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Senior Legal Counsel - IP &Media Compliance Lead

from 03.2024 to now (2 years 2 months)
Fabiosa Media, Дистанційно (IT)

1. Team & Strategy Leadership: Build and lead a multidisciplinary IP & Compliance team of 5 direct reports (lawyers and compliance/moderation specialists), designing the company's end-to-end IP strategy and governance frameworks.

2. IP Acquisition, Licensing & Commercial Agreements:
- Implement employment IP frameworks with an automated system for recording all IP transferred to the company; draft IP clauses for employment contracts, freelancer agreements, and contractor MSAs.
- Negotiate a comprehensive range of agreements: License, IP Transfer/Assignment, ToS, PP, NDA, SaaS, subscription, prop/location leases, equipment hire, product placement, affiliate, influencer, model releases, and creator page management agreements — across EU (Cyprus, Hungary), UK, US and Ukraine.
- Structure intra-group IP agreements and provide legal support on royalty structures and cross-border taxation implications.

3. Content IP Clearance: Supervise music, image and media asset clearance; develop Fair Use/Public Domain guidelines and internal clearance workflows.

4. IP Protection & Dispute Resolution: Manage copyright enforcement on social media at scale, including takedowns, counter-notices and platform disputes.

5. AI Governance & Legal Technology: Built an AI-powered content moderation tool and an automated AI-vendor vetting bot from scratch; author the company's AI usage policies and governance framework.

6. Trademark Portfolio Management: Manage TM portfolio across US, EU and LatAm (filings, renewals, watching, co-existence, enforcement); resolved a trademark squatting dispute via strategic negotiated buyout.

7. Platform Monetisation & Media Compliance: Oversee content monetisation compliance across Facebook/Meta, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and others; restore demonetised pages through platform appeals; lead branded content compliance including pre-publication review, internal workflows, and dispute handling.

Юрист з інтелектуальної власності

from 06.2020 to 02.2024 (3 years 9 months)
Fabiosa Media, Дистанційно (IT)

- Spearheaded IP asset acquisition and protection strategies across social media platforms.
- Drafted and negotiated licensing agreements, IP assignments, and vendor contracts.
- Managed copyright enforcement, platform disputes, and content takedown processes.
- Ensured IP compliance across content production and intra-group relations.
- Supported media compliance and platform policy alignment across monetisation operations.
- Collaborated closely with content, finance, and operational teams to align legal and business objectives.

Юрист з інтелектуальної власності

from 02.2017 to 06.2020 (3 years 5 months)
IPStyle Patent Law Company, Київ (Консалтинг, бухгалтерія, аудит)

- Provided strategic IP protection consultations for clients across technology and media sectors, advising on infringement prevention, unfair competition, and multi-jurisdictional IP strategies.
- Drafted and negotiated a wide range of IP agreements including licence agreements, IP assignments, NDAs, and compliance documents.
- Independently managed pre-trial and court dispute resolutions in IP matters, engaging with IP offices, courts, and online platforms.
- Authored legal publications and delivered training webinars on IP law topics.

Education

КНУ ім. Тараса Шевченка

Право, Київ
Higher, from 2012 to 2018 (6 years)

Ступінь вищої освіти - магістр
Спеціальність - Право
Спеціалізація - Правова охорона й захист прав інтелектуальної власності

Additional education and certificates

Copyright for Multimedia — Coursera / Duke University, Emory University, University of North Carolina

1 month

Copyright Protection for AI Production: An EU Law Perspective — EUIPO

1 week

Social Media, Bloggers, Influencers and Their IP Implications — EUIPO

1 week

Knowledge and skills

• Здатність до навчання
• Комунікабельність
• Знання законодавства України
• Застосування штучного інтелекту
• Укладання договорів
• Юридичні консультації

Language proficiencies

English — advanced

Additional information

Currently based in Slovakia | Open to Senior Legal Counsel / Head of Legal opportunities across EMEA (remote/hybrid).

Senior Legal Counsel with 9+ years of experience building and leading legal functions at the intersection of intellectual property, digital media, and creative business - including 2+ years leading the IP & Compliance function at a global digital media company reaching 3B+ monthly views.

I approach legal work as a creative business partner - thinking alongside the business, not behind it, to build solutions that are as practical as they are legally robust. The measure of success is not legal perfection in isolation - it is whether the business can actually move forward, protected.