Valentyna Hvozd is a partner and co-head of the Competition & Antitrust practice at Sayenko Kharenko, with over 20 years of experience in Ukrainian and EU competition law. She advises leading international and domestic clients on the full spectrum of competition matters, with a particular focus on complex multi-jurisdictional merger control, gun-jumping risk, AMC investigations and enforcement proceedings. Valentyna has represented clients in a number of the most significant and high-profile cases before the AMC, consistently delivering solutions to complex regulatory challenges that require both deep technical expertise and strategic judgment. She is recognised as a leading competition lawyer in Ukraine by Chambers Europe, Legal 500 EMEA, Who’s Who Legal and Ukrainian legal directories.
Publications
Co-author of the Ukraine chapter in the Merger Control Law Guide , published 13 July 2026 , alongside Volodymyr Sayenko and Snizhanna Sheshliuk .