Kinstellar offers one of the strongest Infrastructure & Construction sector teams in Central and Eastern Europe. We have handled major infrastructure and PPP projects across many of our jurisdictions, including Ukraine.

We advised QTERMINALS on the largest port concession project in Ukraine – the Black Sea Port of Olvia. We are advising AUTOMAHISTRAL-PIVDEN on the preparation of the a pioneering road concession project, namely Krakivets-Lviv-Brody-Rivne (worth approx. EUR 2.5 billion). Our other infrastructure clients include ACWA Power, Cargill, Citibank, Dreyfus Ukraine, DAY JV, FCC, HAVI Logistics Business Services GmbH, Hutchison Ports, Hyundai E&C, LIMAK,Louis Bouygues, Meridiam, , Metrostav, OMERS, and Vinci Grand Projets.

We advise all stakeholders – international financial institutions (IFIs), multilateral organisations, Ukrainian official bodies, insurers, infrastructure developers and operators – to help the private sector to play a leading role in transforming and rebuilding the country.

The estimated cost of rebuilding Ukraine’s infrastructure is presently calculated at USD 523 billion. Reconstruction and recovery needs are the highest in the housing sector (almost USD 84 billion), transport infrastructure (USD 78 billion), energy infrastructure (USD 68 billion), education (USD 33 billion) and healthcare (USD 19 billion).

Since 2022, 19 airports and civilian airfields, 126 railway stations, 25,400 km of roads, and 344 bridges or crossings have been damaged as a result of Russia’s agreession against Ukraine.

This, however, presents a major opportunity for companies in construction, logistics, and transport to invest and form strategic partnerships.

As Ukraine accelerates plans for its post-war reconstruction (a massive undertaking), we are committed to ensuring legal clarity, minimizing risk, and enabling secure, transparent transactions for sustainable investments.

Our team recently exclusively authored the Ukraine edition of the Panoramic: Construction Guide 2025 on Lexology. We cover key construction-related matters, which include cross-border construction project structuring, regulatory and licensing matters, construction contracts – including FIDIC based contracts – EPC, EPCM and EPCF contracts, competition protections, bribery reporting, compliance, contractual matrix of international projects, payment methods, payment rights, “pay if paid” and “pay when paid”, public procurements and contracting with government entities.

The infrastructure sector in Ukraine is primed for significant growth in the coming years and our team is well positioned to support client needs in managing legal and regulatory challenges in the reconstruction of Ukraine.

Oleg Matiusha is a Partner at Kinstellar’s Kyiv office.

With over 20 years of legal experience, Oleg is considered one of the top lawyers in Ukraine in relation to infrastructure and construction matters. He also has more that 20 years of experience in real estate, land, construction and regulatory matters, infrastructure, PPP and concessions, including substantial in-house and legislation drafting experience.

Oleg provides full legal assistance for foreign investments into Ukrainian real estate and infrastructure, conducts regulatory and institutional framework analyses, along with corporate and real estate due diligence in order to identify regulatory gaps and recommend ways to improve applicable legal frameworks. He is experienced in structuring complex infrastructure, concession construction projects, real estate deals, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, complex analyses of reform-centred legislation, with significant legislative as well as GR experience.

Most recently, Oleg has been ranked as Next Generation Partner for Real Estate and Construction in Ukraine in the 2025 edition of Legal 500. Additionally, Ukrainian Law Firms 2023-2024 – A Handbook for Foreign Clients recognised the Infrastructure practice led by Oleg Matiusha as being among the leading law firms in Ukraine in 2024 and ranked him as Leading Individual in Real Estate, Construction and Land, as well as a Notable Practitioner in Infrastructure.