<p><img alt="" src="/images/Karpenko_Margarita_DLA.jpg" style="float:left; height:165px; width:110px" />Co-Managing Partner, Kinstellar, Kyiv, Ukraine</p><p>Voted Best Law Firm Partner at the <em>Yuridicheskaya Practika Weekly's</em> Legal Awards in June 2009, Margarita is a C-o Managing Partner of the Kyiv office of Kinstellar.<br /><br />Prior to joining Kinstellar in 2021, Margarita was a managing partner of DLA Piper.<br /><br />She is an experienced transactional lawyer serving the clients in various sectors of industry, including FMCG, Media, IT, Hospitality Sector, etc. She is also a competent employment lawyer. Prior to joining the Kyiv office, she managed EY Law practice in Ukraine.<br /><br />Margarita completed a Master's in Law at Moscow State University (1991). Since 2000, she is a member of the Kyiv City Bar Association. Margarita is fluent in English, Ukrainian and Russian.<br /><br /><strong>Major transactions and clients</strong></p><ul> <li>Providing legal support to the French <strong>Bel Group</strong> with regard to acquisition of Shostka City Milk Factory, a well-known Ukrainian cheese producer;</li> <li>Providing full legal support to <strong>BBH Holding, a leading beer producer</strong>, in expansion of its business in Ukraine;</li> <li>Acting for <strong>ITE, an international exhibition company</strong>, in the acquisitions in Ukraine;</li> <li>Advising a <strong>major international food manufacturer</strong> on the acquisition of a plant in Ukraine;</li> <li>Acting for an <strong>international glass producer</strong> in its acquisition of a Ukrainian glass factory (full scope legal support);</li> <li>Advising <strong>the leading international malt producer</strong> in the process of purchasing a malthouse in Ukraine;</li> <li>Providing legal support to <strong>Landkom International PLC, a Ukrainian producer of oilseed rape</strong> (raw material for production of biodiesel), with regard to its pre-IPO financing and IPO on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (GBP 54 mln);</li> <li>Providing legal advice to a <strong>global oil and gas exploration and development company</strong> on acquisition of a company in Ukraine, owning license for exploration of oil and gas deposits in Ukraine; also – working on the corporate restructuring of the company, obtaining necessary permits from the regulatory authorities of Ukraine, including the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine;</li> <li>Providing full legal support to the <strong>leading international media group</strong> in its transactions in Ukraine;</li> <li>Providing on-going legal support to <strong>Pfizer, one of the largest international pharmaceutical companies</strong>, with regard to its activity in Ukraine;</li> <li>Providing on-going legal support to <strong>ABC Alliance, wholesale pharmaceutical Ukrainian company</strong> in respect to all their legal issues in Ukraine including transactions;</li> <li>Providing full legal support to <strong>General Electric</strong> in Ukraine;</li> <li>Providing the start up legal support to <strong>Inditex S.A.</strong>, and legal support towards introduction of its key brands in Ukraine (ZARA, Bershka, etc).</li></ul><p><strong>Professional Qualification </strong></p><p>Member of Kyiv City Bar Association</p><p>LINK: <a href="http://www.dlapiper.com/margarita_karpenko/" target="_blank">http://www.dlapiper.com/margarita_karpenko/</a></p>