Sayenko Kharenko acted as legal counsel to Aegon Group, the Netherlands based life insurance business,on the sale of 100 per cent shares in PrJSC “Insurance Company “Aegon Life Ukraine” to TAS Group. The deal was signed in Kyiv on 21 September 2016 and was closed on 16 December 2016 after the change of control was approved by Ukrainian regulatory authorities.

Aegon, headquartered in The Hague, is one of the world's leading providers of life insurance, pensions and asset management. The company operates in over 20 countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Aegon companies employ over 29,000 people.

Founded in 2003, PrJSC “Insurance Company “Aegon Life Ukraine” (previously PrJSC “Insurance Company “Fidem Life”) offers a full range of life insurance products.

Sayenko Kharenko provided full transactional support, including general advice on corporate law and regulatory matters, deal structuring, development and negotiation of all transactional documents and assistance with completion of the transaction.

Sayenko Kharenko’s team was led by counsel Alina Plyushch and included associates of the corporate and M&A practice Dmitry Riabikin and Mykhailo Grynyshyn. The project was supervised by partner Andrey Liakhov.

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Sayenko Kharenko enjoys global reputation as a leading Ukrainian law firm with an internationally oriented full-service practice. The firm’s leading market position builds on continuous excellence of its highly specialized practice teams.

During the past two years, Sayenko Kharenko collected three of the most prestigious professional excellence country awards, more specifically, Law Firm of the Year by each of IFLR European Awards, Who’s Who Legal European Awards and Chambers Europe Award for Excellence. Most recently, Sayenko Kharenko was crowned Ukraine Law Firm of the Year by Who's Who Legal 2016, and shortlisted in Russia, Ukraine & the CIS category by The Lawyer European Awards

2016 and Ukraine Law Firm of the Year category by Chambers Europe Awards 2016.

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