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Iryna Rublyovska
HEAD OF LEGAL | SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL
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SUMMARY
Senior in-house lawyer with 15+ years of experience in multinational, international and Ukrainian companies, including Shell, PepsiCo and Kyivstar. Experience as Head of Legal and Senior Legal Adviser, with a focus on commercial contracts, corporate and employment matters, compliance, competition law and legal risk management. Worked on international and CEE projects, negotiated agreements and MoUs with foreign counterparties and cooperated with regional and global legal teams. Used to working directly with management and providing practical legal advice on day-to-day and complex business matters.
SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS
• 15+ years in-house legal experience | Head of Legal and senior advisory roles
• Shell • PepsiCo • Kyivstar | multinational and international business environments
• International agreements & MoUs | foreign-counterparty negotiations | cross-border & CEE projects
• Commercial contracts • compliance • competition / AMCU • corporate • employment
• Management advisory • legal risk management • policies & procedures • external counsel
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2009 – National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” – Law faculty / Jurisprudence – Specialist (GPA 89,67) 2008 – National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” – Law faculty / Jurisprudence – Bachelor
Selected professional training:
2011 – Communication Skills
Time Management
2013 - “Competition, Disclosure and E-mail Policy of the PepsiCo Ukraine”;
PepsiCo's International Anti-Bribery Policy;
Global PepsiCo Code of Conduct
2014 - Finance for Non-Finance
2016 - Dairy Courses
LANGUAGES: 1. Ukrainian: native; 2. Russian: fluent; 3. English: fluent; 4. Polish: good.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

06.2026 – 09.2026 NDA (Ukrainian Company)
Senior International Legal Adviser
● Legal support of the company’s international activities and cooperation with foreign counterparties.
● Drafting, reviewing and negotiating international commercial agreements and supporting them through signing.
● Drafting and coordinating Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), cooperation memoranda and other documents with international partners.
● Negotiating with international counterparties and partners and providing legal support during negotiations.
● Advising management on contractual matters and legal risks related to international projects.
● Coordinating contractual terms and legal documents with internal teams and counterparties until signing.
● Managing business correspondence with foreign counterparties and partners on contractual and cooperation matters.
● Combining legal work with selected HR responsibilities, including employment matters, HR documentation and coordination with management and employees.
11.2025 - 06.2026 NDA (USA Company)

Head of Legal
· Acting as the main legal contact for management and business functions and handling day-to-day legal matters;
· Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts and other legal documents, including assessment and mitigation of contractual and business risks;
· Advising internal stakeholders on contract law, compliance, employment matters and day-to-day corporate legal issues;
· Developing and updating internal legal policies, procedures, templates and standard legal documentation;
· Identifying legal and compliance risks in business processes and providing practical recommendations to support business decision-making;
· Coordinating external legal counsel and managing external legal advice on specialized matters;
· Preparing legal research, opinions, memoranda and recommendations on complex and non-standard legal matters;
· Supporting HR on employment-law matters and managing legal requests from internal and external stakeholders.
08.2024 - 09.2025 PJSC “KYIVSTAR”
Senior Contract Manager (Procurement and Supply Change Department)
● Managing contractual work arising from procurement procedures and supporting the full contract lifecycle from drafting and approval through negotiation and execution;
● Drafting and improving contractual templates used following procurement procedures;
● Coordinating internal approval of contractual terms with Procurement, business functions and other relevant stakeholders;
● Reviewing and negotiating contractual terms with suppliers and other counterparties and protecting the company’s legal and commercial interests;
● Monitoring timely approval, execution and implementation of contracts and resolving contractual issues arising during the process;
● Working cross-functionally with internal departments and counterparties on complex contractual and procurement-related matters.
12.2023 - 06.2024 BGS RAIL LLC
Head of Legal
● Leading the legal function and providing legal support to management and business teams on key operational matters;
● Managing commercial contracts, corporate matters, employment-law issues, compliance matters, disputes and other day-to-day legal work;
● Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, corporate documents, internal regulations and administrative documentation;
● Providing legal support to company projects, identifying legal and compliance risks and proposing practical mitigation measures;
● Supporting court cases and coordinating legal positions in dispute-related matters;
● Developing and implementing internal legal and compliance policies, procedures and controls;
● Monitoring legislative changes, assessing their impact on the business and communicating required actions to relevant stakeholders;
● Providing legal guidance and training to employees and supporting effective cooperation across business functions.
03.2017 – 09.2023 LLC SHELL MOBILITY IN UKRAINE (LLC “Alliance Holding”)
Senior Legal Adviser | 2020 – 09.2023
● Leading legal support for cross-border and regional projects involving Central and Eastern European markets and coordinating legal input with relevant stakeholders.
● Supporting projects and legal matters requiring cooperation with Shell regional and global teams, aligning local legal positions with Group standards, policies and business requirements.
● Advising on competition law and AMCU matters, including legal analysis, risk assessment, preparation of legal positions and support in successful competition-law cases.
● Providing legal support on strategic and cross-functional projects, identifying material legal risks and developing practical ways to mitigate risks.
● Acting as a senior legal business partner to management and business teams, providing legal support on complex commercial, regulatory and operational matters.
● Drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex commercial agreements and supporting business teams throughout the contract lifecycle.
● Advising management and internal stakeholders on commercial, corporate, compliance, competition and employment-law matters.
● Preparing legal opinions, memoranda, internal policies, procedures, corporate documentation and other legal materials for business decision-making.
● Supporting disputes, regulatory matters and interaction with public authorities, and coordinating external legal advisers where required.
● Contributing to the implementation of Shell Group legal and compliance requirements at local level and supporting consistent application of internal standards.
Legal Adviser | 03.2017 – 2019
● Providing day-to-day legal support to company departments on commercial, corporate, regulatory and operational matters.
● Drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, amendments, corporate documents, official letters and other legal documentation.
● Supporting corporate registrations and changes to constituent documents, including preparation of resolutions, regulations, forms and filings.
● Providing legal analysis and preparing legal opinions on business projects and operational matters.
● Supporting company projects and advising internal stakeholders on applicable legal requirements and contractual risks.
● Supporting court cases, claims and other dispute-related matters and protecting the company’s interests in legal proceedings.
● Supporting AMCU / competition-law and compliance matters and assisting business teams with implementation of relevant legal requirements.
● Representing and supporting the company in interactions with public authorities and coordinating legal documentation required for such matters.
● Providing full legal support to internal departments and cooperating with external legal advisers where necessary.
01.2016 - 03. 2017 PEPSICO UKRAINE (LLC “Sandora”).
Labor relations specialist (HR) department
Labor Relations Strategy:
● Ensure the following of Country Labor Code.
● Provide methodological and consulting support in terms of Labor Relations, local Labor Code and Corporate Standards to ensure the safe Labor environment in PepsiCo.
● Provide coaching, training to managers to ensure PepsiCo standards of Labor relations are implemented ● Facilitate the networking with local Unions to build the stable relationships.
● Lead the preparation to Human Rights audits, as well as the audits successful pass rates achievement. Facilitate the post audit action plans preparation and execution.
● Prepare the Labor Relations regular reporting to Global and Sector COEs.
● Ensure Collective Labor agreement are in place, updated according to company standards and Labor Law requirements. Control Environment agenda:
● Coordinate Control Environment agenda in Ukraine, ensure all processes and standards are implemented and executed according to agreed plan. Work closely with Process leads and Management.
● Lead annual risk assessment: in partnership with process owners define key controls and control owners. ● Lead the annual assessment of Country Control Environment. Coordinate Action Planning and monitor status of execution to achieve the required Country CE level.
● Provide support to executive team regularly updating the assessment result and status of execution, coaching and providing guidance.
● Complete pre-audit and audit activities, communications with Corporate Audit team, providing all necessary information. ● Prepare regular CE reports on Country, Sector and Global levels.
Disclosure Procedure PepsiCo Ukraine:
● Preparation Disclosure procedure;
● Consideration in Disclosure cases;
● Implementation Smart Spending Policies;
12.2012 – 12. 2015 PEPSICO UKRAINE (LLC “Sandora”)
Legal Department
Legal Counsel, Key Legal Project,
● legal support of the Sales department in OT, TT distribution sand and national HoReCa channels ● distribution/sub distribution Agreements;
● legal support HR, purchasing, insights department;
● legal consultations of the Company employees from different departments
● training on competition law; Ant bribery policy of the PepsiCo Ukraine
● legal review of compliance to the competition law requirements of the marketing/advertising activities of the PepsiCo Ukraine
● representing Company’s interests before state authorities during inspections with the purpose of legal control for observation of proceedings by inspectors, legality and justifiability of conclusions made by inspectors, checking of the correctness of execution of the documents by the inspectors
10.2010 – 10.2012, OBI ( LLC OBI Ukraine Franchise Center)
Legal department
07.2012 – 10.2012 – Lawyer
▪ checking of Agreements
▪ assistance in contract negotiations and interpretation of agreement terms and conditions in the legal requirements part ▪ organizing of consideration of inquiries from Store and other Departments
▪ insuring explanation of legislation and order of its implementation to the departments
▪ drafting official letters and other documents
10.2010 – 06.2012 – Junior lawyer
▪ checking of Agreements
▪ analyzes of claims from the suppliers, preparation of replies to claims
▪ preparation of lawsuits and materials and providing it to courts
▪ acting as an official representative of the Company in commercial courts and courts of general jurisdiction ▪ representing Company’s interests before state authorities during inspections with the purpose of legal control for observation of proceedings by inspectors, legality and justifiability of conclusions made by inspectors, checking of the correctness of execution of the documents by the inspectors
▪ preparation of legal opinions on various company matters
▪ assistance in daily business on the legal matters
07.2010 - 10.2010, LLC Metro Cash & Carry Ukraine
Internship
▪ corporate registration, filings
▪ drafting of the powers of attorney
▪ providing support to Head Office and Stores (contracts, accidents, etc.)
▪ legal researches
EARLIER LEGAL EXPERIENCE
12.2009 – 03.2010 | LLC Debt Management Company “Fortum” — Junior Lawyer: corporate registration, bankruptcy / insolvency matters and legal research.
07.2009 – 09.2009 | LLC “Corporate Law Service” — Internship: agreement review and corporate registration support.
01.2009 – 06.2009 | International Charity Foundation “Caritas Kyiv” — Junior Lawyer: legal support for charity projects, including “Repatriation and Reintegration” and “Home Guardianship”.
04.2008 – 06.2008 | Munk, Anderson & Feilberg — Internship: real-estate legal research and due diligence support.
05.2007 – 03.2008 | Legal Clinic, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy — Student Assistant: legal consultations and research; team awarded first place in the Public Case competition.
06.2005 – 08.2005 | Podil District Court in Kyiv — Internship.