Mr. Lysenko joined Vasil Kisil & Partners in 1999, he made partner in 2006 and is now chairing firm’s Corporate/M&A, Antitrust & Competition and Banking & Finance practice groups. Denis specializes in mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, capital markets, competition law and privatization matters. Mr. Lysenko served as counsel to the Chairman of the State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets of Ukraine in 2009.

Mr. Lysenko focuses on representing interests of foreign investors (lenders) in cross-border transactions involving Ukrainian assets, as well as of Ukrainian companies seeking access to international capital markets and other corporate finance opportunities or growth through M&A deals, whether domestic or foreign. Over the years Denis has advised on many noteworthy transactions in the banking sector, capital markets, competition compliance and investment programmes, as well as cross-border M&A transactions for Ukrainian and international companies, which brought him recognition of Who's Who Legal: CIS 2011, Best Lawyers, PLC WHICH LAWYER? and IFLR 1000 2011.

The list of Mr. Lysenko representative clients includes the European Commission, Groupe Danone (France), Google (USA), Dell (USA), Hewlett-Packard (USA), Ericsson (Sweden), Eckes-Granini (Germany), Synergy (Russian Federation), Swisscom (Switzerland), Philips (the Netherlands), CME (Bermuda/NASDAQ listed), voestalpinе (Austria), POSCO (South Korea), Energy Standard Group (Cyprus/Ukraine/Russian Federation), Unicredit Group (Austria/Italy), Credit Agricole (France), OTP Group (Hungary), Russian Standard Bank, SEB Group (Sweden), Swedbank (Sweden/Ukraine), Fitch Ratings (UK), Fischer (Austria), Ardagh (the Netherlands), Ramburs Group (Ukraine) and others.

Denis has extensive legal and regulatory expertise in the following business sectors - food products and retail, alcohol and beverages, media and telecommunications, banking and financial services, agriculture, steel, electronics, chemicals, pulp & paper, consumer goods, general industry.

Legal500 praises Denis for his ‘in-depth local knowledge, combined with clarity of advice and business-oriented approach, and good knowledge of the industry and local business environment’.

Based on the Ukrainian survey Client’s Choice 2010 conducted by Yurydychna Gazeta, a Ukrainian legal weekly, Denis Lysenko was named among the Top 100 Lawyers in Ukraine.

The antitrust and competition practice of VKP received market recognition largely due to the remarkable reputation of Denis Lysenko as stated in the Ukrainian Law Firms 2009. A Handbook for Foreign Clients. Mr. Lysenko has been also repeatedly mentioned by "Ukrainian Law Firms" as one of the leading Ukrainian practitioners in privatization, competition law, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance law, commercial and corporate law, investments, securities, insurance, information technologies and communications.

Denis Lysenko is a member of Kyiv City Bar Association, Ukrainian Law Association, and International Bar Association.

He is a popular speaker and presenter on the topics relating to corporate finance, joint ventures, IPO’s, foreign investment regulations, M&A, etc. Denis regularly contributes to leading national and international periodicals, including IFLR, ICLG, Euromoney legal guides.