Banking and Finance

Services

Financial regulation and currency control

Capital markets and securities

Business financing

Incorporation and reorganization

More about the practice

GOLAW’s attorneys have over a decade of experience with transactions of project finance and syndicated loans, debt restructuring, foreclosures and similar projects in the banking and finance sector. Attorneys of our banking and finance practice are representing the largest Ukrainian and foreign banks on debt recovery in court proceedings as well as out-of-court settlements. The distinctive strategy of the firm in such matters is to provide advice starting with enforcement of a levy on debtor’s assets and the sale of such assets (real estate, shares, movable property etc.) up to recovery of the client’s funds.

Analysis of a debtor’s corporate structure and risk assessment is an important stage of financing and requires appropriate competencies of advisors structuring the transaction. This is particularly true if the borrower’s group of companies has a foreign element. GOLAW attorneys advise banks and private creditors on complete disclosure of the borrower’s corporate structure and information on final beneficiaries. Among the firm’s successfully handled matters is consultancy on trade and export finance with state export credit agencies and project finance transactions with international financial institutions such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank.

Head of practice

Sergiy Oberkovych

Sergiy Oberkovych

Senior Partner, Attorney at law

  • Recognitions
  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2023
  • Who’s Who Legal 2022
  • Lexology Index: Corporate Tax 2024
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Experience

  • Legal support of EGAP and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA) on a restructuring of companies group debts

    GOLAW provided comprehensive legal support to creditors Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation in Czech Republic (EGAP) and Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA), a financial institution in Germany, on a restructuring of Eurocar companies group debts for a total value of more than USD 70 mln.

  • Advising ProCredit Bank on subordinate financing

    GOLAW advised ProCredit Bank, an international bank, on subordinate financing with IFC and other banks of Ukrainian company. The case is the first financing project for Procredit Bank (Ukraine) with International Finance Corporation as a major lender. The value of the project is USD 10 mln.

  • Legal support of Chezh Bank and EGAP in a complex loan dispute

    Corporation (EGAP) in the Czech Republic in a complex loan dispute with LLC Kuzmynetskiy Brick Factory – one of the largest ceramic brick factories in Ukraine with the total project value USD 48m. GOLAW ensured restoration of the bank’s right over the mortgaged assets, initiating bankruptcy of the borrower and successful foreclosure on the brick factory and the land plot with its further sale at public auction as an integral property complex.

  • Сomprehensive legal support of EGAP in a dispute regarding the debt recovery under the loan agreement

    GOLAW provided  comprehensive legal support to Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP) in a dispute with a major Ukrainian agro holding “Creative Group” PJSC regarding the debt recovery under the loan agreement, blocking fraudulent bankruptcies of the borrower, successful foreclosure on the grain elevator and further sale of the foreclosed assets. The total value of the project is EUR 15 mln.

Key lawyers

Dr. Valentyn Gvozdiy
Dr. Valentyn Gvozdiy
  • Managing Partner, Attorney at law, PhD
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Sergiy Oberkovych
Sergiy Oberkovych
  • Senior Partner, Attorney at law
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Viktoriia Bublichenko
Viktoriia Bublichenko
  • Partner, Head of Tax, Restructuring, Claims and Recoveries practice, Attorney at law
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Testimonials

Galina Kočendova

Deputy Director at Claims Settlement and Debt Recovery Department
Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP)

EGAP as a credit insurance corporation insuring credits connected with exports of goods and services from the Czech Republic against political and commercial risks has been co-operating with GOLAW for many years. Starting from the year of 2015 we have been co-operating very intensely. We really appreciate their progressive approach to solving complex legal issues of claims recovery in Ukraine. We have profited from GOLAW’s attorneys ability to select and follow a winning strategy and from their business oriented approach. As a result of this approach our insured bank foreclosed upon an asset that has been nearly lost due to unlawful action of the debtor and is close to substantial recovery.

Ruben Oganyan

Head of Сredit risk department
ProCredit Bank

We highly appreciate professional legal assistance from GOLAW on supporting our bank as a lender in Ukraine. The firm is an ideal option for clients seeking advice on complex multi-jurisdictional transactions including syndicated lending and project finance transactions. They are extremely business-focused and solution-driven. It’s easy to work with the team as they listen to clients’ needs. The personal touch they have is beyond other firms.

Insights

GOLAW is among the leaders of the Ukrainian legal market according to the research “50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine in 2025”

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GOLAW attorneys successfully defended a foreign bank in the Supreme Court, forming a judicial practice on bankruptcy of debtors with assets on the temporarily occupied territories

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GOLAW is among the leaders of the Ukrainian legal market according to the research “50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine in 2025”

05 December 2024 Energy Alert

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GOLAW is among the leaders of the Ukrainian legal market according to the research “50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine in 2025”

05 December 2024 Energy Alert

GOLAW is among the leaders of the Ukrainian legal market according to the resear...

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GOLAW attorneys successfully defended a foreign bank in the Supreme Court, forming a judicial practice on bankruptcy of debtors with assets on the temporarily occupied territories

08 November 2024 News

GOLAW attorneys successfully defended a foreign bank in the Supreme Court, formi...

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GOLAW partners received personal recognition in the international rating ITR World Tax 2025

03 September 2024 News

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Company’s actions in case of inability to fulfill tax obligation

06 November 2024 Publication

Company’s actions in case of inability to fulfill tax obligation

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White business club – what does the law provide for?

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White business club – what does the law provide for?

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CO2 emissions trading — a new way to finance energy renewal in Ukraine

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