Kyiv, Moscow - DLA Piper advises the Bank of Moscow Group with regard to sale of its subsidiary bank in Ukraine, BM Bank to Smart Holding, one of the largest investment groups in Ukraine with focus on key industries of the economy.

The legal teams of Kyiv and Moscow offices provided full legal support to the transaction, prepared the framework agreement and other documents. The transaction will be closed after obtaining the regulatory permits.

This is a complex M&A transaction in banking & finance involving cross-border structuring and acquisition finance which requires a cross-functional expertise from the lawyers. The representatives of DLA Piper at the transaction are partners Vyacheslav Khorovskiy and Oleksandr Kurdydyk, Galyna Zagorodniuk, legal director, Rodion Ignatenko, senior associate, and associates Dmytro Pshenychnyuk and Dmytro Tkachenko.

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Nataliya Tkachenko, Marketing Manager, DLA Piper Ukraine LLC, Tel: +380 44 490 9579 or Email: nataliya.tkachenko@dlapiper.com

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