New Head of Department at National Bank of Ukraine

Sayenko Kharenko has announced that Leonid Antonenko, until recently a counsel with the firm, has been appointed head of the Registration and Licensing Department of the National Bank of Ukraine.  Mr. Antonenko has previous experience with Linklaters (in London), and Jackson Walker (USA). He advises on major projects in the banking sector, specifically in corporate/M&A, banking regulation, and securities. Mr. Antonenko advises on major public transactions in the banking sector for transnational banking groups present in Ukraine, including Commerzbank (Germany), Alpha Bank (Greece), BNP Paribas (France). He is a member of the Working Group of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on anti-corruption legislation; a member of the Committee on Corporate Governance, Equity Securities Issue and Turnover and Advisory Board of the Commission on Corporate Governance of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC); and a member of the Council of the Corporate Law and Stock Market Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA).

In moving to the NBU, Antonenko joins a large group of Ukrainian lawyers who have moved from private practice to the public sector in 2014, as Ihor Shevchenko, Oleksiy Filatov, Sergii Koziakov, and Vitalii Kasko were all appointed to high positions with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Presidential Administration, the General Prosecutor's Office, and the judicial system. In addition, Andrii Zhurzhii (Fozzy Group), Viktoria Ptashnyk (Droit Law Firm), and Olena Sotnik (Solodko and Partners) were elected to Parliament. 

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