Asters Advises Swedbank on Registration of the First Banking Holding Group in Ukraine

Asters has acted as a Ukrainian counsel to Swedbank AB in connection with establishing by its Ukrainian subsidiaries OJSC Swedbank (formerly TAS-Kommerzbank) and CJSC Swedbank Invest (formerly TAS-Investbank) of the first Ukrainian banking holding group Swedbank Finance.

Asters’ team assisting Swedbank in drafting and negotiating all necessary documents, obtaining regulatory approvals and registration of Swedbank Finance with the National Bank of Ukraine, was led by partners Svitlana Poroschuk and Armen Khachaturyan and included associates Yevgen Porada, Yuriy Pavlyshynets and senior associate Leonid Antonenko. The merger clearance was handled by associate Tetyana Buchko supervised by partner Igor Svechkar.