On 19 September 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the National Bank of Ukraine adopted Regulation No. 1011, introducing a comprehensive methodology to identify the ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) of legal entities in Ukraine. This significant development aims to enhance transparency and provide detailed guidance on the process of identifying UBOs, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that legal entities in Ukraine are able to correctly identify UBOs within their ownership structure and disclose this information to the competent authorities.
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Olga Gavrylyuk
BrowsingOlga Gavrylyuk is a counsel in the Corporate M&A Practice Group at the Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie. Olga advises clients on general corporate law matters, mergers and acquisitions, and global reorganizations.