Biography: Project Finance

Oleksandr Kurdydyk, partner, heads the finance and projects practice in the Kiev office of DLA Piper. He has over 15 years' experience of advising on legal, tax and business matters. Oleksandr focuses on corporate and banking law and advises on the structuring of mergers and acquisitions in the finance sector, debt finance, currency derivatives, securitisation, project finance, infrastructure and PPP sectors. He also has significant industry experience in the energy, transport and telecommunications sectors.

After working for several Ukrainian banks in late 1990s, Oleksandr joined the legal team of Arthur Andersen, and subsequently Ernst & Young, where he was elevated to the position of manager at EY Law, the legal division of Ernst & Young. In 2005 he joined DLA Piper in Ukraine and became partner in 2007. Since then he has significantly developed the Kiev-based practice, now comprising of 10 lawyers handling major projects, and is ranked in top tier for banking and finance by major international and local ratings agencies.

Recently, Oleksandr advised a group of international banks on their project financing for retail centre development in Ukraine. He also advised EBRD on project financing of several agricultural projects. Currently he is engaged in a number of renewable energy projects with participation of major IFIs and private equity funds.

Oleksandr graduated from the Lviv National University in 1996. He became a certified attorney at law in 2000.