Natural Resources


By working with many of the leading global and local industry players on their commercial, dispute resolution, corporate and transactional needs, we have developed a very good understanding of the business and legal intricacies that mining and metals companies face on a daily basis. Our mining and metals team covers every aspect of the industry and every stage of the project life cycle. We tailor our approach to meet the particular needs of every client by drawing on lawyers from across the firm’s practice areas.

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INDUSTRY CLIENTS

Recommended for Project Development IFLR1000, 2021

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General info

Our clients are engaged in all segments of the industry including exploration, feasibility, development, construction, production, smelting, refining, semi-manufacturing and trading, and have operations, investments and projects all over the world.

Sayenko Kharenko’s mining and metals team mobilises the firm’s internationally recognised M&A, banking & finance, capital markets, international trade, antitrust, international arbitration and litigation practices to represent clients from all over the world in matters ranging from potential investments to all manner of high-risk, complex and sensitive disputes. We are proud to have participated in the largest ever M&A transaction involving production assets located in Ukraine, as well as the largest privatisation of a metallurgy plant in the country’s history.

We have notable experience assisting clients in:

  • M&A, disposals and joint ventures
  • Financing (leasing, export, trade and project finance, syndicated loans, debt and equity securities offerings)
  • Regulatory, compliance and corporate governance matters
  • Trade remedies (anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguards)
  • Dispute resolution (domestic and cross-border litigation, international arbitration)
  • Licencing, permits and consents
  • Environmental matters
  • Tax

Sayenko Kharenko’s team has acted on projects involving the world’s largest mining and metals companies such as Metinvest, Azovstal, Alcoa, ArcelorMittal, Evraz, Ferrexpo, Outokumpu Oyj и ThyssenKrupp.

 

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Recognition

Band 3 in Natural resources
Chambers Europe 2022

Recommended for Project Development
IFLR1000, 2024

Top Seven in Energy & Natural Resources
Ukrainian Law Firms 2021

Among the leading law firms in Energy & Natural Resources
Top 50 Law Firms 2022, Yuridicheskaya Practika

Media & Insight Natural Resources

24 November 2025
Анжела МахіноваОлександра Сандул
The government has introduced a zero quota for timber exports
15 September 2025

News

Sayenko Kharenko was shortlisted in four categories at The Lawyer European Awards 2025
25 July 2025

News

Олександр ДругМихайло ХаренкоАнтон КоробейніковІгор Лозенко
Sayenko Kharenko strengthens leadership position with 31 Individual Recognitions in Ukrainian Law Firms 2025
23 July 2025

Projects

Антон КоробейніковВладислава Міцай
Sayenko Kharenko advises Deutsche Bank on EUR 23.6 million Finnvera-backed facility to Metinvest’s Northern Iron Ore Enrichment Works
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