THE FIRM
Built for transactions that others cannot close.
ESTABLISHED 2026
Northline Counsel is an independent advisory firm positioned at the intersection of regulated industrial sectors, cross-border capital deployment, and transitioning economies. We advise where conventional counsel cannot engage — where regulatory complexity, jurisdictional reach, and sector depth must be brought together in a single team.
- Three offices
- Four jurisdictions
- One practice
- Reconstruction depth
- Cross-border execution
- Institutional standards
SECTORS
The industrial sectors that will define the next decade.
We advise across six sectors where regulatory depth, cross-border structuring, and operational understanding determine whether transactions close.
Industrial Manufacturing
Specialty chemicals, coatings, precision engineering, and materials processing. Growth, acquisition, and modernization capital for European industrial capacity.
Explore02Strategic Infrastructure & Energy
Energy systems, transport networks, logistics, and production facilities. Project finance and PPP structuring for transitioning economies.
Explore03Critical Materials & Supply Chains
Industrial minerals, rare earth elements, specialty chemicals, and high-purity substrates. Upstream capacity across complex regulatory jurisdictions.
Explore04Ukraine Reconstruction
Industrial integration, infrastructure rebuild, and supply-chain alignment with Western partners. Reconstruction-finance frameworks, public procurement, and sovereign structuring.
ExplorePRACTICE
Five capabilities. Integrated delivery. One firm.
Our practice is organized around the operational disciplines that cross-border industrial transactions require. Not rebranded generalist work — purpose-built specialization.
- 01Cross-Border Investment StructuringFund structures, holding vehicles, and capital deployment into CEE industrial targets.
- 02Regulatory & Export ControlsEU dual-use, FDI screening, sanctions compliance, and cross-border regulatory architecture.
- 03M&A and Greenfield EstablishmentIndustrial acquisitions, joint ventures, and greenfield facility establishment in Ukraine and Central Europe.
- 04Infrastructure & Project FinancePPP structures, DFI co-financing, and infrastructure transactions aligned with EU and bilateral frameworks.
- 05Critical Materials & Resource TransactionsMining licensing, offtake structures, processing JVs, and critical-materials supply-chain transactions.
INSIGHTS
Analysis from the industrial frontier.
The EU Critical Raw Materials Act: What It Means for Ukrainian Mining Projects
The 2024 Act designates 34 materials as strategic. Ukraine holds commercially viable reserves in six of them — but the regulatory architecture is being constructed in real time.
N. BIELUT08.04.2026 RECONSTRUCTIONProject Finance in Post-Conflict Economies: Lessons from Iraq and Ukraine
Capital structures and sovereign-risk allocation patterns that transfer across post-conflict jurisdictions, and the structural lessons that did not.
P. JANNUZZO02.04.2026 RECONSTRUCTIONPublic-Private Partnership Structures Under the USURIF Framework
How the Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Framework integrates with EU reconstruction mechanisms, and the PPP design questions that determine bankability.
M. KOVALENKO