Дмитро

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Director of Legal Affairs
Chief Legal Officer – Infrastructure and Investments
GR Manager

Dmytro Kolodiazhnyi
Mob., Messengers: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
E-mail: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
Date of Birth: July 12, 1985
Place of residence: Odesa
Citizenship: Ukraine
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WORK EXPERIENCE

Since 2012 – Head of Infrastructure Practice at the ANK Law Firm

Functions

❖ Full-service legal support of infrastructure projects at the sea ports, in particular:

- joint project by Container Terminal Odesa and Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration on the
extension of container terminal by means of reclamation of an extra territory in the water
area of Odessa Port

- investment project by Kernel Group on the construction of new grain terminal in
Chornomorsk

- investment project by Brooklyn-Kyiv on the construction of grain cargoes handling
complex in Odesa

- participation in tender for concession of Port Kherson

- pilot project on privatization of port infrastructure in Ukraine - privatization of Ust-Dunaysk
Port by Elixir Ukraine (VIMEXIM Group)

etc.

❖ Representation of the port operators’ business interests in government relations, in particular:

- participation in the activities of Infrastructure Committee of American Chamber of
Commerce Ukraine and Logistics Committee of European Business Association

- creation and full-scale support of the Association of Odesa Sea Port Stevedoring
Companies, development of strategic plans and tactical tasks, coordinating the dialog
between the members, conducting meetings and negotiations in various formats

- communication with Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine
(including Recovery and Reform Support Team (RST) and Public-Private Partnership
Management Office "SPILNO"), Ministry of Economy, State Property Fund, Parliamentary
Committees and other state authorities related to maritime sector etc.

- participation in the proceedings of Odessa Sea Port Council, including the decision-
making and enforcement procedures

- monitoring, analysis and also generating drafts of legal acts, preparing conclusions and
proposals with respective argumentation, their further multi-level promotion and

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 presentation (in particular, on the issues of public-private partnership and concession,
privatization, state property lease, legal regulation of business activity at sea ports etc.)

❖ Full-scale legal support of:

- stevedoring companies business activity at sea ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk, Pivdennyi,
Mykolaiv, Reni, Ust-Dunaisk

- operational activity of different types of medium and large business companies (shopping
malls, forwarding companies etc.)

- strategic business deals (including pre-concluding negotiations and fulfilment)

❖ Drafting the legal part of technical and economic feasibility for concession projects

❖ Advocating in courts of all instances

❖ Due diligence audit

❖ Managing the infrastructure practice at the law firm (task allocation and control)

2008 - 2012 – Attorney-at-Law at the Maritime Law Practice at the ANK Law Firm

Functions

❖ Full-service legal support of:

- business activity of international ship agents, large forwarding companies, shipowners
etc.

- disputes regarding carriage of goods by sea etc.

2007 - 2008 – assistant to a private attorney-at-law

2007 - legal adviser at the Concern Galnaftogaz (OKKO gas station network)

2006 – officer at the International Cooperation Division of the State Nuclear Regulatory
Committee of Ukraine

EDUCATION

2007 – Master of Laws with honours at Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym
Hetman

2006 - Bachelor of Laws with honours at Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym
Hetman

CERTIFICATES AND ADDITIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Attorney-at-law Certificate (2011)

2018, 2019 and 2021 – listed in the "Client's Choice. TOP-100 Lawyers of Ukraine" by
“Yurydychna Gazeta” in the area "Construction and Real Estate"

LANGUAGES

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Ukrainian (native-speaker), Russian (native-speaker), English (upper intermediate) (B2).

SKILLS AND COMPETENCE

Analytical systemic mind
Highly responsible
Ability to manage the work of team
Effective completion of tasks in strictly limited terms and other stress conditions
Finding creative solutions in extraordinary situations
Focusing on constructive conflict settlement

RECOMMENDATIONS

Daria Sichkar
Logistics Committee Manager at European Business Association
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Yana Hrytsenko
Head of areas «Infrastructure», «Safety and Defence» at American Chamber of Commerce
Ukraine
Mob.: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
e-mail: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)

Taras Boichuk
Head of Public-Private Partnership Management Office "SPILNO"
Mob.: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)

MARITAL STATUS

married, three children

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