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Industry
  
Law firm

Type of business
  
Limited liability company

Headquarters
  
Kiev

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Key people
  
Olexiy Soshenko, managing partner, Dmytro Fedoruk, partner, Rob Shantz, partner, Sergiy Gryshko, partner

Services
  
Antitrust, Banking and Finance, Compliance, Corporate law and M&A, Debt restructuring and Insolvency, EU law, International Arbitration and Litigation

Website
  
www.redcliffe-partners.com

Redcliffe Partners LLC is a Ukrainian law firm that provides legal advice to multinational companies, investors, financial institutions and project developers that operate or invest in Ukraine and the CEE. The firm operates across ten practice areas: Antitrust, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Compliance, Corporate law and M&A, Debt restructuring and Insolvency, EU law, International Arbitration, Litigation and Real Estate. Its sector-focused groups include Agribusiness, Energy, Financial Institutions, FMCG and Retail, Food and Beverage, Infrastructure, Pharmaceuticals and TMT. The firm is recommended for Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate law, M&A and Debt restructuring by all international legal directories including the IFLR 1000, the Legal 500, the Chambers Europe and Chambers Global.

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History

Redcliffe is a Ukrainian law firm that was launched as a new brand on the Ukrainian legal market in December 2015 as a result of the transformation of Clifford Chance Kyiv office. Redcliffe has retained the core team of Clifford Chance Kyiv professionals and client relationships. In December 2015 Redcliffe reinforced its team with several senior level hires from top international law and auditing firms such as Baker & McKenzie, CMS Cameron McKenna, Hogan Lovells and PwC Legal.

Selected projects

  • Advising the EBRD in connection with financing the expansion of a transhipment terminal (2016)
  • Advising the EBRD on launching debut EUR75 million Ukraine Residential Energy Efficiency Financing Facility (2016)
  • Advising a group of international lenders on USD600 million restructuring of a syndicated loan by Ukrlandfarming (2016)
  • Advising Yildirim Group on the legal aspects relating to its participation in the privatization of Ukraine's Odessa Port Plant (2016)
  • Advising eTachki on the structuring of an up to USD1 million investment by TA Ventures (2016)
  • Advising Mondelez International Inc on the Ukrainian aspects of its USD5 billion reorganisation of the coffee business (2015)
  • Advising COFCO on the Ukrainian aspects of its USD1.5 billion acquisition of NOBLE (2015)
  • Advising Chevron on negotiating a Production Sharing Agreement with the State of Ukraine (2015)
  • Advising Empik Media & Fashion Group on USD129.9 million financing of the issuance of bonds (2015)
  • Reputation

  • Recommended for Energy work in Ukraine by the IFLR 1000 2017 and by the Chambers Europe 2016.
  • Recommended for Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate law, M&A and Debt restructuring by the Legal 500 2016, the Chambers Global 2016, the Chambers Europe 2016 and the IFLR 1000 2017.
  • Named among the Top 3 advisers by number of the Largest public deals in Ukraine in 2015 and in 2016 according to the League Tables of the Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing House.
  • Practices

  • Antitrust
  • Banking and Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • Compliance
  • Corporate law and M&A
  • Debt restructuring and Insolvency
  • EU law
  • International Arbitration
  • Litigation
  • Real Estate
  • Industries

  • Agribusiness
  • Energy
  • Financial Institutions
  • FMCG and Retail
  • Food and Beverage
  • Infrastructure
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • TMT
  • Partners

  • Olexiy Soshenko. Focus: international finance, capital markets transactions and debt restructuring.
  • Dmytro Fedoruk. Focus: M&A, corporate law and joint venture transactions, as well as energy projects.
  • Sergiy Gryshko. Focus: international arbitration proceedings and pre-arbitration, arbitration and post-arbitration advice. He is a recommended arbitrator of the International Commercial Arbitration Court (the ICACU).
  • Rob Shantz. Focus: cross-border corporate law and governance matters and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance investigations.
  • Counsel

  • Ario Dehghani. Focus: compliance’s due diligence and internal investigation related to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act issues. He is also experienced in EU law.
  • Olena Polyakova. Focus: international finance, capital markets transactions and debt restructuring.
  • Zoryana Sozanska-Matviychuk. Focus: M&A, private equity and joint venture capital transactions.
  • Svitlana Teush. Focus: M&A, corporate law, real estate and infrastructure and energy projects.
  • Anastasia Usova. Focus: antitrust matters and competition law. She is a member of the Ukrainian Committee of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Ukraine) and a member of the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA).
  • References

    Redcliffe Partners Wikipedia