Sayenko Kharenko has acted as legal counsel to the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD), a non-profit scientific organisation dedicated to collecting, editing, publishing, and distributing powder diffraction data for the identification of materials, on the acquisition of SCC “Structure-Properties”, a Lviv-based company that has been working on collecting powder diffraction data for more than 30 years.
The transaction was completed in August 2025. Sayenko Kharenko provided comprehensive buy-side legal support, including legal due and tax diligence, drafting and negotiating the transaction documents, as well as signing and closing assistance.
“On behalf of ICDD, I express my appreciation and gratitude to Sayenko Kharenko for their legal support throughout the transaction. Their commitment to ensuring that every part of the deal was executed efficiently and effectively contributed significantly to the timely and successful completion of this transaction,” comments Thomas Blanton, Executive Director of ICDD.
Sayenko Kharenko’s transactional team was led by counsel Mykhailo Grynyshyn and included associate Marian Mokryk and junior associate Vladyslav Novitskyi, with assistance from associate Vladyslava Burbeza on tax matters and associate Ihor Korohod on IP matters. Sayenko Kharenko worked closely with ICDD’s USA counsel, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, led by Walter Mostek and Sabra Drummond.
