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General info

Valentyna Hvozd focuses on antitrust and competition matters. She also practices corporate law, M&A, privatization, and intellectual property law.

Ms Hvozd regularly advises clients on a wide range of antitrust law matters, including merger control (mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures), cartels, abuse of dominance, antitrust investigations and advice, distribution agreements, and unfair competition before the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. She has extensive experience advising multinational and domestic clients on the most complex and high-profile cases requiring profound knowledge and an innovative approach to meet the client’s expectations. Valentyna has been involved in advising all Magic Circle law firms. Her work highlights have included representations of:

  • AbbVie Inc. in its acquisition of Shire plc (USD 54.7 billion)
  • Archer-Daniels-Midland Company in its acquisition of WILD Flavors GmbH and WILD Dairy Ingredients GmbH (EUR 2.2 billion)
  • Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in its acquisition of Duracell business from The Procter & Gamble Company (USD 4.7 billion)
  • Berkshire Hathaway in its acquisition of Precision Castparts (USD 37.2 billion)
  • China National Chemical Corporation in its acquisition of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. (EUR 7.1 billion)
  • Cinven and Bain Capital in their acquisition of Stada (EUR 4.1 billion)
  • Concerted practices clearance for MTIBU re new system for claims settlement
  • Dell in its acquisition of EMC (USD 67 billion)
  • Diebold in its acquisition of Wincor Nixdorf
  • Konecranes in its acquisition of Terex business
  • Merck KGaA in its acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (USD 17 billion)
  • PartnerRe Ltd. and AXIS Capital Holdings Limited in their merger (USD 11 billion)
  • One Equity Partners in its acquisition of Duran Group Holding GmbH (USD 93 million)
  • Perrigo Company in its acquisition of Omega Pharma Invest NV (EUR 3.6 billion)
  • Royal Dutch Shell in its acquisition of BG Group (GBP 47 billion)
  • Solvay S.A. in its acquisition of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company assets
  • Solvay SA in its acquisition of Cytec (USD 5.5 billion)
  • Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot in their merger into the new corporation called Stellantis

Recognition

Recommended for Competition/Antitrust in Ukraine by Chambers Europe 2024

Recognised among the next generation lawyers for Competition by The Legal 500, 2024

Recognised among the notable practitioners in Antitrust and Competition by Ukrainian Law Firms 2021

Named among the leading Antitrust lawyers for Ukraine by Who's Who Legal Competition: Lawyers 2023 and Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders - Competition 2024

Recognised as “Emerging Star Leaders of the New Generation of the Legal Market” by "Ukrainian Women in Law 2023", “Yurydychna Gazeta”

Recognised among the leading lawyers in Corporate by Best Lawyers in Ukraine 2022

Recognised among the notable practitioners in Antitrust and Competition for Ukraine by Client Choice Awards 2020

Recognised among the world's leading Competition and Antitrust lawyers by Expert Guides 2021

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Professional membership and involvement

American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine

European Business Association

Ukrainian Bar Association

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Education

LL. M., summa cum laude, from “KROK” University of Economics and Law

LL. M., summa cum laude, from the Intellectual Property Institute of the National University “Odesa Academy of Law”

LL.B., summa cum laude, from Wisconsin International University (USA) Ukraine

Media & Insight Valentyna Hvozd

27 March 2024

News

Sayenko Kharenko has been recommended as a top-tier firm in almost all practice areas researched for Ukraine in The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 edition 
26 March 2024
HIGHLIGHTS OF ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT IN UKRAINE: ANNUAL REPORT 2023
15 March 2024

News

Sayenko Kharenko is among the top two law firms in Ukraine in Chambers Europe 2024  
26 February 2024

Publications

Adapting Amid Adversity: Ukraine’s Revised Merger Control Framework in 2024
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