Banking & Finance


We are valued by our clients for going beyond the traditional scope of legal work and becoming part of our clients’ teams to ensure successful and comfortable results for their business in any type of finance deals.

$115bn+

AGGREGATE VALUE OF DEALS

No.1

BY NUMBER OF THE LARGEST BANKING AND FINANCE DEALS

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General info

Same high-quality advice on simple deals or “first-of-a-kind” transactions

The firm’s banking and finance team has a strong track record of managing all types of financing, which allows us to provide both quick but high-quality advice on simple deals and to tailor “first-of-a-kind” or unconventional legal structures for complex transactions.

Our experience covers:

  • General bank and corporate lending
  • Secured finance involving all types of collateral (including equipment, shares, real estate, receivables, bank accounts)
  • Project finance
  • Borrowing base financing
  • IFI financing
  • ECA-backed financing
  • Financing involving government and public-sector entities

Our banking and finance team is also regularly involved in distressed debt and secondary market trading, advising international and local banks, hedge funds, and factoring companies and other market participants on Ukrainian legal aspects of individual and portfolio loan trades.

Being at the forefront of the technology that’s changing the global economy, we help shape regulatory change to innovative finance solutions.

Our banking and finance clients operate in diverse industries, including agriculture, automotive, aviation, chemicals, financial institutions, food & beverages, hospitality & entertainment, infrastructure & transportation, mining & metals, oil & gas, public sector, real estate & construction, renewable energy, retail, telecommunications, media & technology.

Sayenko Kharenko is trusted advisor to all major investment banks (including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley); domestic and international banks (Barclays, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, ING Bank, Oschadbank, PrivatBank, UBS, Ukreximbank).

Related professionals

Oleksandr Nikolaichyk

Partner

Anton Korobeynikov

Partner

Igor Lozenko

Partner

Nazar Chernyavsky

Partner

Michael Kharenko

Partner

Olexander Olshansky

Counsel

Iryna Bakina

Counsel

Oles Trachuk

Senior Associate

Yevgen Koval

Associate

Vladyslava Mitsai

Associate

Recognition

Winner in the «Debt and equity-linked deal of the year» award for the firm’s work on the landmark USD 22.5 billion consent solicitation by Ukraine
IFLR Europe Awards 2023

Winner in the “CEE Deal of the Year” awards for the firm’s work on the landmark USD 22.5 billion consent solicitation by Ukraine
2023 Deal of the Year Awards, CEE Legal Matters

Top-ranked in Banking and Finance according to all international legal directories
IFLR1000, 2023; The Legal 500, 2023; Chambers Global 2022; Chambers Europe 2022

Shortlisted in the “Innovative Lawyers in Government and Policy” category for the firm’s work on the landmark USD 22.5 billion consent solicitation by Ukraine
FT Innovative Lawyers Europe 2023 Awards

Law Firm of the Year in the Banking & Finance
Best Lawyers in Ukraine 2019

No.1 in Banking and Finance and recommended in Fintech
Top 50 Law Firms 2022 and Ukrainian Law Firms 2021 (Yurydychna Practyka)

Media & Insight Banking & Finance

28 February 2024

News

Two  Sayenko Kharenko projects were shortlisted for the 2023 CEE Deal of the Year
02 January 2024

News

Nazar Chernyavsky was recognised in Who’s Who Legal: Banking 2024
28 December 2023

Projects

Sayenko Kharenko advises IFC on EUR 40 million equivalent risk-sharing facility for Credit Agricole to support Ukrainian SMEs
14 December 2023

News

Sayenko Kharenko is Ukraine’s No. 1 for three consecutive years according to the “50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine 2024” 
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