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General info

Michael Kharenko is one of the most successful dealmakers in the region. For over two decades, he has been structuring major international investments and attracting capital to Ukraine. This has included some of the most innovative and complex deals in Ukraine’s history worth a total amount of over USD 50 billion.

Much of his work has an international element to it, and he often works closely with key players in capital markets, multinational financial institutions and top law firms around the world. Michael has worked on a wide range of major private and public securities offerings, syndications and secured finance transactions in Ukraine, representing leading investment banks, multinational financial institutions, and corporates. Among his clients are Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, EBRD, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING Bank, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Oschadbank, UBS, Ukreximbank, and the World Bank.

Michael has a very strong IT and disruptive technologies practice, acting for a variety of investors, global IT-companies and IT-start-ups on various sector-specific regulatory, commercial and legal issues.

Recognition

Internationally recognised as one of the Ukraine’s leading authorities on Capital Markets, Banking & Finance by The Legal 500 2026, IFLR1000 2025, Chambers Global 2020, Chambers Europe 2020, Expert Guides, Ukrainian Law Firms 2025

Named "Lawyer of the Year" in Project Finance and Development Practice by Best Lawyers in Ukraine 2019 and "Lawyer of the Year" in Structured Finance by Best Lawyers in Ukraine 2020

Recognised among the leading lawyers in Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate, Litigation, Project Finance and Development Practice, and Structured Finance by Best Lawyers in Ukraine 2022

Named among the leading Banking lawyers for Ukraine by Who's Who Legal Banking: Finance 2020

Named among the Top 100 best lawyers of Ukraine and recognised among the notable practitioners for Compliance/GR and Banking & Finance by Client's choice. Top 100 Best Lawyers of Ukraine – 2019, Yuridicheskaya Gazeta

Ranked among the Ukraine’s leading senior managers by "TOP-100. Rating of the best top managers of Ukraine 2018", Ekonomika Communication Hub

Named among the world’s leading project finance experts by Who's Who Legal: Project Finance 2024 and as Global Leaders in the Who's Who Legal: Fintech & Blockchain 2024

Among the world’s top experts in the fields of banking and financial law, capital markets according to Expert Guide 2021

Among the best lawyers in Ukraine according to the the newly published “Client’s Choice. TOP 100 Best Lawyers of Ukraine 2021” ranking by Yuridicheskaya Gazeta

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Professional membership and involvement

American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, Member of the Board of Directors

European Business Association

Ukrainian Bar Association

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Admissions

New York, admitted to the New York State Bar (NYSB)

Ukraine, attorney-at-law, admitted to the Kyiv City Bar

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Education

LL.D. in public finance law

LL.M. with honors from Columbia University School of Law (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)

Interned with the Honorable Bohdan A. Futey at the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C.

LL.B., summa cum laude, from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Law School

Media & Insight Michael Kharenko

30 March 2026

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Олександр ДругАнтон КоробейніковІгор ЛозенкоАнжела МахіноваМаксим НазаренкоОлександр Ніколайчик
Sayenko Kharenko once again achieves full practice recognition in The Legal 500 EMEA 2026
23 December 2025

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Ігор ЛозенкоМихайло Харенко
Sayenko Kharenko secures triple recognition in Lexology Index: Banking & Fintech 2026
10 November 2025

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Антон КоробейніковІгор ЛозенкоОлександр НіколайчикАліна ПлющВолодимир СаєнкоМихайло ХаренкоІрина Бакіна
IFLR1000 2025 confirms Sayenko Kharenko as Ukraine’s Leading Law Firm
25 July 2025

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