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Since 1991, the Ukrainian economy has remarkably transformed from its Soviet model to a modern and free market one. Still, thousands of enterprises remain in state and municipal ownership. The Government is interested in handing over publicly owned assets to effective private owners for future investment and development.

Years of occupation of Ukraine by russia, whatever form it happened in, made Ukraine look close to russia in all senses to the rest of the world. International businesses considered this closeness as a marker to optimize operations in Eastern Europe. In management terms, it often resulted in direct reporting of Ukrainians to russian offices instead of headquarters. In legal terms, the result was often the corporate control of russian units of multinational corporations over Ukrainian units or other forms of control such as IP licensing...

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A share repurchase or the so-called ‘buyback’ is a common practice in stock markets. Companies announcing buybacks repurchase shares from their shareholders and effectively remove them from the stock market. In particular, this is how publicly traded companies react to the undervaluation of their shares in the marketplace, thereby reducing the risk of hostile takeovers...

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Since July 2021 there is a lot of fuss around the UBO disclosure. The Law of Ukraine "On Preventing and Counteracting to Legalization (Laundering) of the Proceeds from Crime, Financing of Terrorism and Financing of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction" №361-IX dated 06 December 2019 requires to submit a schematic ownership structure of a legal entity and its supporting documents, and the term for that was very short – until 10 October 2021 inclusive. In could seem reasonable at a glance…