Kateryna Chechulina is an English and Ukrainian qualified counsel in the Finance practice in the Kyiv office of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang. Having extensive experience in international banking and finance, Kateryna works on high-profile cross-border financings in the CEE and Central Asia regions. She advises on all aspects of financings, including complex transaction structuring, and acts both for lenders and borrowers. Kateryna focuses on trade & commodity finance, acquisition, corporate and project finance in various sectors, including agribusiness, energy, infrastructure, TMT. Kateryna also covers sustainable and green finance and investments and ESG compliance. Kateryna advises on banking regulatory issues, cross-border debt restructuring & insolvency, NPLs, M&A in the financial sector, PPP, insurance, all types of financial services, as well as municipal finance.

Kateryna has unparalleled experience in capital markets, having advised on unique capital market transactions, including between global financial institutions and central banks. Not only does Kateryna support clients in entering Ukrainian capital markets and starting trading in Ukrainian fixed income and structured products, but she also contributes to the development of the model of a sustainable and profitable trade and post-trade infrastructure in Ukraine, working on its  feasibility study in the NEXT-UA project. She also advises clients on trading in derivatives (including based on standard documentation such as ISDA and GMRA) and has worked on developing licensing terms for the CCPs, regulations on clearing activities and requirements for contractual arrangements between CCPs and trading venues.

Kateryna Chechulina is a Co-Chair of the Sustainability Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and a member of Association of Sustainable Development Experts.

Kateryna is a recommended lawyer by Chambers Europe, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers. Clients report: “She is focused on a result and is available at any time necessary. She remains resilient, working under stress or against time to meet the client’s deadlines”. Kateryna’s strong communicative skills and successful management of all parties involved in a project are highly appreciated. Clients praise her as knowledgeable, responsive, client oriented, well-organised and timely in her work.