Redcliffe Partners Partner Denys Medvediev discusses Competition in Ukraine in the year past and the one ahead.

As reconstruction efforts accelerate, Avellum Managing Partner Mykola Stetsenko, Imagine Lawyers Partner Illya Sverdlov, Redcliffe Partners Partner Albert Sych, and LCF Law Group Partner Ivan Bondarchuk outline how financing models, PPP legislation, and investor sentiment are evolving.

An in-depth look at Yuriy Terentyev of Redcliffe Partners, covering his career path, education, and top projects as a lawyer, as well as a few insights about him as a manager at work and as a person outside the office.

In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and keep our readers apprised of the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.

Ukraine is once again preparing to introduce a formal screening regime for FDI – a move that has reignited debate among investors, lawyers, and policymakers. In late September 2025, Parliament registered the first draft law on FDI screening, which quickly drew significant attention and mixed reactions. Just two weeks later, however, an alternative draft was submitted, offering a noticeably different, and potentially more balanced, vision for how Ukraine should monitor foreign investments.

Redcliffe Partners and Clifford Chance have advised the Kingspan Group on its acquisition of Mercor’s natural smoke exhaust and fire ventilation business in a transaction spanning Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. White & Case, and reportedly Avellum, advised Mercor.

Dentons has advised Ukrainian agribusiness company I&U Group on the restructuring of up to USD 40 million in loans owed to a consortium of lenders. Redcliffe Partners, working with Asserson, reportedly advised EBRD and BSTDB on the lend-side.

In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and keep our readers apprised of the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.

In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and keep our readers apprised of the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.

Redcliffe Partners has advised the International Finance Corporation on a loan of up to USD 40 million to Astarta to finance the construction of a soy protein concentrate plant in Ukraine. Allen Overy Shearman Sterling and Gedik & Eraksoy reportedly advised the borrower.

In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and keep our readers apprised of the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.

In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and keep our readers apprised of the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.

After years in private practice, including as Head of Corporate/M&A at Clifford Chance Ukraine and later as Founder of Redcliffe Partners, Dmytro Fedoruk became all too familiar with one of the profession’s most dreaded tasks: legal directory submissions. His platform, Ranking Copilot, is now helping firms worldwide streamline the process.

Redcliffe Partners’ competition practice is driven by increased enforcement and transactional activities, particularly in sectors like pharmaceuticals, retail, and agribusiness, according to Co-Head of Competition Yuriy Terentyev. Key factors include regulatory changes, strategic investments, and Ukraine's alignment with EU competition law, which have spurred demand for merger control assessments and compliance advice.

In The Debrief, our Practice Leaders across CEE share updates on recent and upcoming legislation, consider the impact of recent court decisions, showcase landmark projects, and keep our readers apprised of the latest developments impacting their respective practice areas.

In The Corner Office, we ask Managing Partners at law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their backgrounds, strategies, and responsibilities. This time around, we asked: For 2025, what is the one sector or industry in the country that shows the most promise for growth, and why?

In the midst of ongoing conflict, one solution is emerging that could be a crucial factor in attracting foreign investment to Ukraine: war risk insurance. Asters Senior Partner Armen Khachaturyan, Dentons Partner Adam Mycyk, Integrites Partner Igor Krasovskiy, and Redcliffe Partners Managing Partner Olexiy Soshenko discuss how this specialized insurance product is shaping the investment landscape.

Redcliffe Partners Partners Denys Medvediev and Yuriy Terentyev talk about competition in Ukraine in 2025.