights, and (iii) obtaining permits for construction of a petrol station in Ukraine;
  • Advised a major European bank on establishment, perfection, remedying, and enforcement of mortgages, pledges, and other security instruments in Ukraine;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence on Ukrainian real estate leases for a UK-based private equity and venture capital firm to acquire a European automotive part distribution leader from a French private equity fund;
  • Advised a leading German construction product retailer on potential liability of shareholders of its Ukrainian subsidiary resulting from non-issuance of a guarantee under lease agreements on facilities in Makiivka and Mykolaiv cities of Ukraine;
  • Drafted and advised on a share pledge agreement for a European media company potentially to enforce a pledge by Russian individual of 95% stocks in a publishing house group under Russian law;
  • Advised a leading German construction product retailer on real estate issues of potential sale of its Ukrainian business;
  • Advised a global toy manufacturer on retaining its office lease agreement in relations with a major international bank resulting from the latter’s foreclosure over the title to the building housing the office;
  • Advised a global toy manufacturer on rejecting a demand of parking provider to conclude a new parking agreement and to raise its parking fee;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence on real estate and depth use issues – as well as reviewed the draft SPA and SHA – for a major Czech oil and gas producer to establish a joint venture with three oil and gas exploration companies in the Lviv region of Ukraine;
  • Advised a Turkish client on the status of a Moscow bank and its board chairman;
  • Advised a top law firm on clarifying with the Ukrainian financial regulator the ownership control requirements in connection with shareholding restructurings that shareholders of a top international auto-manufacturer proposed above its level, holding another leading global automobile manufacturer, which, in turn, owns regulated companies throughout the CEE;
  • Advised a top German law firm as lead counsel on action plan, draft SPA, and other Ukrainian law matters of carve-out and disposal by a prominent German food technology provider of its business segment in heat exchangers;
  • Advised a German industrial provider on issues of entering into an office lease agreement for its prospective representative office in Kyiv;
  • Updated a legal opinion for a major European bank on ten security agreements covering loans and related principal obligations up to the amount of €83M;
  • Prepared and executed for a major European bank amendments to five Ukrainian security agreements related to increase of applicable margin and prolongation of final maturity term under the loan agreement in logistic park project;
  • Advised a global toy manufacturer on entering into a premises lease agreement with a major international bank regarding office in Kyiv business center;
  • Advised a leading international insurance group and prepared contractual amendments on substitution of landlord under office and parking lease agreements as a result of wrongful transfer by the landlord of the premises to four individuals;
  • Prepared and advised on a pledge agreement for a world-famous brewery operator as lender/pledgee, covering equipment and receivables securing a loan of €2M to a large Ukrainian brewery as borrower/pledgor;
  • Conducted a legal due diligence for an international law firm on real estate and liquidation issues of Ukrainian subsidiary of a German automotive spare part distributor in connection with potential acquisition of the latter by UK-based private equity and venture capital firm;
  • Advised a Czech bank on pledge by a Cypriot company of medicine trademarks registered in Ukraine and on choice of law for loan and pledge agreements;
  • Prepared for a major European bank amendments to five Ukrainian security agreements related to prolongation of final maturity term under the loan agreement in a logistic park project; and
  • Advised a Ukrainian charitable organization on its contemplated privatization of real property (around 13 municipal buildings on a state land plot of ca 7.4 ha) housing a camp for displaced children located in the Dymer town of the Kyiv region (pro bono).