Associate

Diana Pysarenko

Languages

Ukrainian
Russian
English

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Diana Pysarenko is a Corporate/M&A associate with the CMS London office. Diana advises private equity sponsors, financial institutions, and corporates on all manners of domestic and cross-border M&A, strategic JVs, disposals, and restructurings in the UK and CEE. She primarily focuses on private equity, infrastructure, energy, and TMT.

Relevant experience

TIS Group, the owners of the largest private port in Ukraine, on a landmark JV with DP World (the highest M&A profile deal signed in 2017 after a visit by President Petro Poroshenko to DP World Group’s headquarter in the UAE).
MV Cargo on the USD 100m joint venture with Cargill for the construction of a new grain terminal in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Yuzhni.
EBRD and private equity firms AB Invalda INVL and Horizon Capital on the acquisition of a stake in Agroindbank, the largest commercial bank in Moldova, at an auction held by Moldova’s Public Property Agency (2018 CEE Legal Matters Deal of the Year Award).
EBRD on the acquisition of minority stake in Zabka, one of Poland's leading food retailers.
Discovery Life Sciences, a global market leader in biospecimen analysis and procurement for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostics industries, on its bespoke exclusivity arrangements with and subsequent acquisition of East-West Biopharma in Ukraine.
Scatec Solar ASA, a large Norway-based solar power developer, on its acquisition of renewable energy projects in Ukraine
Acciona Energia on entering the Ukrainian market by establishing its business presence, acquisition of solar power plant business, creation of joint ventures in Ukraine.
Meyer Bergman on its sale of the Aladdin Shopping Mall, one of the most popular malls in Ukraine.
Advance Publications/Turnitin on the acquisition of Unicheck, a company that develops smart technology solutions that help institutions promote and uphold academic integrity.

Education

2021 – LLM (Corporate and Commercial Law), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
2019 – LLM (Legal Practice), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2017 – LLB (Financial Law), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Practice Areas

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

Insights

Global Reach

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