CMS Cameron McKenna assists Wizz Air to take off in Ukraine28 July 2008. CMS Cameron McKenna has acted as special Ukrainian law legal counsel to Wizz Air Ukraine Airlines LLC in its efforts to secure delivery of the low cost airline’s first aircraft. CMS Cameron McKenna started working with Wizz Air on the transaction at the end of April this year, successfully working toward the first flight which took place on 11 July. CMS Cameron McKenna advised Wizz Air with respect to the sub-lease of an Airbus A320-200 aircraft into Ukraine. On 27 June the transaction was successfully closed and the aircraft was delivered to Ukraine. Passengers can now benefit from affordable domestic flights. International flights are planned as soon as the route designations are secured as soon as this fall. The transaction was led by Olexander Martinenko, Kyiv Senior Partner and Head of Commercial and assisted by lawyers Yevheniya Paliy and Yaroslav Petrov. CMS Cameron McKenna opened in Kyiv in September 2007 and was the first UK-headquartered law firm to open in Ukraine. The office comprises five partners and more than 35 lawyers, and has already undertaken extensive work for clients such as HypoReal, Eurohypo and West LB. For more information, please contact: Olexander Martinenko • CMS is the organisation of independent European law and tax firms of choice for organisations based in, or looking to move into, Europe. CMS provides a deep local understanding of legal, tax and business issues and delivers client-focused services through a joint strategy executed locally across 28 jurisdictions with 56 offices in Western and Central Europe and beyond. CMS was established in 1999 and today comprises nine CMS firms, employing over 2,200 lawyers and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. www.cmslegal.com • CMS nine member firms are: CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni (Italy); CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo (Spain); CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre (France); CMS Cameron McKenna LLP (UK); CMS DeBacker (Belgium); CMS Derks Star Busmann (Netherlands); CMS von Erlach Henrici (Switzerland); CMS Hasche Sigle (Germany); and CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz (Austria). • CMS Cameron McKenna LLP is a leading European law firm advising businesses, financial institutions, public sector bodies and governments. It is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales. www.cms-cmck.com • The members of CMS are in association with The Levant Lawyers with offices in Beirut, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Kuwait |
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