PRESS RELEASE
October 30, 2012

According to the 23th Edition of the IFLR1000 - The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms – Vasil Kisil & Partners are recommended as one of the top list firms practicing Banking & Finance and M&A in Ukraine.

The Guide mentions the firm, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2012, as having a well regarded banking and finance group. Peers respect Denis Lysenko, who made partner in 2006 and now heads both the banking and finance, and M&A practices. "Since Lysenko took over they have been doing well," notes one competitor. "Denis Lysenko is a good lawyer. We've been impressed when we worked with him," notes another. Partner Yulia Kyrpa also elicits praise from rivals who say "she is professional" and "knows the law".

Head of Vasil Kisil & Partners M&A, Denis Lysenko, has also sustainably developed the firm's transactional M&A practice, according to peers who rate him highly. VKP's strong portfolio of work supports competitors’ observations, placing the firm among the more active ones in Ukraine.

VKP team took on two notable deals in the media sector last year; in one partner Oleksiy Filatov acted for the Ukrainian Media Holding Group on its acquisition of the KP Media Group. The same partner also acted for the same client on a joint venture between it and TKR Ukraine/SCM Holding in regard to an IT venture.

Elsewhere Denis Lysenko acted for Danone Group on two transactions including its buy out of minority stakes in Galakton Public and the Kremenchug Milk Plant from Kinto. Mr. Lysenko also advised the group on the proposed acquisition of two other Ukrainian dairy producers.

In the financial services sector Lysenko was again involved advising Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken on both the sale of its Ukrainian subsidiary and the acquisition of Accept Bank for $25 million.

IFLR1000 (International Financial Law Review) is a guide to the world's leading financial law firms. It provides ratings based on the recommendations of the in-house lawyers of financial institutions and world’s best-known companies and recommendations of the leading lawyers practicing in different areas of law. The analysis of rankings is based on complexity of deals, innovation, quality of client service, and cross-border capability.

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Head of PR/BD Department
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About the Firm
Established in 1992, Vasil Kisil & Partners is a Ukrainian law firm that delivers integrated legal advice in banking & finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, antitrust, competition and trade, dispute resolution, tax law, energy and natural resources law, intellectual property law, labor and employment law, real estate and construction law, as well as PPP, concessions and infrastructure law.

The firm`s clients include such world-known companies as Alpcot Agro, Africa-Israel Group, Astellas Pharma, BASF, Bayer Consumer, BNP Paribas, British American Tobacco, Central European Media Enterprises, Coca Cola, Credit Agricole Group, Danone, Dell Inc., DuPont, Energy Standard Group, Eurosport, Google, IKB Deutsche Industriebank, LG Electronics, Leroy Merlin Ukraine, Lukoil, Metso Automation Oy, Moody’s, Mott MacDonald Limited, NCH Capital, Novacke chemicke zavody, Opel, Philips, Pioneer, Red Bull, Russian Standard Bank, St. Sophia Homes, SEB AB, SEB Group, Swedbank AB, Seven Hills, Shell, Standard Charted Bank, Tchibo, UniCredit Group, Vanco International / Vanco Energy, Volkswagen, VympelCom, YouTube.