Sergiy Glushchenko

Transactional

• Paramount Skydance / Warner Bros. Discovery – Ukrainian merger control advice concerning the approx. USD 110 billion enterprise-value acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery

• AB InBev / SABMiller – Phase II merger proceedings concerning the approx. USD 106 billion acquisition of SABMiller
• Disney / 21st Century Fox – Phase II merger proceedings concerning Disney’s approx. USD 71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets
• Microsoft / Activision Blizzard – merger control advice concerning the USD 68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard
• Actavis / Allergan – merger control advice concerning the approx. USD 66 billion acquisition of Allergan
• PSA / Fiat Chrysler Automobiles – representation of Groupe PSA in Phase II merger proceedings concerning the approx. USD 50 billion combination that created Stellantis
• ChemChina / Syngenta – Phase II merger proceedings concerning ChemChina’s more than USD 43 billion acquisition of Syngenta
• WarnerMedia / Discovery – merger control advice concerning the approx. USD 43 billion combination of WarnerMedia and Discovery
• AerCap / GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) – merger control advice concerning the approx. USD 30 billion acquisition of GECAS
• London Stock Exchange Group / Refinitiv – merger control advice concerning the approx. USD 27 billion acquisition of Refinitiv
• Thermo Fisher Scientific / PPD – merger control advice concerning the USD 17.4 billion acquisition of PPD
• ZF Friedrichshafen / TRW Automotive – merger control advice concerning the approx. USD 12.4 billion acquisition of TRW Automotive
• GE Transportation / Wabtec – merger control advice concerning the approx. USD 11 billion combination of GE Transportation and Wabtec
• Disney / Reliance / Viacom18 – merger control advice concerning the approx. USD 8.5 billion media joint venture combining the businesses of Viacom18 and Star India
• Elanco / Bayer Animal Health – merger control advice concerning Elanco’s USD 7.6 billion acquisition of Bayer Animal Health
• Brookfield / Westinghouse Electric – merger control advice concerning the acquisition of Westinghouse Electric
• Booking Holdings / Etraveli Group – merger control advice concerning Booking Holdings’ proposed approx. EUR 1.63 billion acquisition of the global flight-booking provider
• MHP / Grupo UVESA – representation of MHP in connection with its acquisition of Grupo UVESA, one of Spain’s leading vertically integrated poultry and pork producers
• Anadolu Efes / AB InBev – Phase II merger proceedings concerning the combination of the parties’ Ukrainian beer businesses
• Mars / P&G – Phase II merger proceedings concerning Mars’ USD 2.9 billion acquisition of a part of P&G’s pet-food business.
• P&G / Unilever – Phase II merger proceedings concerning Unilever’s acquisition of the Camay brand globally and certain Zest businesses.
• Carlsberg / Molson Coors – Phase II antitrust clearance proceedings in relation to licensing and distribution arrangements between the parties
• complex joint ventures and strategic investments involving Stellantis/CATL, Aptiv/Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz/Automotive Cells Company, AGCO/Trimble, Delta/Air France-KLM/Virgin Atlantic, EDF/GE, Eni/Petronas and other international businesses
• major private equity and institutional investors, including KKR, Brookfield, GIC, Blackstone, Advent, Cinven, CVC and CPPIB – acquisitions, joint ventures, questions of control and merger filing requirements

Non-Transactional Competition and Investigations

• MHP – an abuse-of-dominance investigation, gun-jumping proceedings, and advising on competition compliance, pricing, franchising, commercial cooperation and trade policies
• Philip Morris – AMC investigations and distribution arrangements
• Toyota – competition and consumer-protection aspects of its Ukrainian operations, including distribution arrangements, information exchange, dealer financing and aftermarket issues
• L'Oréal – distribution, e-commerce, commercial policies, information exchange and interactions with the AMC
• METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine – litigation challenging an AMC cartel decision
• Veolia – an AMC bid-rigging investigation
• Bayer – an AMC competition investigation
• Amazon Web Services, Glovo, BlaBlaCar and Samsung – various aspects of competition law
• GSK and other international pharmaceutical companies – competition investigations, distribution, pricing, rebates, public procurement and other commercial practices
• Nova Post – competition compliance and commercial cooperation, including in relation to arrangements with digital-platform businesses
• Loro Piana, Kinnarps, TTI and Milbon – distribution policy advice

State Aid 

• Vinnytsia City Council – litigation concerning Ukraine's first state aid recovery decision
• Philip Morris – defending against a competitor's complaint alleging unlawful state aid
• a global IT company – state aid aspects of incentive programmes for the IT sector in Ukraine and Montenegro
• state aid aspects of financing arrangements involving international financial institutions and Ukrainian banks
• private-sector and public-sector clients – the structuring and assessment of state support measures under Ukrainian competition rules
• EU integration and legislative approximation

Other Relevant Experience

• as a Certified Fraud Examiner, advising Ukrainian and international clients on internal investigations involving suspected fraud, corruption, conflicts of interest and other corporate misconduct, as well as related compliance and regulatory risks.
• providing pro bono assistance to the Ukrainian Government on aligning Ukrainian legislation with EU law, with a particular focus on competition and digital regulation, including the EU Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act.