SWISSOTEL WILL MANAGE A LUXURY HOTEL IN KYIV, ADVISED BY DLA PIPER ON MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH KDD GROUP

DLA Piper, Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 12, 2010

SWISSOTEL WILL MANAGE A LUXURY HOTEL IN KYIV, ADVISED BY DLA PIPER ON MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH KDD GROUP

DLA Piper, Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 12, 2010

MOSCOW, KYIV - DLA Piper has advised Swissotel, the leading luxury hotel brand owned by Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, on its management agreement with KDD Group, one of the leading property and investment companies in Ukraine, who are developing a deluxe hotel in Kyiv.
 
DLA Piper advised Swissotel on all aspects of the agreement to ensure that it complied with Ukrainian law, including real estate, IP, tax contract law and negotiated the terms of the contract with KDD.  The agreement will see Swissotel manage a luxury hotel in Peremogy Avenue, located close to Kyiv's city centre, which is due to open in 2012.
 
Scott Antel, partner and Head of Hospitality for DLA Piper in the CIS, was the lead partner on the deal and commented: "After some delays, it is promising that international hotel brands and standards are being established in Kyiv and Ukraine.  This can only improve the City's hospitality profile, standards of training and services provided. 

"DLA Piper is pleased to have been involved with the majority of the large international hotel projects in Kyiv to date and we look forward to leveraging our experience on future projects in Kyiv and the regional cities."
 
The DLA Piper team also included: Natalia Kochergina, partner and Head of Real Estate (Kyiv), Svitlana Musienko, legal director and Head of Tax (Kyiv), as well as Natalia Pakhomovska, Illya Sverdlov, Alla Gavrushko, senior associates, Dmytro Pikalov, associate (Kyiv) and Adam Rogowski, associate (London/ Moscow).

DLA Piper Ukraine LLC is part of DLA Piper, an international legal practice.  The Kyiv team comprises more than 30 lawyers and is headed by Managing Partner Margarita Karpenko.
 
INFORMATION: For further information: Nataliya Tkachenko, Marketing Manager, DLA Piper Ukraine LLC, Tel: +380 44 490 9579 or Email: nataliya.tkachenko (AT)dlapiper.com. For further information about our organisation and services, please visit our website: www.dlapiper.com.

NOTE: DLA Piper Ukraine LLC is a member of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Washington, D.C., www.usubc.org.