Mykola Aleksiuk
Kyiv, Ukraine
Mykola advises clients on antitrust law and international trade issues.
He supports clients in cases related to violation of the competition law. He also has significant experience in obtaining anti-monopoly clearance for deals and concerted actions, as well as in legal support of public procurement matters.
Having considerable expertise in litigation, Mykola regularly represents national and foreign companies of various industries in high-profile business disputes and disputes with state authorities.
Mykola has a record of successfully representing clients in retail, construction, food, IT and financial services industries.
Mykola is admitted to the Ukrainian Bar and certified as an Insolvency Receiver.
Practices:
- Antitrust and Competition
- Real Estate
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Dispute Resolution
- International Trade, Customs & WTO
- Environment
Industry Sectors:
- Construction and Infrastructure
- Industry and Trade
- Mining
- Transport
- Banking & Finance
Education:
- 2009 - Law faculty of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Undergraduate degree in Law
- 2011 - Law faculty of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Master's degree in Law
Languages:
- English
- Lithuanian
- Ukrainian
- Russian
Practice areas
Dispute Resolution
Subsoil Use
Environment
Customs Law, International Trade & WTO
Antitrust and Competition
Project Finance & Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
Restructuring & Insolvency
Real Estate
Finance and Securities
Corporate and M&A
Experience
- International industrial group with head office in US – obtaining antimonopoly clearance for acquisition of shares in a paper production company.
- Ukrainian industrial construction group – obtaining antimonopoly clearance for acquisition of four industrial companies in Ukraine.
- Ukrainian producer of soft drinks – obtaining permit for concerted actions related to omission of competition on the relevant market.
- International glass production group – holding training sessions for top-management on protection of economic competition and developing relevant compliance programs.
- Ukrainian pharmaceutical company – obtaining preliminary decision of Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (“AMCU”) on ban of products sale and compulsion to subtract the goods from circulation due to violation of antitrust regulations.
- One of the largest hotel networks in Ukraine - consulting on issues related to competition law, obtaining recommendations of AMCU on information, which shall be placed on the front of hotels.
- Ukrainian pharmacy network – consulting on antitrust law, obtaining recommendations of AMCU related to the commercial name of the pharmacy network.
- Ukrainian operator of food market – consulting on antitrust regulations, obtaining recommendations of AMCU on proper packaging and information on ingredients
- Ukrainian IT company – challenging discriminatory tender documentation of state enterprise within the state procurement procedure.
- Specialized UN fund – consulting on compliance of tender documentation with effective legislation.
- Ukrainian road construction company - challenging a competitor’s tender offer within the state procurement procedure.
- Ukrainian manufacturer of plastics - representing the interests of a Ukrainian manufacturer in a special investigation regarding the imports of gas-filled plastics to Ukraine, regardless of the country of origin.
- Ukrainian manufacturer of ferrosilicon - representing the interests of a Ukrainian manufacturer in the anti-dumping investigation of the European Commission in relation to imports of ferrosilicon of Ukrainian and Egyptian origin to the European Union
- Major Russian manufacturer of fertilizers - representing the interests of a Russian chemical industry enterprise in an anti-dumping investigation into the import of certain types of fertilizers of Russian origin to Ukraine
- Lithuanian manufacturer of chemical fertilizers - representing the interests of a Lithuanian chemical industry enterprise in a special investigation into the import of certain nitrogen fertilizers to Ukraine.
- Ukrainian banks / Corporate debtors – representing interests of the client during debt collection via foreclosure and in cases related to termination of loan security.
- Ukrainian companies from banking, manufacturing, telecommunication, automotive and other industries – representing clients (debtors or creditors) in a number of bankruptcy cases; challenging agreements concluded by the debtor and one of the creditors within the bankruptcy proceedings.
- Large grain corporation – defending client’s interests in the dispute with the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine related to violation of antitrust regulations (abuse of monopoly position).
- Food producer – challenging the registration actions of the notary related to registration of title to integral property complex.
- Ukrainian IT company – challenging the decision of permanent commission of Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on claims related to state procurements.
- Producer of pharmaceuticals – representing the client in dispute related to recognition of information shared in media as false.
