Тарас

Shevchenko Taras
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10+ years of experience supporting business operations and resolving disputes for leading FMCG, energy,
and e‑commerce/retail companies. Specialize in comprehensive legal support of business processes, supply
chain and procurement, risk mitigation, dispute resolution.

PepsiСo • Developed and implemented sanctions-compliance
(01.2024 – present)Senior Legal Advisor Senior guidance during martial law, including a structured
(07.2022 – 12.2023)Legal Advisor third-party screening procedure and stakeholder
Duties: training.
• Litigation; • Minimized potential penalties in 2022 by over
• Contract work; UAH 50 million through strategic risk-mitigation
• Negotiation with contragents, debitors; measures.
• Legal consultations (Tax, Customs, Labor • Optimized the supply strategy for the agricultural
relations); division, generating approximately USD 1 million in
• Legal supporting manufacturers contractual savings.
• Policy compliance(anti-bribery and anti- • Designed and rolled out internal policies for
corruption) mid-level and C-level management, including a
• Sanctions compliance DICE-based government inspections policy and
sanctions-screening guidelines.
• Prepared legal training materials and delivered
multiple training sessions for operational and
leadership teams.
• International commercial agreements: MSA, SLA,
SaaS, supply, intercompany agreements, NDA.

SOCAR Energy Ukraine (09.2019- 07.2022) • Day-to-day legal support for the fuel retail network,
Senior Legal Advisor including full review and approval of marketing
Duties activities (campaigns, promotions).
• Litigation • Identified, selected and managed external legal
• Support inspections counsel; task execution, deadlines and quality of
• Support marketing activites deliverables.
• Contract work • Coordinated the work of four regional lawyers and
• Negotiation with contragents, debitors, goverment provided strategic guidance on complex legal
• Legal consultations (Tax, Customs, Retail matters.
commerce, Ecommerce, Labor relations) • Provided full legal support to a charitable
• Legal supporting Gas stations. foundation, including corporate, regulatory and
contractual matters.
• Developed and presented the legal defence strategy
in a major tax dispute concerning the “reality of
business operations”; won the case in all three court
instances (UAH 34.4 million).
• Supported appeals against customs refusal cards
related to customs value adjustments and goods
classification.
• Handled bankruptcy proceedings and facilitated the
transfer of debtor’s assets to a secured creditor.
• Managed enforcement proceedings, including
those handled by the State Enforcement Service, and

successfully initiated changes to methods of
enforcement.
• Provided comprehensive legal support on taxation,
customs regulation, retail trade, labour and
competition law.

Rozetka.ua (04.2018 – 08.2019) • Member of the core team that developed the legal
Senior Legal Advisor framework and operational mechanisms for the
Duties company’s marketplace project.
• Litigation; • Corporate work, including company incorporation,
• Support inspections; formation of share capital and its transfer.
• Support marketing activites; • Handled claims related to intellectual property
• Contract work; infringements on the marketplace and conducted
• Negotiation with contragents, debitors, negotiations to minimize operational and legal risks.
goverment; • Provided comprehensive legal support to the
• Legal consultations (Tax, Customs, Retail company on matters of taxation, customs regulation,
commerce, Ecommerce, Labor relations); retail trade, labour law, competition law and
• Supporting retail markets and marketplace. IT/intellectual property.
• Corporate work • Coordinated the work of four lawyers.

Foxtrot ( 06.2016 – 04.2018) • Handled consumer complaint reviews; during my
Legal Advisor supervision not a single case escalated to court
Duties proceedings.
• Litigation; • Provided legal advice to company employees on
• Support inspections; taxation, customs operations, retail regulation and
• Support marketing activites; related compliance matters.
• Contract work; • Drafted, reviewed and negotiated a wide range of
• Negotiation with contragents, goverment; commercial agreements (agency, sale and purchase,
• Legal consultations (Tax, Customs, Retail lease, services, licensing, marketing agreements).
commerce, Ecommerce); • Provided full legal support for the operations of the
• Negotiation with retail clients and solving retail store network.
conflict.

Kyiv Court of Appeal (08.2015 - 06.2016) • Support of the tender committee.
Chief Specialist of the Contract Department • Contractual work.
Duties • Communication with government agencies.
• Legal advices of Labor law; • Participation in negotiations with counterparties.
• Contract work; • Analysis and monitoring of legislation.
• Organise tenders;
• Drafting job instructions;
• Office work with legal documents.

Education Kyiv Aviation Institute, Postgraduate Studies (Ph.D.)
2023 – October 2027
National Aviation University (NAU), Institute of
Law — Master of Laws 2010 – 2015
Association of Customs Brokers of Ukraine (2015)
— Customs Broker Training Course

Knowledge of languages Ukrainian — Native
English — B1 (working proficiency for contract
drafting)