In collaboration with Ukrainian law firm Arzinger, we recently hosted a webinar on Ukraine's wartime defence-industry boom and the legal framework foreign companies need to navigate in order to do business in it.
The session opened with the current market backdrop - covering Ukraine's naval drone warfare and the losses inflicted on the Black Sea Fleet, the country's Soviet-era industrial base, and the transformation of Ukroboronprom into UDI.
We then explored the shift from a closed $5–6bn market to the world's leading arms importer, the Brave1-driven surge in drones and electronic warfare, and the growth in foreign investment, with over 200 start-ups and $1.5bn raised to date.
Finally, the Arzinger Defence Group walked through the rapidly evolving legal framework and its practical implications, covering merger control and the incoming FDI-screening regime, the temporary MilTech merger exemption, IP and technology licensing, export control, arms procurement and testing, and the preferential regimes available to MilTech companies.
Watch the full webinar recording below.
