On October 3,2013, LIGABusinessInform press-centre hosted an Internet conference on"Project and trade finance as means of attracting funds post-crisis: legalaspects and trends" conducted by VKPpartners Denis Lysenko and YuliaKyrpa.

The speakers addressed a number of relevantissues, including external financing development, methods and ways of financingprojects and trade transactions available in Ukraine, the financing ofstart-ups, advantages of various forms of raising capital in Ukraine, theireffectiveness and potential for development, as well as legal regulation.

VKP's Partner DenisLysenko is the Head of Corporate / M&A, Taxation, Antitrust &Competition practices at the firm. Mr Lysenko focuses on representing interestsof foreign investors (lenders) in cross-border transactions involving Ukrainianassets, as well as of Ukrainian companies seeking access to internationalcapital markets and other corporate finance opportunities or growth throughM&A deals, whether domestic or foreign.

VKP’s Partner Yulia Kyrpais the Head of Banking & Finance practice group at the firm. She focuses onM&A in banking and financial sector, cross-border financing transactions,transactions with distressed debts and debt restructuring procedures. Duringthe crisis Yulia developed a number of innovative legal products in demand bybanks, financial institutions and corporations.

You can access expert's answers on JURLIGA portal here http://conf.ligazakon.ua/conference/finansirovanie.htm