"Sayenko Kharenko Advises IFC on €100 Million Risk-Sharing Facility with PrivatBank to Boost MSME Lending in Ukraine"

"Sayenko Kharenko has advised the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on a risk-sharing facility with PrivatBank, Ukraine's largest bank. The facility involves the IFC sharing 50% of the risk on a EUR 100 million portfolio aimed at expanding lending to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in agribusiness, manufacturing, and logistics. It includes incentives to increase lending to women-owned MSMEs, which are expected to make up about 35% of the portfolio, and is supported by France and the Netherlands through the IFC’s Economic Resilience Action Program for Ukraine. The advisory team included Partner Igor Lozenko and Senior Associate Oles Trachuk."