Our Mergers and Acquisitions practice is at the core of the firm’s Corporate practice. We represent buyers and sellers in the negotiation of mergers, stock and asset acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, tender offers and other transactions involving changes in corporate control. We also advise special committees of boards of directors in doing private transactions.

The firm has substantial experience assisting clients in acquiring and disposing of distressed businesses undergoing insolvency proceedings.

Our clients are major international and domestic firms, corporate concerns and financial institutions. We counsel our clients in many industries – banking, insurance, manufacturing, technology, software, consumer products, media.

ETERNA LAW brings together a unique blend of professionals from such areas as tax, securities, antitrust, real estate, bankruptcy, employee benefits and environmental regulation. The firm’s practice utilizes the talents of lawyers throughout the firm to meet the needs of its clients promptly.

Through a number of innovative structures, our team continues to make a significant contribution to several key areas of M&A process and many of the transactions that we have helped to structure have now become market benchmarks.

The firm`s Corporate and M&A practice received number of recognitions from international and local directories, including:

• Oleh Malskyy – honorably inducted into Hall of Fame in Commercial, Сorporate and M&A by Тhe Legal 500 EMEA 2022-2024;
• Recommended in Commercial, Сorporate and M&A by the Legal 500 EMEA 2022-2024;
• Oleh Malskyy, is ranked as a Leading Lawyer – ”Highly regarded” by IFLR1000 2023 in the “M&A” category;
• Oleh Malskyy one of the leaders in the field of M&A and Governance by Who’s Who Legal (WWL) 2023;
• Oleh Malskyy – listed among TOP-100 best lawyers in Ukraine. (Client choice-2023);
• Oleh Malskyy – Best Lawyer 2023: M&A (Ukrainian Advocates’ Association;
• ETERNA LAW has been recognized in the practice Сorporate and M&A according to the rating of the All-Ukrainian research program “50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine 2023”;
• Leading Firm – Corporate law, M&A by Market Leaders: Ranking of Law Firms of Ukraine 2023;
• ETERNA LAW has been recognized in the practice Сorporate and M&A according to the rating of the All-Ukrainian research program “50 Leading Law Firms of Ukraine 2022”;
• Oleh Malsky recommends in M&A by IFLR1000 2022;
• Oleh Malskyy is recognised in Competition/Antitrust, Corporate and M&A by Best Lawyers 2022 in Ukraine;
• Oleh Malskyy and Artem Kuzmenko is recommended in Commercial, corporate and M&A by The Legal 500 EMEA 2021;
• Oleh Malskyy honorably inducted into Hall of Fame in Commercial, corporate and M&A by The Legal 500 EMEA 2021;
• Artem Kuzmenko – mentioned in Corporate and M&A, IT by Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook For Foreign Clients 2020;
• Oleh Malskyy – notable practitioner in Corporate and M&A by Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook For Foreign Clients 2020.