IFLR 1000 2009 edition lists Vasil Kisil & Partners as one of Ukraine’s financial and corporate law firms at the top of its profession
09/10/2008
Compiled by a team of dedicated specialist legal journalists based in New York, London and Hong Kong, the IFLR1000 is the only publication of its kind to focus on the leading law firms for corporate finance worldwide. The guide is now in its 19th edition, and has grown to cover more than 100 jurisdictions.
The rankings are based on the recommendations of in-house counsel at the world’s most prominent financial institutions and companies, as well as the leading lawyers in each legal market covered by the publication according to the following criteria: complexity of deals, innovation, quality of service and cross-border capability Firms cannot pay to get recommended editorial independence being at the heart of the research.
According to this meaningful, objective and comprehensive survey Vasil Kisil & Partners was noted in the area of banking and finance for advising Fitch ratings in relation to some complex finance transactions, including a covered bond issue by Bank Kreshatyk and the first-ever Ukrainian auto loans off-balance securitization by Privatbank.
Mergers and acquisitions chapter states that Ukraine’s booming real estate market has been providing Vasil Kisil & Partners with some sizeable deals. In September 2007 the firm advised London and Regional Properties, a real-estate investment and development group, on its acquisition of the Globus shopping mall, in central Kyiv. The acquisition was made via four Ukrainian companies and totaled $210 million.
The firm also advised another European real-estate fund, Meyer Bergman European Retail Fund, on its acquisition of the Aladdin shopping mall in April 2008. The purchase as made through three Cypriot holding companies and, like many of Vasil Kisil & Partners' notable transactions, featured partner Denis Lysenko.
Another of the firm's standout deals from the past year was its role as lead Ukrainian counsel to CEE broadcaster Central European Media Enterprises on its S220 million purchase of a minority stake in the Studio 1 +1 group of companies - which operates the Ukrainian national broadcaster.
The rankings are based on the recommendations of in-house counsel at the world’s most prominent financial institutions and companies, as well as the leading lawyers in each legal market covered by the publication according to the following criteria: complexity of deals, innovation, quality of service and cross-border capability Firms cannot pay to get recommended editorial independence being at the heart of the research.
According to this meaningful, objective and comprehensive survey Vasil Kisil & Partners was noted in the area of banking and finance for advising Fitch ratings in relation to some complex finance transactions, including a covered bond issue by Bank Kreshatyk and the first-ever Ukrainian auto loans off-balance securitization by Privatbank.
Mergers and acquisitions chapter states that Ukraine’s booming real estate market has been providing Vasil Kisil & Partners with some sizeable deals. In September 2007 the firm advised London and Regional Properties, a real-estate investment and development group, on its acquisition of the Globus shopping mall, in central Kyiv. The acquisition was made via four Ukrainian companies and totaled $210 million.
The firm also advised another European real-estate fund, Meyer Bergman European Retail Fund, on its acquisition of the Aladdin shopping mall in April 2008. The purchase as made through three Cypriot holding companies and, like many of Vasil Kisil & Partners' notable transactions, featured partner Denis Lysenko.
Another of the firm's standout deals from the past year was its role as lead Ukrainian counsel to CEE broadcaster Central European Media Enterprises on its S220 million purchase of a minority stake in the Studio 1 +1 group of companies - which operates the Ukrainian national broadcaster.