Sayenko Kharenko has an established reputation as a leading capital markets firm in Ukraine. We represent both underwriters and local issuers in the full range of securities offerings in Ukraine and abroad.
Over the last year the firm advised on all IPOs by Ukrainian companies and all Eurobonds coming from Ukraine. Our capital markets team regularly acts for major multinational and local banks, including ABN Amro, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, HSBC, ING, JPMorgan, Renaissance Capital, Standard Bank, State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine, and UBS.
Expertise
We have unique experience in structuring and executing the most innovative and complex transactions on the market involving wide range of Ukrainian issuers, including the sovereign, municipalities, state-owned and private banks and corporates.
Our team has played key role in developing many of the structures that are now used by Ukrainian issuers in international capital markets transactions. We have handled:
- the first Ukrainian securitisation;
- the first MTN programs by Ukrainian banks;
- the first subordinated debt placements and restructurings by Ukrainian banks;
- the first LPN placements for investment in local currency;
- the largest private placement of shares by a Ukrainian bank;
- the largest Eurobond offering by a Ukrainian financial institution;
- the largest Eurobond offering by a Ukrainian municipality;
- the largest local bonds placement by a Ukrainian bank;
- one of the largest Eurobond offerings by the State of Ukraine.
What we offer
The firm provides services in the following areas:
- Local and international debt offerings
- IPOs, private placements and secondary offerings
- Convertible bonds and other equity linked products
- Structured products and securitisation
- Derivatives
We enjoy strong working relationships with the Ukrainian Commission on Securities and Stock Market (SEC), the National Bank of Ukraine and other regulators, which allow us to offer our clients valuable insight into their regulations and practices. Our lawyers have extensively advised the SEC on various regulatory matters and drafted securities legislation, in particular, in the areas of derivatives, debt placement and insider trading. |
