Asters acts as a legal counsel to Ukrainian agribusiness firm Agrosem Group in connection with a EUR 9.6 million financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The loan will be used to expand a rail terminal near the Ukrainian-Polish border, develop a grain transhipment complex and container storage facility with throughput capacity of over 400,000 tonnes per year. These initiatives will help to improve the transport connection between Ukraine and the EU countries and develop alternative export routes that were significantly disrupted due to the Russian full-scale invasion.
Asters’ Banking and Finance team that advised on the project consisted of Partner Roman Stepanenko and Senior Associate Oleksii Latsko.
Agrosem Group is one of the top five distributors of fertilisers, agricultural machinery and inputs in Ukraine. It is also involved in farming and agricultural commodity trading activities and operates a proprietary rail terminal in Lviv region in western Ukraine.
Asters is the largest full-service law firm in Ukraine with offices in Kyiv, Brussels, London, and Washington, D.C. The firm has access to over 125 jurisdictions through a well-developed network of partner law firms. Asters and its lawyers consistently receive recognition by the leading international rankings, namely Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 EMEA, IFLR1000, GAR1000, GCR100, The Lawyer, Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal.
