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General Legal and Compliance Officer

from 06.2014 to now (9 years 10 months)
BV KAMMINGA MAKLAARS, Leeuwarden, NETHERLAND; Kyiv UKRAINE (real estate, development, construction)

•Resolving various legal issues related to the company’s activity with reference to CEE/CIS countries (incorporation, legal registration process, trademark registration, marketing and advertising matters, labour law compliance, IPR, HSSE, H/W,S/W, FATCA, compliance requirements);
•Cooperation with consulting, construction, brokerage, real estate agencies, H/W and S/W suppliers related to company’s business activity including preparation of contract templates/models with reference to CEE/CIS countries;
•Drafting legal opinions, memorandums and due diligence including tax planning and tax optimization with respect to the law and compliance standards;
•Providing legal support in the field of corporate governance (amend the statutory documentation, draft minutes of general stakeholders' meetings);
•Verification, updating, amending a wide range of legal documents related to company’s activity including documentary compliance (orders, directions, procedures, regulations);
•Drafting, updating and amending compliance rules and procedures (Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics, Gift Policy, Whistleblowing, Financial Crime/Fraud Prevention, Chinese Walls);
•Ensuring that the company adheres to legal standards and in-house policies (making sure that legal & compliance procedures, systems and controls are up-to-date and effective);
•Identifying potential areas of compliance vulnerability and areas of the business where there is a risk of non-compliance (investigating and responding to cases of non-compliance);
•Developing and managing in-house library (contracts, PoAs, memorandums);
•Representing the company at internal and external meetings;
•Other legal & compliance functions ad hoc basis.

Head of Retail Partners and Network Development Legal Support Section (January 2012 – June 2014)

from 04.2010 to 06.2014 (4 years 2 months)
PJSC UKRSOTSBANK (brand UniCredit Bank), Kyiv, UKRAINE (Finance, banking, and insurance)

•Resolving various legal issues related to banking retail activities and providing legal opinion to the Management on all required issues;
•Cooperation with outsourcing, construction, leasing, insurance and advertising companies, real estate and collection agencies, automotive dealers including preparation of contract templates/models;
•Drafting, updating and a wide range of legal documents related to banking retail activities (current and deposit accounts, credit, loans, mortgage, leasing, , pledge);
•Participation in banking products development and modification of the existing ones including legal support of promotional events;
•Drafting IPR agreements (purchase/ use of S/W and H/W, license/sublicense agreements);
•Cooperation and drafting all required documents related to the collective investments scheme (mutual investment funds, venture capital funds, asset management companies, stock market traders);
•Drafting legal documents necessary for the banking retail requirements including, legal memorandums, MOUs, reconciliation memorandum of disagreements and due diligence on all required issues;
•Representing the Bank’s interest in NBU, SSMSC, Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, Tax and other state authorities;
•Managing, organization and implementation of FATCA requirements as a member of the specialized FATCA- team;
•Managing and staffing of the internal associates;
•Other legal functions on ad hoc basis.

Senior Legal Adviser of Corporate Affairs Legal Corporate Compliance Section (April 2010 – January 2012)

from 04.2010 to 06.2014 (4 years 2 months)
PJSC UKRSOTSBANK (brand UniCredit Bank), Kyiv, UKRAINE (Finance, banking, and insurance)

•Providing legal support in the field of corporate governance (incorporation, registration, amend the statutory documentation);
•Dealing with the diverse issues in regard to the General Meeting of Shareholders, Supervisory Board, Revision Commission and Management Board with respect to the law and group compliance requirements;
•Counseling regarding the transactions of business involving stockholders, chairpersons in compliance with internal affairs, corporate relations and compliance requirements;
•Drafting agreements related to special corporate projects and providing legal briefs on corporate issues (SLA, SPA, M&A);
•Drafting, updating and amending compliance rules and procedures (Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics, Gift Policy, Whistleblowing, Financial Crime/Fraud Prevention, Chinese Walls);
•Ensuring that the Legal Unite adheres to legal standards and in-house policies (making sure that legal & compliance procedures, systems and controls are up-to-date and effective);
•Reporting to the Management in regard legal standards, in-house policies and identifying potential areas of compliance vulnerability where there is a risk of non-compliance (investigating and responding to cases of non-compliance and risks facing the Bank in corporate disputes and conflicts);
•Managing, organization and implementation of FATCA requirements as a member of the specialized FATCA- team;
•Representing the Bank’s interest in NBU, SSMSC and other state authorities related to corporate issues;
•Other legal & compliance functions on ad hoc basis.

Head of Restructuring and Mediation Department

from 06.2009 to 04.2010 (10 months)
INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPANY INTEGRITES, Kyiv, UKRAINE (legal consulting)

•Representing the client’s interest in the negotiations with the counteragents, conducting the meetings, clarification of the parties’ position and main interests; working out ADR and mutual decisions to provide support in the area of out-of-court dispute settlement;
•Intermediating in disputes related to fulfillment of debt obligations in compliance with the agreed arrangements;
•Legal analysis of conflict situation, preparation of legal opinions, MOUs and memorandums related to settlement agreement, drafting legal conclusions with respect to possibility of filing the claim, proceedings and possible case resolution in court;
•Drafting and reviewing cooperation, settlement and restructuring contracts and related documents with the purpose to resolve a dispute;
•Performing assessment of dispute resolution in the court or through arbitration, legal examination with the purpose of determining the elements of a crime;
•Developing and managing in-house library (contracts, PoAs, memorandums);
•Legal advising to the stuff and clients with respect to the law and day-to day review and answering the law machinery queries;
•Conducting training for legal restructuring & mediation team;
•Managing and stuffing of the department’s s associates;
•Other legal functions on ad hoc basis.

Legal Counsel

from 11.2007 to 06.2009 (1 year 7 months)
JSB ING BANK UKRAINE, Kyiv, Ukraine (Finance, banking, and insurance)

•Resolving various legal issues related to banking activities and providing legal opinion to the Management on all required issues (incorporation, legal registration process, trademark registration, licensing, labour, marketing and advertising matters);
•Drafting and updating a wide range of legal documents related to banking activity (GTC, GPC, HICA, KYC);
•Participation in banking products development and modification of the existing ones including legal support of promotional events;;
•Cooperation with outsourcing, real estate, construction, leasing, insurance and advertising companies, collection agencies, automotive dealers, S/W and H/W suppliers including preparation of contract templates/models;
•Drafting legal documents necessary for the banking requirements including, legal memorandums, MOUs, reconciliation memorandum of disagreements and due diligence on all required issues;
•Constant monitoring of the Ukrainian legislation reporting of the effective alterations;
•Representing the Bank’s interest in NBU, SSMSC and other state authorities;
•Developing and managing in-house library (contracts, PoAs, memorandums);
•Legal advising to the stuff and clients with respect to the law and day-to day review and answering the law machinery queries;
•Other legal functions on ad hoc basis.

Legal and Compliance Officer

from 01.2006 to 11.2007 (1 year 10 months)
LLC BANK RENAISSANCE CAPITAL, Kyiv, UKRAINE (Finance, banking, and insurance)

•Resolving various legal issues related to banking activities and providing legal opinion to the Management on all required issues (incorporation, legal registration process, trademark registration, marketing and advertising matters, cooperation with retail partners);
•Drafting and updating a wide range of legal documents related to banking activity (GTC, GPC, credit, loans, mortgage, current and deposit accounts);
•Drafting legal documents necessary for the banking requirements including, legal memorandums, MOUs, reconciliation memorandum of disagreements and due diligence on all required issues;
•Providing legal support in the field of corporate governance (amend the statutory documentation, draft minutes);
•Dealing with the diverse issues in regard to the General Meeting of Shareholders, Supervisory Board, Revision Commission and Management Board with respect to the law and group compliance requirements;
•Drafting, updating and amending compliance rules and procedures (Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics, Gift Policy, Whistleblowing, Financial Crime/Fraud Prevention, Chinese Walls);
•Ensuring that the bank adheres to legal standards and in-house policies (making sure that compliance procedures, systems and controls are up-to-date and effective, investigating and responding to cases of non-compliance and risks facing the Bank in corporate disputes and conflicts);
•Constant monitoring of the Ukrainian legislation reporting of the effective alterations;
•Developing and managing in-house library (contracts, PoAs, memorandums);
•Conducting compliance training for banking team;
•Other legal & compliance functions on ad hoc basis.

Education

Odessa National University – I.I. Mechnikov ONU

Law, Odessa
Higher, from 1998 to 2005 (6 years 10 months)

Master Degree with Honours (Degree Certificate with Distinction 2005);
Bachelors’ Degree with Honours (Degree Certificate with Distinction 2004).
Junior Specialist Degree (Degree Certificate 2004).

Additional education and certificates

•Ukrainian National Training Center for Banker's: Methods of securing obligation in banking practice (Kiev)

2008

•Yappi, Corporate English for Companies (Legal English course with the final grade A) (Kiev)

2010

•International Institute of Business (IIB-Ukraine) Law On Joint Stock Companies (Kiev)

2011

•International Institute of Business (IIB-Ukraine) General Meeting of Company's Shareholders (Kiev)

2011

•Business-Garant, Alteration of the land legislation (Kiev)

2011

•Training for business Time-management (Kiev)

2011

•Ukrainian National Training Center for Banker's: Alteration of banking legal registration (Kiev)

2012

•Open knowledge Construction regulations: management, unauthorized construction, registration of the real estate (Kiev)

2012

•LIGA Business Inform Real estate mortgage – valid of the risk management (Kiev)

2012

•UniCredit Workshop FATCA regulations (Vienna)

2013

•LIGA Business Inform Construction financing: collective investment scheme, forward contract – legal analysis (Kiev)

2014.

HG Legal Recourses: Company’s compliance activities: compliance and business cooperation (Amsterdam)

2015

LIGA Business Inform: Specific aspects of royalty payments: legal and tax issues (Kyiv)

2016

Knowledge and skills

Language proficiencies

• English — advanced
• Ukrainian — fluent
• Russian — fluent
• French — beginner

Additional information

•Skilled and qualified Legal Counsel with more than ten years of broad experience in all aspects of legal industry with a focus on contracts, compliance, corporate, employment, insurance, claims, ethics and anti-trust and transactions law;
•Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills;
•Responsible to tasks and appreciate team-work;
•Ability to provide legal and negotiation services.