Sayenko Kharenko – legal counsel on obtaining merger clearance for merger of a leading software provider into DELL group of companies

Sayenko Kharenko’s antitrust team has provided legal assistance in merger clearance with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (the "AMC") for the USD 2.4 billion merger of Quest Software, Inc. ("Quest"), a leading business software provider, into Dell Inc. ("Dell"), a holding company of Dell group of companies.

This transaction enables Dell to expand its presence in software.

Quest designs, develops, markets, distributes, and supports enterprise systems management software products. Quest products solve complex IT challenges ranging from database management, data protection, identity and access management, monitoring, user workspace management to Windows management.

Dell is an American multinational computer technology corporation that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. The company sells personal computers, servers, data storage devices, network switches, software, and computer peripherals. 

After the review of the proposed transaction, the AMC concluded that its implementation neither poses threats to competition nor significantly limits competition on any product market in Ukraine.

Sayenko Kharenko’s competition team for the current transaction included counsel Dmitry Taranyk and associates Maksym Nazarenko and Yulia Kuyda and was led by partner Vladimir Sayenko.