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JANUARY
18,
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Baker & McKenzie announced that it has
successfully acted as Ukrainian law counsel to a leading
international pharmaceutical company in a case against the
Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine regarding cancellation of
the public procurement tender committee decision. The case
was reviewed by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU).
On June 1, 2010, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian
Parliament) has passed the law on public procurement
procedures, which empowers the market players to appeal the
decisions of the tender committees regarding public
procurement to the AMCU. This milestone case sets precedent
on a new development of the Kyiv office's Competition law
and Intellectual Property practice groups.
Commenting on the news, Antonina Yaholnyk, Partner and Head
of the Competition law practice in Ukraine, said: "We are
very pleased to inform about the new developments of our
practice. Such a procedure can be applied as an efficient
alternative tool by any market player involved in the public
procurement proceedings to the traditional court hearing,
being less time and effort consuming. We filed the case a
month ago, and notwithstanding the fact that the defendant
was the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the decision was
issued in favor of the international investor."
The Baker & McKenzie team was led by partner Antonina
Yaholnyk and Ruslan Drobyazko, with significant input of
associates Kateryna Tkachenko and Yulia Kolchenko.
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