Larysa Gorbunova is a Senior Associate in the Kyiv office. She focuses on corporate and commercial law, M&A and corporate governance. Her expertise further extends to the Life Sciences and Technology sectors.

Larysa focuses on complex M&A transactions and a wide variety of issues in connection with entering the Ukrainian market. She also provides on-going support to Ukrainian and foreign clients on corporate, commercial and regulatory issues.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

M&A and Corporate

• RHEINMETALL in relation to a joint venture with Ukraine’s state-owned defence industry concern, Ukroboronprom, the first joint venture in the defence sector established in Ukraine with the participation of the state player
• HARMAN INTERNATIONAL, the leading supplier of connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, on the acquisition of Apostera, a Germany-based automotive technology company having R&D center in Ukraine
• ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL in connection with market entry and expansion, on the establishment of an LLC, a charitable fund, legal advice on business structuring, provision of humanitarian aid, export control and other ongoing issues
• A UKRAINIAN SUBSIDIARY OF A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY on various corporate, employment and regulatory matters, including humanitarian aid, commercial and procurement contracts, etc.
• STIFTUNG OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE (GEORGE SOROS FOUNDATION) on corporate transformation in Ukraine and several other jurisdictions (Moldova, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan); our advice included analysis of the current structure, working on possible options of reorganization from corporate governance perspective, developing the implementation plan and assisting the client with its implementation

EDUCATION

2016: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, Faculty of Law, Specialist degree in law (Honours)

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English