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Oleg V. Batyuk

Oleg V. Batyuk

Managing Partner, Kyiv

    • T  +380 44 494 4774
    F  +380 44 494 1991
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Oleg Batyuk is the managing partner* of Salans' Kyiv office. He is a member of the Board of the Central and East European Practice Group of the firm. In 1992 he founded the firm's office in Kyiv together with colleagues from Paris and London.

Mr. Batyuk has experience in negotiating and advising on complex international transactions, establishment of joint ventures, privatisation and related issues in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Many of his clients are major international companies and financial institutions as well as clients in Aerospace, Shipping & Transportation. He has been engaged as an expert witness on Ukrainian legal matters in several high-profile litigation and arbitration proceedings in England, USA, Canada and Sweden.

He is the author and co-author of over 30 articles and books on Ukrainian law and practice, published in the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Ukraine and in other countries. He is a regular speaker on legal issues at Ukrainian and international conferences. He contributes regularly on legal and tax issues affecting foreign investment in Ukraine.

He is cited by Chambers Global as a leading legal professional in international capital markets, M&A and arbitrations, and he is also highly recommended by PLC Which Lawyer? (formerly Global Counsel 3000) in company and corporate transactions.

* Not a member of the English partnership.

Recent Experience:

  • Advising a global leader in debt underwriting in connection with several Eurobond and LPN issuances by Ukrainian entities
  • Representing a leading independent investment bank in the Russian financial market in acquisition of a Ukrainian brokerage and establishing business in Ukraine
  • Advising a prominent global investment bank in disposition of a stake in a Ukrainian manufacturer
  • Providing legal and structuring advice to a London-based investment company in respect of a proposed transaction with Ukrainian banks involving Ukrainian-law assignments and set-offs of obligations

Career:

  • Salans (1992 to date)
  • Lecturer on commercial and labour law, international private law - Faculty of Law, Kyiv University (1988-1994)

Education:

  • Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London (1991-1992)
  • Kyiv University (post-graduate course (Candidate of Science degree in Law), 1985-1988)
  • Kyiv University (honours, 1980-1985)

Languages:

  • Ukrainian
  • Russian
  • English

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