In Kyiv Post interviews, 10 of Ukraine’s top law firms answered the below questions.
- Do you see the Ukrainian M&A market recovering to pre-crisis levels?
- If so, when and what sectors will be most attractive?
- If European banks were big buyers of Ukrainian assets before the crisis, who are the main buyers on the market today, who will be buying in coming years and what countries are they from?
- For the selling side in an M&A transaction, is now an optimal time for a Ukrainian business owner to sell? Or would it be best to wait a year or two?
- For the buying side in an M&A transaction, is now an optimal time for a foreign investor to buy an asset in Ukraine, or would it be best to wait a year or two?
- Please identify the top five strategies and hands on changes domestic business owners should start adopting today to ensure they can maximize the sale price of their assets to an investor in the future?
- What are the top five risks investors face when buying assets in Ukraine and what strategies and measures can they adopt to main ensure that they get a fair price for assets bought in Ukraine while minimizing risks of potential problems related to the assets?
See their responses by clicking below.
Myron Rabij, partner in Ukraine at Salans
Anna Babych, counsel at Vasil Kisil and Partners
Armen Khachaturyan, senior partner at Asters
Oksana Ilchenko, M&A partner at the Ukraine offices of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Boris Krasnyansky, managing partner in Ukraine for PwC
Maksym Cherkasenko, partner at Arzinger
Marc Lewis, partner in Ukraine for Deloitte
Mykola Stetsenko, managing partner of Avellum
Oleh Malskyy, partner at AstapovLawyers
