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 CMS Cameron McKenna advised Vestas Deutschland, a German division of the Danish Vestas Wind Systems AS,  on the supply and installation of thirty 3MW class wind turbines and equipment to DTEK, a major Ukrainian energy holding company.

 

 DTEK plans to construct the largest wind power
plant in Ukraine at its Botievo site. It will have a 200 MW capacity. CMS
Cameron McKenna’s team advised Vestas on all the legal aspects of
this project: supply and EPC contracts, construction and installation
processes, currency, tax, customs and various regulatory issues.

 

The project was led by senior associate Vitaliy
Radchenko, assisted by Nataliya Kushniruk, Yuliya Zemskova, Andriy Buzhor and
Sergiy Gryshko, under supervision of Olexander Martinenko, senior partner of
the firm.

 

Vitaliy Radchenko comments: “We are happy to have
assisted Vestas on such a ground-breaking project in Ukraine and are pleased
that the wind turbines have been successfully installed and commissioned. We
will continue to further develop the renewable energy market in Ukraine by
helping Vestas and other international investors with their wind and solar
projects in Ukraine. We as a firm are focused on the energy sector and will
keep retaining our position in the market as the go-to law firm for energy
and natural resources in Ukraine.”

 

Earlier this year, CMS Cameron McKenna was
recognised for its excellence in the Energy and Natural Resources sector in
Ukraine by becoming the only Band 1 law firm in this practice area in Chambers Europe 2012, the leading international legal directory
in Europe. In addition, Vitaliy Radchenko was ranked as a Band 1 lawyer with
commentators identifying him as “a standout figure for energy law in
Ukraine.”