Merger Control 2026

UKRAINE Law and Practice Contributed by: Mykyta Nota and Anton Arkhypov, AVELLUM

AVELLUM is a leading Ukrainian full-service law firm with a key focus on finance, corporate, dispute resolution, tax, real estate and infrastructure, energy, and antitrust. AVELLUM is based in Kyiv. Its aim is to be the firm of choice for large businesses and fi - nancial institutions in respect of the most important and challenging transactions. The firm builds lasting relationships with its clients and makes them feel se - cure in new uncertain economic and legal realities. The team of professionals at AVELLUM successfully

applies time-efficient and cost-effective approaches and creates integrated solutions for businesses. The partners take an active role in every transaction and ensure smooth teamwork. The antitrust team has six members and advises domestic and world industry leaders, including British American Tobacco, Kaspi. kz, Quarter Partners, Mondelez, Efes Breweries Inter - national, Knorr-Bremse AG, Grupa Pracuj, Kyivstar, Datagroup Holding Limited, Naftogaz Group compa - nies, Horizon Capital, CFG, A’SPIK and Uber BV.

Authors

Mykyta Nota is a partner and the head of the competition practice at AVELLUM. He focuses on competition and antitrust, arbitration, and cross- border litigation. Mykyta advises clients on all aspects of competition

Anton Arkhypov is a counsel with AVELLUM’s competition practice and M&A practice. He provides comprehensive advice on all areas of competition law, including merger control, cartel investigations, abuse of

and antitrust law, involving merger control, concerted practices, abuse of dominance, state aid, unfair competition, and competition litigation. He also counsels on antitrust matters in relation to multinational and domestic acquisitions and joint ventures, including merger clearances by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. Mykyta regularly acts for clients in international arbitrations under the ICC and LCIA Arbitration Rules.

dominance, and market regulation. In addition to giving counsel on antitrust matters, Anton is highly experienced in drafting and negotiating M&A transactions.

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