Resume from June 15, 2018 PRO

Alina

Lawyer, Paralegal, Tax advisor

Employment:
Full-time, part-time.
Age:
28 years
City of residence:
Lviv
Ready to work:
Kyiv, Remote

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Work experience

Paralegal

from 06.2018 to 06.2018 (less than a month)
Dentons, Milton Keynes (Legal advice)

Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) project

Student Associate

from 10.2017 to now (6 years 7 months)
Svetlova LLP, London (Legal sector)

As a student associate at Svetlova LLP I am assisting the partner at the firm with writing articles, in both Russian and English, for the news section on the company website and facebook page

Media: http://www.svetlovallp.com/News/11.01.2018.html

Paralegal

from 07.2017 to 12.2017 (5 months)
Hogan Lovells International LLP, Birmingham (Legal sector)

Paralegal (10/2017 – 11/2017)
• Conducted a first-level review of documents on Relativity for the purpose of enabling the client to satisfy their disclosure obligations in the Litigation. This was an interesting and challenging project to work on due to the complexity of dealings and intricate asset holding structure involved.
Paralegal (07/2017 – 08/2017)
• Matching documents with time recording narratives as part of a costs claim.
• Reviewed over 4,500 documents using the ‘Relativity’ platform.
• Reviewed documents using ‘Ringtail’ software as a part of a Data Subject Access Request review exercise.
Ensured that no information in contravention of Data Protection Act and other relevant legislation is released as a part of the E-Discovery process.

Freelance writer

from 03.2017 to 07.2017 (4 months)
HelviCom, London (Information Services)

HelviCom Oy is a global company based in Finland, providing qualitative labor and human resources intelligence to customers.

I am contributing to HelviCom's monthly newsletters, covering the main countries in Asia, in South and North America, and in Europe, by writing about labor news in the UK. These newsletters provide a useful addition to the traditional quantitative labor intelligence generally gathered.

You will get information on labor relations in the main parts of the world, covering for example: the changes in workforce costs; labor market reforms which are being planned or enforced (including those concerning employment contracts); important case laws affecting the labor market; planned and enforced changes in the pension system, in the collective agreements, and in the regulations concerning strikes; and an overview of the main labor conflicts at the national level.

HelviCom can provide you with a personalized monthly newsletter covering specific countries and economic sectors on request. You may also request a more detailed article or specific studies and research on any topic that interests you in relation to labor and economic matters in the countries we follow.

Contact HelviCom, and you will get the product you need.

Vacation Scheme

from 08.2016 to 08.2016 (less than a month)
Clintons, London (Legal)

Clintons is a market leader in the entertainment, digital media and creative industries and is highly regarded for its family, litigation, property and corporate work. I shadowed solicitors in Commercial Law, Property Law, Family Law, Litigation and Music Law departments. My specific responsibilities included:
•Redrafting a pro-agent agreement in order to make it pro-client based.
•Researching the existing trademarks using WIPO, EUIPO and UK Intellectual Property Office databases and the common law tort of passing off in order to advice the client as to the adoption of the particular name for trading purposes.
•Drafting a memo for supervising solicitor in relation to conducting a divorce if the marriage certificate was issued in a different country (Bahamas) and in case if the spouse cannot be located and failed to acknowledge the service. Explained what happens if the client has to use the court in order to sort out finances related to the divorce.
•Researching the law in relation to dissolution of a Civil Partnership, in particular the financial division of the property.

Paralegal

from 07.2016 to 08.2016 (1 month)
SMQ Legal, Oxford (Legal)

I gained experience in the following areas of law: Criminal law, Family Law, Land Law, Serious Fraud and Employment. I was responsible for my own caseload with appropriate levels of supervision. I had to show my own initiative, which improved my ability to communicate clearly and concisely, and to effectively prioritise and organise my workload. My specific responsibilities included:
•Assisted in the daily tasks of the firm such as drafting correspondence;
•Drafted legal documents such as memos to Counsel, witness statements, written representations, proofs of evidence, observations on behalf of the the applicant for Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC);
•Managed client files;
•Attended and conducted client conferences;
•Conducted Video-Link Conferences;
•Attended Police Station Interviews
•Attended Voluntary Interviews with Department of Works and Pension and Council Tax Offices;
•Assissted the Counsel with preparation to Adjudication Hearing;
•Served and filed claim forms;

Junior Manager

from 01.2015 to 09.2015 (8 months)
Champions Life Academy, London (Marketing and Advertising)

Champions Life Academy is a student development program, which seeks to give young people key life skills to prepare them for the business world and beyond. The course involves 3 days of sales training followed by 8-10 weeks of direct face to face sales. The course involved living with a team for the duration of the program and managing all aspects of their life from sales figures and techniques to family relationship and health issues.

•I was managing a team of 5 undergraduate fundraisers with no previous sales experience
•Using Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) techniques to help the team achieve daily/weekly targets, whilst maintaining my own high performance
•Running group and one-to-one training sessions on a daily basis, leading and presenting in sales meetings
•Keeping an efficient database of team stats and analysing them to maximise potential
•I run a Top Team in my region
•Run the 2d Top Team in the whole company (2d highest number of sales during the campaign)
•Personally raised a projected total of £61,500, team total projected at £184,800
•Rewarded a free company holiday to Tenerife, Spain for high performance (100+ sales)

Sales Executive

from 06.2014 to 09.2014 (3 months)
Champtions Life Academy, London (Marketing and Advertising)

Successfully completed an internship with the Champions Life Academy (3 days of sales training followed by 11 weeks of direct face to face sales).
•Heavy focus on personal sales statistics analysis, self-management and skill
•As a top performer in my team, motivated others conducting training for those who were seeking support
•Top Fundraiser in my region
•First Period Record: Achieved the highest number of sales in the first two weeks
•In the company’s Hall of Fame for the biggest amount of sales made in a day by a fundraiser (14), breaking a record that was on for 8 years
•I was asked to return in a management role for the consecutive summer.

Education

BPP Law School

LPC, Birmingham
Higher, from 2016 to 2018 (1 year 8 months)

Electives: Commercial & IP, Private Acquisitions, Advanced Commecial Litigation

University of Reading

Law LLB, Reading
Higher, from 2013 to 2016 (2 years 8 months)

LL.B. Law (2:2)
Third year Electives: Company Law, Revenue Law; Criminology, International Law, Jurisprudence

Language proficiencies

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

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