Baker & McKenzie, Representative Office of American Company

Managing Partner - James T. Hitch
Contact Person - Boris Dackiw, Oleksandr Martynenko, David Scott

Through its presence in Kyiv, Baker & McKenzie offers a broad range of legal services to support the activities of
multi-national companies and other enterprises interested in investing in Ukraine.

Services:
- the negotiation of joint venture agreements with Ukrainian partners;
- the formation and registration of foreign subsidiaries and representative
offices;
- advice concerning the structuring of and preparation of documentation for secured and unsecured financing;
- advice in connection with establishing investment funds for investments in Ukrainian enterprises;
- representation of commercial banking institutions in connection with establishing full banking activities in Ukraine;
- advice concerning financial instruments, including investments in municipal and government debt issues;
- advice on securities transactions;
- advising strategic investors in acquisitions in Ukrainian legal entities;
tax advice;
- advice on the privatization of state-owned enterprises, including privatization in the energy sector;
- advice on structuring production sharing agreements and other commercial arrangements for the exploration and production of oil and gas and the extraction of other mineral resources;
- construction and real estate;
- barter and counter-trade agreements;
- and registration of trademarks and license agreements

Over 350 multi-national companies and financial institutions, as well as several large Ukrainian enterprises, currently look to Baker & McKenzie - Kyiv for legal representation, relying on the substantial capabilities of the office itself as well as the unparalleled resources available to it from
the worldwide, single-firm partnership of Baker & McKenzie. Baker & McKenzie continues to have the largest presence in
Ukraine of any foreign law firm.