CMBS Partners

CEO

Iaroslav V. Cheker

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner

Seasoned legal executive with extensive expertise in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, energy, and land law. Advises on complex transactions, due diligence processes, regulatory compliance, investment structuring, and strategic dispute resolution, providing commercially driven and risk-focused legal leadership.

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Iaroslav V. Cheker

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner

Personal Experience & Biography

He has extensive experience in the fields of corporate law, and corporate governance, contractual arrangements, energy & natural resources, land & agricultural law. Iaroslav’s area of ​​competence encompasses all legal aspects of M&A transactions (legal due diligence, share or asset purchase agreements (SPA/APA), corporate agreements, project financing, etc.), inbound and outbound investments (planning, consulting and structuring, regulatory matters, mechanisms for bringing in investments and profit repatriation, judicial protection, etc.) as well as business restructuring and litigation.

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Iaroslav’s experience

Prior to joining CMBS Partners, he was Counsel at a Big Four company, where he practiced corporate law and M&A and worked in the energy & natural resources industry, later Partner at one of the top law firms in Ukraine and finally Head of Legal at UAE-based investment company.

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Public activity

Iaroslav is an author of more than sixty articles on corporate law, energy, investment, etc. He is actively involved in professional and business associations, has assisted in drafting bills and reviews on the wind energy market.