MYKOLA STETSENKO

Managing Partner

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Mykola Stetsenko is the Managing Partner at AVELLUM and the Head of Corporate/M&A Practice. His additional expertise covers tax, competition, and real estate.

Mykola has extensive experience in all types of corporate transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, IPOs, and corporate governance advice. He advises on many of the firm’s headline deals for its most high-profile clients.

All the way through his legal career Mykola focused on complex, multijurisdictional transactions, some of which have set new market precedents and were recognised by many highly respected legal publications, including Chambers, IFLR, and Legal 500. Moreover, he is often involved in drafting of new legislation in Ukraine. Most recently, Mykola was heavily engaged in the development of Ukrainian corporate law, namely regulation of shareholder agreements, LLCs, corporate governance in public companies, and squeeze-out and sell-out mechanisms.

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Managing partner Mykola Stetsenko is a market-leading practitioner who is described by sources as a “goal-oriented lawyer of the highest calibre. He never says no and tries to find solutions in the most complicated situations.” His expertise covers a broad range of transactional and corporate matters.

Acquisition of the minority stake in Viseven, a leading global marketing tech provider servicing the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry

Legal advisor to Horizon Capital

Acquisition of NeoGames, a global leader in content and technology solutions for the online Real-Money Gaming industry

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Ukrainian legal advisor to Aristocrat Leisure Limited

  • EDUCATION AND BAR ADMISSIONS

      Master of Laws degree (with honours), 2000, the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Ukraine

      LL.M. degree (with honors), 2004, Georgetown University Law Center, USA

      Admitted to practice law in New York

      President of the Ukrainian Bar Association

      Member of the Management Board of the Ukrainian Bar Association (2021-2023)

      Member of the Council of the Corporate Law and Stock Market Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association (since 2014)

  • RECOGNITION

      Leading lawyer in Ukraine for Corporate/M&A Chambers Global (2019 – 2024) and Chambers Europe (2015 – 2024)

      Leading lawyer in Ukraine for Commercial, Corporate and M&A Legal 500 (2011 – 2024), The Legal 500 Hall of Fame

      Leading lawyer in Ukraine for Private Clients and Competition The Legal 500 (2023 - 2024)

      Highly regarded practitioner in Ukraine for M&A IFLR1000 (2014 – 2023)

      Recommended lawyer for Tax and Transfer Pricing World Tax and World Transfer Pricing (2015 – 2020)

      Highly regarded practitioner for resolution of international tax disputes in Ukraine Tax Controversy Leaders Guide (2013 – 2023)

      Leading individual in Ukraine for Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions Ukrainian Law Firms (2015 – 2021), Yuridicheskaya Praktika

      Notable practitioner for Real Estate and Private Clients Ukrainian Law Firms 2021, Yuridicheskaya Praktika

      Recommended lawyer (Thought Leader) for M&A and Governance in Ukraine. Who's Who Legal 2021

      Recommended lawyer for Capital Markets, Corporate, M&A, Tax and Real Estate Law Best Lawyers (2010 – 2022)

  • RECENT EXPERIENCE

      Advised Stellantis N.V., a multinational automotive manufacturing corporation, in connection with acquiring the artificial intelligence framework, machine learning models and intellectual property rights and patents of CloudMade, a developer of smart and innovative big data-driven automotive solutions

      Advised Horizon Capital on the acquisition of the minority stake in Viseven, a leading global marketing tech provider servicing the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry

      Acted as Ukrainian legal counsel to Aristocrat Leisure Limited, a leading global gaming content and technology company and top-tier mobile games publisher, in connection with its acquisition of NeoGames, a global leader in content and technology solutions for the online Real-Money Gaming industry

      Acted as a Ukrainian law expert in two ICSID investment arbitrations with over USD700 million in dispute

      Advised Pep Group, an established provider of design, creative, production and asset management, on its acquisition by Locaria, a global multilingual content agency

      Advised MHP in connection with investment into Ukrainian food-tech start-up Foodz. As a result of two rounds of funding, MHP received a minority stake in Foodz

      Advised JSC “Kaspi.kz” in connection with the acquisition of 100% shares in Portmone Group by Kaspi Pay, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaspi.kz

      Advised Medi GmbH & Co. KG, a German producer of medical products and aids, on Ukrainian law matters in connection with parallel import and customs recordal

      Advised Volt Resources Limited, a graphite and gold exploration and development company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. on the acquisition of 70% stake in the Zavallivskyi Graphite Group

      Advised Diligent Capital Partners, a private equity manager, acting together with the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO, in connection with the acquisition of a minority stake in the leading Ukrainian feed producer Edinstvo Group

      Advised Argus Media Ltd on the acquisition of Agritel International, a subsidiary of Agritel, an expert provider of information, consulting, and forecasting on agricultural and agro-industrial markets

      Advised CHG Healthcare, one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the US, on the acquisition of Modio Health, a provider of technology solutions for the healthcare industry

      Advised the Netherlands based Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group on the acquisition of BENTELER Distribution Ukraine, a part of the international distribution division of BENTELER International AG

      Advised EVO Group, the internet company behind Ukraine’s leading marketplace Prom.ua, in connection with its merger with Rozetka, the leading online retailer based in Ukraine

      Advised on the merger of Public Joint Stock Company “MTB Bank” and Public Joint Stock Company “Commercial Bank “Center”. The merger was conducted under a simplified procedure introduced by the Law of Ukraine “On Simplifying Reorganisation and Capitalisation Procedures for Banks”, which became effective on 29 April 2017

      Advised Diligent Capital Partners, a private equity manager, in connection with the acquisition of a 16% equity stake in Allseeds SA together with the Dutch Development Bank FMO

      Advised Horizon Capital and certain individuals on the disposal of 90% stake in Ergopack Group in favour of Sarantis Group

      Advised Public Joint Stock Company “Ukrainian Railway” (“Ukrzaliznytsia”) on a USD1 billion collaboration with General Electric Company

      Advised Deere & Company on Ukrainian employment matters related to the USD5.2 billion acquisition of the Wirtgen Group

      Advised the longstanding client Kernel Holding S.A. on the acquisition of 100% of shares in a farming business that manages over 170,000 tons of grain storage capacity and over 27,500 hectares of leasehold farmland by one of its subsidiaries. Total consideration of the deal amounted to USD43.3 million and was paid in cash

      Advised investor on the acquisition of 99.91% Stake in Marfin Bank from Cyprus Popular Bank

      Advised Kernel Holding S.A. on the acquisition of 100% of shares in a large-scale farming business that manages over 190,000 hectares of leasehold farmland and approximately 200,000 tons of grain storage capacity. The value of the deal was USD155 million

      Advised Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in connection with the acquisition of an approximate 48% stake in GlobalLogic Inc. from Apax Funds

      Advised Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH on Ukrainian aspects of transfer of employee benefits in connection with global business swap between Boehringer and Sanofi

      Advised Deutsche Beteiligungs AG in connection with the EUR5.9 million investment in Dieter Braun GmbH

      Acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia in connection with the acquisition of Thomson Reuters’ Intellectual Property & Science Business for USD3.55 billion

      Advised Altran, a global leader in innovation and high‐tech engineering consulting, on the acquisition of Lohika, a software engineering services firm

      Advised Allergan Inc. in connection with the divestiture of its global generic pharmaceuticals business to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd through a complex cross-border carve-out

      Advised Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) on acquisition by CPPIB of a 40% stake in Glencore Agricultural Products, estimated at USD6.25 billion

      Advised UniCredit Group in connection with the disposal of shares in PJSC “Ukrsotsbank” in favour of Alfa Group

      Advised Raiffeisen Bank International AG and PJSC Raiffeisen Bank Aval in connection with the disposal of 30% shares in PJSC Raiffeisen Bank Aval by EBRD

      Advised Novartis on transactions related to Vaccines, Oncology, OTC and Animal Health businesses in connection with the establishment of joint venture between Novartis and GSK in OTC business and exchange of Oncology and Vaccines businesses between GSK and Novartis

      Advised Bayer AG on corporate, contractual and employment issues related to the global spin-off of Bayer MaterialScience AG, which now operates under Сovestro AG name as an independent entity

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