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Yevhen Chornyi

Lawyer

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Yevhen Chornyi

Lawyer

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
6th Floor,
38 Volodymyrska Street,
01054 Kyiv
Ukraine
Languages English, Ukrainian, Russian

Yevhen Chornyi is a lawyer primarily specialising in the real estate sector. He advises Ukrainian and international companies on acquisitions of retail, residential, commercial and industrial real property. He has broad experience in carrying out vendor and red flag due diligences of special purpose vehicles in the renewable energy industry, including wind, heat and solar power plants, data centres and biogas stations. He has advised investment funds and international banks regarding projects in infrastructure, logistics and agribusiness industries. In addition, he has experience in state assets lease, privatisation issues as well as PPP projects.

Yevhen’s experience also includes advising clients on various types of commercial contracts, including sale and purchase, services, lease, contractor and utilities as well as supply and consultancy contracts.

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Relevant experience

  • FAS Energy on a legal due diligence and preparing a red-flag report on a data centre
  • Ukrainian Elevator Company on a legal due diligence of a silo and adjacent buildings for purchase (asset deal)
  • Polish development bank on a legal due diligence of a land plot and possibility for shopping mall construction in the city of Zaporizhzhia
  • Full legal support for Air Products for the construction on the plant, including land allocation, construction agreements drafting and negotiating, tax and customs, equipment supply and certification, HSE requirements, permitting and regulatory support
  • One of the world’s leading sport and clothing companies on the expansion of its operations in Ukraine to produce winter sports products with production facilities up to 50,000 sq. m. on 25 ha of land
  • A global investment holding company on legal due diligence including various land, construction, infrastructure matters, as well as the allocation of land under the office building, obtaining rights to the access roads, the office building maintenance issues, etc. 
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv and Kyiv office leases, including assistance with the ownership title and due diligence, as well as drafting and negotiation of all relevant contractor agreements for the fitting out of the new premises
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on legal due diligence of Lviv M10 industrial park in Western Ukraine, developed by Dragon Capital, including construction and land acquisition matters and legal support on EBRD’s acquisition of 35% of the shares in the project
  • A leading private equity firm on vendor legal due diligence of the buildings and premises of Ukrainian communication solutions provider
  • The largest international renewable energy sources producer in Ukraine on a revision and negotiation of the turbine installation agreement regarding the construction of a wind power plant in Odessa region
  • A Boston-based tech company on lease termination matters and their further amendments regarding the offices in Lviv and Kyiv
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Memberships & Roles

  • Member of EBA
  • Member of ACC in Ukraine
  • Member of Confederation of Builders of Ukraine in Ukraine
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Publications

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Education

2020 – Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Master's Degree with honour in Law
2018 – Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Bachelor's Degree in Law

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Expertise

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