On December 17, 2020, Marchenko Partners organized a webinar on the topic “Antitrust Law Infringements: How to Compensate Damages? Excessive Interchange Fee as an Example”. Our …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner and Head of Antitrust & Competition at Marchenko Partners, comments on the key developments in the Ukrainian antitrust sector in 2020, respective …

On October 22, 2020, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine issued a report On results of the research of the banking services market concerning competitive neutrality …

Marchenko Partners is proud to share an exciting news with you. Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, our Head of Antitrust & Competition, has been reelected as a Competition Committee …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner and Head of Antitrust & Competition at Marchenko Partners, and Oleksiy Shakhov, expert in agribusiness logistics, reviewed the recent case with Ukrzaliznytsia …

Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has recently published the third state aid report covering its state aid practices in 2019. Our Antitrust & Competition lawyers have …

Recent case with Motor Sich investors has clearly shown that the Ukrainian legislation currently lacks effective mechanisms of foreign investment control. Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner and Head …

In the past two months, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted several Laws aimed at substantial improvement of the Ukrainian intellectual property legislation. These Laws introduced a number of …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner and Head of Antitrust & Competition at Marchenko Partners, shares his thoughts about a possible breakthrough in the Ukrainian state aid control …

On July 16, 2020, the Law on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts Concerning State Support for Culture, Creative Industries, Tourism, Small and Medium-Sized Business in …

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (“Committee”) has recently published its annual Report featuring the Committee's activities for 2019 (“Report”). In this newsletter we provide a …

On March 30, 2020, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law # 540IX “On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine aimed at providing …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner and Head of Antitrust & Competition at Marchenko Partners, and Yaroslav Korniienko, Associate of the same practice, have prepared an article for …

Ukrainian authorities decided not to wait for Ukraine becoming another epicenter of COVID-19 and took certain immediate steps in order to prevent a massive outbreak …

The President of Ukraine has signed the Law No. 2300 on cancelling from 1 January 2020 the government monopoly for spirits production. Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner, Head …

On December 19, 2019 UA Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UA-DRP”) started to apply to .COM.UA third-level domain name registrations. Although the adoption of the UA-DRP …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner and Head of Antitrust & Competition, and Sviatoslav Henyk, Associate of the same practice, have prepared an article for Client Choice-2019 by …

The Antimonopoly Committee has begun to more actively put into practice individual provisions of the legislation that had not been applied before. Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko​, Partner and …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner and Head of Antitrust & Competition at Marchenko Partners, comments on the Draft Law No.1076 adopted by Ukrainian Parliament, which brings changes …

Law on Protection against Unfair Competition (Law) stipulates that undertakings may draft Rules of professional ethics in a competition (Rules) for the relevant areas of economic …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner and Head of Antitrust & Competition at Marchenko Partners, comments on the draft law designed to regulate the HR-policy of the Antimonopoly …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner at Marchenko Partners, has been elected as Co-Chair of the Competition Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce. We wish Oleksandr a dynamic …

On March 19, 2019, .UA domain administrator (Hostmaster) announced the launch of an alternative domain name dispute resolution procedure. The procedure may be applied to domain …

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (Committee) has recently adopted Guidelines on Application of Merger Control Rules to Joint Ventures (Guidelines). The Guidelines provide for four criteria …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner and Head of Antitrust & Competition, prepared an article for Mind.UA, dedicated to the topic "Controversy Price: Why Retail Incurs Expenses for …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko shares insights about the protection of employers by means of non-compete agreements in a publication at Delo.UA. Read more.

“According to the first report of the AMCU State Aid Department, the coal mining industry in Ukraine receives 70% of state support, which is twice …

“While there is a number of concerns as to the antimonopoly authority’s capacity and willingness not just to launch, but to enforce a state aid …

On September 06, 2018, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine released the Guidelines on certain state aid issues concerning the international financing of undertakings. By dealing with …

On May 23, 2018, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU) adopted Regulation #420 (Regulation) setting out the list of services of general economic interest …

On March 23, 2018, the Draft Law “On Amending Certain Laws of Ukraine to Bring Them in Compliance with the Law of Ukraine “On State …

On December 15, 2017, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) published the draft Guidelines on the Assessment of Non-Horizontal Mergers (Draft). The Draft clarifies AMCU’s …

The Regulation on Block Exemptions in Vertical Concerted Actions (Regulation) took effect after its publication on December 05, 2017. The Regulation was adopted by the Antimonopoly …

State aid legislation adopted pursuant to Ukraine’s obligations under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement finally becomes effective today, on August 2, 2017. The Law on State Aid …

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has recently presented a draft Regulation on Block Exemptions in Vertical Concerted Actions (Draft). The Draft defines vertical concerted …

Ukraine nationalized Privatbank, its largest bank, in December 2016. In the process, Ukraine mandatory converted into bank’s shares all the debt obligations of Privatbank on …

On January 11, 2018, the Criteria on Compatibility of State Aid for Professional Training (Criteria) were brought into effect by the Regulation of the Cabinet …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner at Marchenko Partners, shares his thoughts about the Interaction between Antitrust and Intellectual Property in Ukraine in his article for the Ukrainian …

On this day two years ago the Ukrainian State Aid Law took effect. The Law was a good starting point, but certain amendments are obviously …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner at Marchenko Partners, shares his thoughts on the need to look at the issue of state aid regulations and practice in Ukraine …

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has recently issued the Explanatory Note on Improvement of Control over Mergers of Undertakings with Participation of Sanctioned Individuals …

On March 26, 2016, the amendments to the Law of Ukraine On Protection of Economic Competition concerning the merger control procedures in Ukraine (“Amendments”) were …

On September 20, 2016, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (Committee) extended the deadline for filing applications to obtain amnesty/clearance for qualifying infringements of merger control …

On February 16, 2016, Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) amended the Guidelines on the determination of fines for competition law infringements. Practically, AMCU expanded the sphere …

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has recently one more time emphasized the importance of timely and accurate merger clearance. However, the AMCU made its …

On the long track of state aid development in Ukraine, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has finally taken an important step to put theory …

It has been more than a year since the Law of Ukraine “On State Aid to Undertakings” fully entered into force. With the first tiny …

Oleksandr Aleksyeyenko, Partner and Head of Antitrust & Competition at Marchenko Partners, comments on new Ukrainian Law about the protection of economic competition for Yuridicheskaya …