Oksana

Oksana Kravchenko
SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL | HEAD OF LEGAL | COMPLIANCE OFFICER | DEPUTY CEO

10+ years of experience
remote worldwide / Kyiv, Ukraine
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Education
2020 – 2024 National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (Ukraine)
PhD in Law
2013 – 2014 Queen Mary University of London (UK)
LLM in Commercial and Corporate Law
2011 – 2013 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine)
LLM in Law
2007 – 2011 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine)
LLB in Law (with honors)
Legal work experience
16.03.2020 – 31.05.2022 Arricano Real Estate - Associate dealing with non-residents (Ukraine)

• Corporate:
✓ Legal and advisory support, participation during meetings of the Board or Directors and Meetings of Shareholders
✓ Draft corporate documents (agenda, resolutions, minutes, extracts therefrom, PoAs etc.) in English, Ukrainian and
Russian languages
✓ Advise on various corporate matters, restrictions and requirements applicable to the Group Companies under
existing laws and in accordance with existing contractual obligations
✓ Legal and advisory support during changes in corporate structure of the Group
✓ Liaise with corporate secretaries, advisors and counterparties (Cyprus, BVI, Isle of Man, UK and Estonia)
✓ Conduct legal and advisory support during change of UBO
✓ Communication with management and shareholders at all levels of seniority
✓ Legal support of changes in Group’s management team structure (draft letters of appointment, amendments
thereto, consent letters to act as a director, resignation letters, amendments to contracts of employment etc.)

• Compliance & Polices:
✓ Legal research, monitor legal updates, advise on changes to the applicable laws or upcoming changes and new
laws that will be applicable to the Group or the Group Companies
✓ Ensure completion of Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), establish and maintain insider list
✓ Draft, implement and apply Group policies, practices, and procedures, evaluation of necessity to adopt
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices and policy
✓ Ensure accuracy of information on Group’s official web site, pay attention to substance and other legal
requirements
✓ Assist in AML compliance, filling AML forms for the Group Companies, monitor if Group Companies subject to
international and/or national sanctions
✓ Manage legal support of KYC procedures, in-depth interaction with Treasury Department while identification of
Group Companies, analyse legislation regarding Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
✓ Ensure adherence to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) Rules for Companies (publish Regulatory News
Service (RNS) when needed, draft statement of compliance with Quoted Companies Alliance’s Corporate
Governance Code (QCA Code) etc.), communication with Nominated Adviser
✓ Ensure compliance with Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules
✓ Provide due diligence of counterparties

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 ✓ Ensure adherence to GDPR

• Banks & Finance:
✓ Open bank accounts in European jurisdictions
✓ Legal support during auditing and issuing of IFRS FS of the Group and Group Companies
✓ Draft, review and negotiate financing transaction documents, including security documents (guarantee, mortgage,
pledge of shares, blocking, pledge of property rights, subordination agreements)
✓ Communication with the bank’s representatives, draft and submit notices and requests connected with loans
transaction documentation
✓ Evaluate and implement internal reporting system for compliance with banks covenants, coordinate the preparation
and filing of reports by Legal, Finance, Treasury and Retail Space Departments
✓ Draft, review and negotiate intragroup financing, insurance with involvement of non-residents

• Agreements & Transactions:
✓ Draft various legal documents (agreements, contracts, service agreements, NDAs), implement feedback as needed
✓ Participation and work on the structuring deals and transactions
✓ Assessment, evaluation and eliminating business risks
01.05.2016 – 06.03.2020 Asters Law Firm - Associate (Ukraine)

• Work in the Dispute Resolution, Tax and Regulatory Practice Group with focus on dispute resolution and foreign
investments matters
• Advise clients on different matters of representation in court actions and enforcement proceedings including various
issues of international law
• Represent clients in commercial, civil, criminal and administrative courts of various levels, including the Supreme
Court
• Advise clients on complex corporate, international trade, and specific commercial issues
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Draft PoAs, agreements, Attorney-at-Law requests; revise and amend contracts, claims, motions, prepare opinions,
memorandums on various legal issues
• Advise, inter alia:
✓ one of the largest financial institutions in the country on the issues of Ukrainian law and factual developments in
the matter concerning restoration of Crimea-related assets rights and interests through an international investment
protection mechanism and recovery of over USD 1 billion in compensation for its losses in Crimea
✓ one of the leading international motor vehicle group on matter of mobilization of employees and seizer of vehicles
of a Ukrainian subsidiary
✓ a lead counsel acting for the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, in connection with its landmark dispute in the High
Court of Justice in London commenced by the Trustee, The Law Debenture Trust Corporation, against Ukraine
regarding its alleged debt under 3 billion USD bonds purportedly issued by Ukraine in 2013 and 100% taken up
by the Russian Federation, and assisting in Ukraine's appeal against the summary judgment of the High Court in
these proceedings.
✓ an international self-service wholesaler in connection of challenge the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine
landmark decisions on retail cartel
✓ a global manufacturer of household cleaning supplies and other consumer chemicals on various issues of
corporate, commercial, customs, labour and employment law
✓ an international IT and telecommunication group in connection with appeal of the Antimonopoly Committee of
Ukraine decision. The project concerned public procurement procedures
✓ a private company with international investments in dispute with state entities regarding termination of joint
venture agreement, repayment of part in joint venture and compensation of losses. Matter value: USD 590 million
✓ Korean private company in commercial dispute regarding recovery of debt from Ukrainian company, the largest
Ukrainian manufacturer and supplier of constructional materials
✓ Japanese private company in commercial dispute with Ukrainian bank regarding failure of the latter to perform
its monetary obligations under the Letter of Credit
✓ a leading global fixed-satellite operator, in a dispute regarding unilateral termination of satellite service capacity
agreements by nine Ukrainian TV channels, as well as on various contract, financial, regulatory and telecom law
issues pertaining to provision of satellite service capacity to Ukrainian customers (TV channels)
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 ✓ an international airline on various commercial and administrative law matters in connection with business
activities of a Ukrainian subsidiary
✓ a leading chemical producer on legal issues relating to the disputes with a Ukrainian state-owned transportation
company pertaining to ammonia transportation
✓ a leading Ukrainian bank in dispute on recovery of multimillion bad debts. The project foresees also defending
the client interest in court proceedings initiated by the debtor on nullification of loan and pledge agreements and
representing the client interests in criminal proceedings against the debtor
✓ one of the world's largest brewers, on a wide spectrum of Ukrainian corporate law issues and corporate governance
matters, including those relating to establishment and operation of a Ukrainian subsidiary
16.02.2015 – 30.04.2016 Asters Law Firm - Legal Assistant (Ukraine)

• Work in the Dispute Resolution, Tax and Regulatory Practice Group with focus on dispute resolution and foreign
investments matters
• Advise clients on complex domestic and multi-jurisdictional disputes, including commercial, civil, labour, family,
civil, administrative disputes
• Assist with collation, review and analysis of evidence and supplementing documents
02.11.2010 – 13.02.2015 Antika Law Firm - Legal Assistant (Ukraine)

• Draft legal documents
• Assist and advise clients on negotiation and structuring the deals mostly in area of civil law
• Assist in litigation document review
01.06.2009 – 01.11.2010 Salkom Law Firm - Legal Assistant (Ukraine)

• Review legal documents mostly in area of civil law
• Analyse changes in Ukrainian legislation and investigation of legal practice
• Translate documents from Ukrainian or Russian to English and vice versa
• Set up client’s files; take notes at client interviews for use in casework, as well as taking instructions from clients
10.11.2014 – 28.11.2014 Eversheds Law Firm – Intern (UK)

• Work at corporate, commercial and litigation departments
• Review legal documents such as a corporate bulletin, a referral agreement
• Prepare a CD Bible for project for an international firm, drafting letters for the clients
• Make different types of research for Associates related to current cases
• Attend litigation training and High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Courses
09.07.2012 – 03.08.2012 International Business Communications for Law, MLS International College,
Bournemouth (UK)
17.08.2009 – 04.09.2009 Legal English course at Girton College, Cambridge (UK)
Licenses
14.07.2017 Attorney-at-Law License, admitted to the bar (Ukraine)
Membership and activities
• Ukrainian Bar Association
• Ukrainian National Bar Association
• Former co-reporter on behalf of Ukraine for KluwerArbitration.com
Skills
• Languages: English (fluent), Ukrainian (native), Russian (fluent)
• Relevant computer skills: MS Office, Hummingbird DM, Eldoc, BAS, expert user of internet search engines and legal
databases such as LexisNexis, Westlaw, LigaZakon

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