Олена

Olena Stopchyk

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Date of Birth: 15/05/1982

Professional experience
MGID advertising technology company headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Chief Legal Officer
July 2024-now
Direct Reports: 7 employees
Leading the Legal Department responsible for full legal support of MGID Group’s business operations across the USA,
Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
Main areas of department responsibility:
- Legal support for commercial activities and partnerships, including support of negotiations, contract management,
creation of legal tools and internal educational programs.
- Corporate structuring: Participation in creation corporate structure strategy; opening, closing, and restructuring
legal entities due to company Strategy; support of audits and due diligence processes.
- KYC/KYB procedures
- Data protection compliance (in coordination with external DPO)
- Labor law support and external counsel cost management.
- Oversight of litigation
- Intellectual property protection
Key projects:
- Investment projects, including legal support of IPO preparation.
- Oversight of major litigation.
- Restructuring
- Implementation of a document management system across the Group (in progress).

LLC “Big City Lab” (Urban Bureau, Social Responsibility Projects)
July 2023-July 2024
Project manager. Main project - Architectural Transformation of Soviet Typical Schools project (with support of Ministry
of Education, international architects and local Donors).
- Coordinate of all participants of the project to deliver targets (European teams оf architects, Ukrainian teams of architects,
local authorities etc)
- Communicated with Donors and Stakeholders (alignment, reporting, contract management) within the Project - Contract
management for all stages of the Project
- Developed new offers for other projects in the company related to building, construction, accessibility.

LLC “Metro Cash and Carry Ukraine”, Category Manager Fruits and Vegetables (commercial department)
February 2021-March 2023
Direct Reports: 6 employees
Managing Fruits and Vegetables Category (Assortment, Availability, Sales, Income).
- Fulfil company strategy in F&V category (creating category strategy, pricing, assortment, availability, clients
development etc)
- Supervise and coach team of 6 employees to ensure timely performance of category targets as well as team
development and high level of engagement.
- Lead negotiations with suppliers from commercial side to ensure best quality for money options for Metro and
focus on sustainable long-term relations.
- Cooperate with direct import suppliers and local farmers; Ensure stable effective sourcing as well as constant
search for new options to cover client’s needs and improve category health;

- Effectively cooperate with other functions (stores, logistics, quality, pricing, marketing and salesforce) to ensure
category development and sales.

July 2017-February 2021
LLC “Metro Cash and Carry Ukraine”, Head of Legal and Compliance
Direct Reports: 6 employees
Leading team which provides full support for all business activities for Ukraine. Implementation compliance measures in
Metro Ukraine ( office employees and stores)
Head of legal role.
- Ensure compliance of Business with all necessary legal requirements via implementation of necessary internal
procedures, reviewing policies, creating necessary guidelines for business function.
- Manage team of legal business partners to cover everyday requests form all company functions with focus on
optimization of processes and procedures where it is possible via implementing clear guidelines, templates, timely
preventive updates.
- Participate in negotiations together with business function, ensure all important requirement for Metro are
reflected in final documents ( including compliance, antitrust, commercial aspects).
- Participate in business communities representing Metro and retailers in cooperation with government authorities (
Via EBA, AmCham).
Compliance officer role.
- Handling all local part of compliance cases investigation; report all potential risks to headoffice. Handle yearly
local compliance Risk assessment and support audits.
- Implementing measurement within the country to ensure high level of compliance;
- Ensure all processes (especially procurement, cooperation with government authorities etc) are compliant.
- Educating company’s employees all level to ensure compliance is a part of everyday routines.

PrJSC “Mondelez Ukraina ”(former JSC “Kraft Foods Ukraina”), Senior Legal Counsel
October 2008-July 2017
April 2015-July 2017
A Member of Leadership team, Special Situation team, a contact person for Compliance matters for Ukraine, Belorussia,
Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia,
Israel.
Direct Reports: 3 employees
- Leading legal team which provides full support for Ukraine and distantly for Belorussia, Moldova, Georgia,
Armenia, Azerbaidzhan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Israel.
Main areas where legal function is involved:
- Corporate matters: support for current operation of LLCs in Ukraine, Belorussia, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Private
Joint Stock Company in Ukraine.
- Labor matters: including cooperation with Trade Unions, employees reduction, legalization of foreigners;
- Marketing and Sales: Food laws, labeling matters, Antitrust legislation, Custom legislation, Advertising legislation
etc.
- Plants and Procurement function support: including contract laws, support various functions in obtaining
permissions, licenses, certificates, dealing with government authorities (audits, litigations, and requests), claims,
and litigations.
Projects:
- Establishment of Legal Entities in Georgia and Belorussia in 2011, support for corporate registration
- Closure of 2 RepOffices in Belorussia in 2011, support for all legal procedures
- Company Name change, 2014 because of Global Demerger project (for Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Belorussia): legal support and corporate registration of such changes for all functions, mostly Belorussia, Georgia,
and Kazakhstan.

2011 – April 2015
Direct reports: 1 employee (based in Kazakhstan)
- Full legal support for Mondelez business in Belorussia, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan, Kazakhstan,
Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia (both export model business and 3 local BUs)
including:
- Support in all kind of corporate matters for business units in Kazakhstan, Belorussia, Georgia and Cadbury
Representative Offices;
- Support commercial functions on marketing related matters (consulting and evaluating risks on advertising,
antitrust, consumer protection, food safety, intellectual property, personal data protection areas of law and
Mondelez policies; participating in negotiations with Advertising agencies if necessary; provide internal and
external(for Agencies) trainings on local laws and Mondelez policies regarding different marketing activities );

- Support commercial functions on sales related matters: consulting sales team on any matter related to cooperation
with distributors (including drafting agreements, memorandums, protocols etc.), participate in all workgroups for
changing model of cooperation with distributors in Belorussia, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan,
Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia;
- Providing legal advices on any labor related matters in Belorussia, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan,
Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia;
- Support local business with pool of standard documents(drafts) and evaluate all non-standard legal documents
(agreements, memorandums, official letters etc.);
- Systematically conduct internal training on Mondelez policies/procedures for the respective territories (on
Mondelez Compliance policies, Advertising laws, Antitrust laws etc.);
- Monitor developments in the local legal system and provide other legal department members and local businesses
with timely update on the developments which might affect Mondelez business, participate in the industry
meetings, on the questions which might be relevant for Mondelez activities in Ukraine and other territories;
- Draft various legal documents, draft responses correspondence to the state authorities; any other necessary legal
documents including corporate documents for Mondelez in NM if necessary;
- Is a member on Management team in New Markets;
End 2009 - 2011
- Daily support for marketing activities for Ukraine, Belorussia, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan,
Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia);
- Approve/ provide recommendations regarding any change in packaging designs;
- provide necessary clarifications of the internal policies and procedures;
- Conduct internal training on company policies/procedures for the respective territories;
- Preparing learning materials, conducting trainings on the relevant matters;

2008 – end 2009
- Daily support for all marketing activities for Ukraine: preparing recommendations to mechanics, rules based on
legal and policies requirements etc;
- Conducting relevant trainings to marketing folks;
- Providing legal support on other local business matters (procurement, labor, production etc.);

March 2006 – October 2008
LLC “Kinomania” (Film distributor company), Legal Counsel.
- Providing full legal support for the film distribution company;
- Participating in negotiations with foreign licensing companies in relation to purchase of intellectual property
rights;
- Assisting in customs clearance of materials needed for distribution (Prints, master copies, advertising
materials). Acted on major administrative litigation challenging VAT reassessment, made by customs
authorities;
- Drafting various commercial contracts and other legal documents (letters, claims, etc.);
- Supporting corporate registrations, procedures of corporate changes;

June 2005 – March 2006
Law firm “Kredo Classic Consulting”, Legal Counsel
- Providing day-by-day legal support for a group of companies (LLC “Kinomania”, LLC “Sinergia” and LLC
“Linia Kino”);
- Preparing legal advices on intellectual property, corporate, civil, custom and labor law;
- Drafting various commercial contracts and other legal documents (letters, claims, etc.);

February 2005 – June 2005
LLC “DiSeS”, Legal Counsel
- Drafting and reviewed all kind of commercial contracts;
- Advising on commercial, corporate, labor, intellectual property law;
- Performing legal support of various marketing activities (drafted rules for marketing events, advised on
consumer protection law etc.);

January 2004 – February 2005
JSC “B&H”( Film distributor company), Legal Counsel
- Providing full legal support for the film distribution company via
- support on IP, advertising, labor matters;
- Drafting various commercial contracts and other legal documents (letters, claims, etc.);
- Support all corporate registrations, procedures of corporate changes;

- Providing legal support within network of “Kinopalace” theatres in Ukraine;

Education
2005-2006
Master degree in Institute of Intellectual Property and Law

2000-2005
Specialist degree in law, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”

Languages
Ukrainian, Russian – native, English – fluent
Volunteer experience
Active member of Ukrainian Youth Organization since 2014- till now
Active member of Ukrainian network of integrity and Compliance (2018-2020)