VKP advised Sony Corporation in connection with a €1.05 billion acquisition of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson’s 50% stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. As a result of the transaction Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

VKP team acted for the client before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, obtaining a permit for the economic concentration as related to the acquisition of the stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, as well as a permit for concerted actions in the form of non-compete covenants of Sony Corporation and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.

VKP’s team of lawyers advising on the project included Mariya Nizhnik, counselor and Sergey Denisenko, associate, which was run by Denis Lysenko, partner.

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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., Du Pont, 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.