We are pleased to announce that Kateryna Chechulina, Counsel in CMS Kyiv Banking & Finance practice, has become an English law qualified solicitor. Kateryna has extensive experience in international banking and finance, capital markets and restructuring and leads high profile multi-jurisdictional deals in CEE & Central Asia region.

Vitaliy Radchenko, Managing Partner of the CMS Kyiv office commented: “I wish to congratulate Kateryna on achieving her English law qualification. It was a huge undertaking in very challenging circumstances. Kateryna’s qualification will further strengthen our offering to clients and solidify our market standing as a transactional powerhouse, with the ability to advise on significant multijurisdictional deals in CEE and beyond.”

Kateryna Chechulina commented: “I am very excited to have gained English law qualification and very grateful for the support I have received from the team along the way. This is an important and valuable addition to my knowledge and experience I have gained working on cross-border deals for many years, which I am happy to further support our clients with.”

                                        
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The CMS Kyiv team continues to support clients through the firm’s operational hubs in Budapest and across Ukraine. CMS has created a hub in Budapest for the firm’s Kyiv colleagues to remain in the region, close to family, friends, and each other, and to enable the firm to maximise the support it can offer. A small CMS community in the southwest of Ukraine has also been established.

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