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Olha Stakheyeva-Bogovyk

Professional Summary

Ukraine-qualified attorney with over 15 years’ hands-on experience in disputes, with
a particular focus on international commercial disputes, cross-border insolvency and
international asset recovery.
Have passion for solving complex and thought-provoking cases with a foreign
element involved. I often focus on cases around investigation of fraudulent conduct,
international asset tracing and recovery.
I am also well equipped to handle international arbitration matters, drawing on my
experience with complex international disputes.
For over 3 years worked in London at McDermott Will & Schulte, both advising on
Details various multi-jurisdictional legal issues, as well as supporting international litigation &
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[открыть контакты](см. выше в блоке «контактная информация») I have a strong academic foundation, PhD in domestic and cross-border insolvency.
Have authored various articles on insolvency and restructuring-related topics.
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Staff Attorney, McDermott Will & Schulte UK LLP, London
May 2022 — December 2025
Competences ● Advised international clients on contractual, private international law issues,
International Disputes & Arbitration cross-border insolvency, etc;
Cross-Border Insolvency ● Supported litigation/ arbitration teams with legal research, drafting and
International Asset Recovery
strategy building, document review and production, translations etc.;
● Provided legal advice on foreign judgment recognition, apostille procedures,
and conflict-of-law issues;
Languages
Ukrainian (native) ● Conducted multi-jurisdictional legal research and advised in high-stakes
Russian (native) commercial disputes and cross-border insolvency;
English (fluent)
● Engaged in business development activities;
German (basic)
● Spoke at international conferences and published widely.

Self-Employed Attorney-at-Law, Kyiv, Ukraine
June 2021 – April 2022
● Acted in high-value corporate insolvency, international asset recovery cases;
● Assessed risks and prospects of pursuing claims and their enforcement;
● Drafted legal documents and advised on strategy in cross-border insolvency
cases, as well as pursued transaction avoidance actions as part of
international asset recovery strategy;
● Delivered legal opinions on limitation periods, recognition of foreign
judgments and insolvency proceedings, etc;
● Represented clients before Ukrainian courts.

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Senior Associate, Hillmont Partners, Kyiv, Ukraine
August 2019 – June 2021
● Worked with international counsels and UK barristers in relation to
international asset recovery cases, involving cross-border insolvency issues
and obtainment of a WFO;
● Coordinated with the General Prosecutor’s Office to assist with criminal
investigations supporting insolvency claims;
● Provided strategic advice on insolvency, recovery strategy and recognition
of foreign insolvency proceedings, etc.

Previous Legal Roles
2010 – 2019
● Associate, Hillmont Partners, Ukraine (2018 – 2019)
● Legal Approximation Expert, EU Project Association4U, Ukraine (2017 –2018)
● Assistant Professor, Wisconsin International University, Ukraine (2014 –2018)
● In-House Counsel, PMCD, Ukraine (2013 – 2017)
● In-House Lawyer, KPMG, Ukraine (2010 – 2013)

Education & Qualifications
● PhD in Law, Institute of International Relations, Kyiv National Taras
Shevchenko University, Ukraine (2013-2015)
● Ukraine Bar Certificate (2014)
● Specialist/ Master of Laws, Private International Law, Kyiv, Ukraine (2009-
2010)

● Bachelor of Laws, Kyiv, Ukraine (2005-2009)
● A Levels (AS/A2), Bedgebury School, Kent, UK (2003-2005)
● Secondary English Specialized School No.14, Ukraine (1994-2003)

Publications & Speaking
● Speaker at international conferences in Chicago, London, Sorrento,
Amsterdam, Miami, Cape Town etc. on insolvency related topics;
● Contributor to INSOL Europe Yearbooks, INSOL Eurofenix, International
Corporate Rescue, INSOL I-Read, International Insolvency Review etc. on
comparative and cross-border insolvency and restructuring issues.

Affiliations
● Member, INSOL Europe / INSOL International;
● Member, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
(IWIRC);
● Member, YIAG (Young International Arbitration Group).

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Publications & Activities

11-12 December Moderator and speaker at the UNCITRAL Colloquium on
2025, Possible Updates to the Guide to Enactment and
Vienna, Austria Interpretation of the 1997 Model Law On Cross-Border
Insolvency;

October 2024 Article on “Recent Changes to Insolvency Law in Ukraine”,
INSOL I-Read, INSOL International, Issue 14, October 2024;

October 2024 Case Review for International Corporate Rescue Journal on
“In the matter of Valeriy Ernestovich Drelle [2024] EWHC
521 (Ch), or How to Chase Foreign Debtors in England based
on Unrecognised Foreign Debt”, ICR, Vol. 21, Issue 5, October
2024 (https://www.chasecambria.com);

12-14 October, Speaker at INSOL Europe Academic Forum Conference in
2023, Amsterdam (Presentation on “Ukraine vs UK: Limitation
Amsterdam, The Period for Transaction Avoidance: (Un)Limiting the
Netherlands Possibilities of Asset Recovery in Insolvency?”);

September 2023 Inside Story on “Pushing the Envelope in Times of War:
Insolvency-Related Judgments and Ukraine’s Recent
Insolvency Court Practice”, INSOL Europe, available at:
https://www.insol-europe.org/news/inside-stories;

28 September, Guest Editorial on “Insolvency-related Judgments and War-
2023 related Claims - Recent Court Practice in Ukraine”, Int Insolv
Rev, 2023, 1-6, INSOL International, available at:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/iir.1506;

11-12 November, Speaker at the Annual International & Comparative
2022, Chicago, Insolvency Symposium at Chicago-Kent College of Law,
USA Chicago, Illinois, the USA (Presentation on “Ukraine’s Versus
the United States’ Cross-Border Insolvency Framework: How
Big is the Distance?”);

November, 2022 Contributed a Chapter 1 to INSOL Europe Yearbook 2022 on
“The Preventive Restructuring Framework of Ukraine” (in
Eng), INSOL Europe Yearbook 2022: Restructuring and
Insolvency Tools in Times of Crisis, INSOL Europe, 2022
(www.insol-europe.org);

24 June, 2022, Speaker at INSOL ERA, Norton Rose Fulbright, London, the
London, UK UK (Presentation on “Recognition of Foreign Insolvency
Proceedings in Ukraine: Myth or Reality? Reciprocity Aspect
– Domestic & Foreign Approach”);

November, 2020 Article on “Ukraine: Civil (Subsidiary) Liability for Causing
Bankruptcy” (in Eng), International Corporate Rescue
(journal), Vol. 17, Issue 6, 2020, Chase Cumbria
(www.chasecumbria.com);

26 June, 2020 Article on “Bankruptcy Case: Creditors’ Claims Have Been
Satisfied, But a Case is Still Open (can’t be closed?)” (in Ukr) –
published at the PRAVO.UA, available at:
https://pravo.ua/sprava-pro-bankrutstvo-pogasiti-vimogi-
kreditoriv-pogasili-a-zakriti-provadzhennja-u-spravi-ne-
mozhna/;

16 April, 2020 Article on “Coronavirus vs Business: What Changes in the
Bankruptcy Code of Ukraine in the Lockdown to Expect Soon

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 to Overcome a Potential Wave of Bankruptcy Cases” (in Ukr)
– published on the Internet – the MIND page, available at:
https://mind.ua/author/1019-olga-staheeva-bogovik;

15 April, 2020 Article on “COVID-19 and Business: How Not to Go Bankrupt
In the Lockdown and What Measures are Taken Abroad?” (in
Ukr) – published on the Internet – the PAGE Lawyer’s column,
available at: https://thepage.ua/ua/experts/olga-
stahyeyeva-bogovik;

14 March, 2020, Speaker at the INSOL South African Insolvency Academic
Cape Town, Seminar, at the Bowmans Lawfirm, Cape Town, South Africa
South Africa (Presentation on “The Absolute Priority Rule Versus the
Relative Priority Rule: Stick or Carrot? Or How to Incentivize
Bringing the New Value to the Reorganized Company”);

14-15 November, Speaker at the International Comparative Insolvency
2019, Miami, Symposium, at the University of Miami School of Law, Miami,
USA Florida, the USA (Presentation on “Preventive Restructuring
Within the Bankruptcy Law Reform in Ukraine: Flavour of
English, American or EU law?”);

2-5 November, Contributed a Report on Ukraine for the Kobe World
2019, Kobe, Congress of International Procedural Law (on Transnational
Japan Cooperation in Cross-Border Insolvency under Georg
Kodek’s edition), Kobe, Japan;

Autumn, 2019 Article on “Preventive Rescue Procedure on the Spot of the
New Bankruptcy Code of Ukraine” in INSOL WORLD 3rd
Quarter 2019 Focus: Europe, p. 17;

Summer, 2019 Article on “Moving Shifts from COMI to Change in Governing
Law: Future of Financial Restructuring? DTEK case” (in Eng)
in the Athens Booklet following the INSOL EUROPE
Academic Forum Annual Conference, Athens, Greece, 3-4
Oct 2018: ‘Party Autonomy and Third-Party Protection in
Insolvency Law’ (edited by Dr J. L.L. Gant);

Summer, 2019 Article on “New Bankruptcy Code of Ukraine: What to
Expect" (in Eng), Eurofenix, the Journal of INSOL Europe,
Summer 2019, Issue 76, Insol Europe, ISSN 1752-5187, page
26-27;

3-4 October, Speaker at the INSOL Europe Annual Academic Forum
2018, Athens Conference, Athens, Greece (Presentation on“Moving Shifts
from COMI to Change in Governing Law: Future of Financial
Restructuring? DTEK case”);

December, 2017, Certificate of completion of the 11-day-induction training
Kyiv, Ukraine programme for senior, associate and junior legal
approximation and sector policy fellows, Kyiv, Ukraine

October, 2017, Certificate of completion of a 2-day-training programme
Kyiv, Ukraine aimed at enhancing competences of civil servants in ‘Good
law making, legal drafting and approximation to EU law’, Kyiv,
Ukraine;

2009, Kyiv, Certificate of completion of a course on “Alternative Dispute
Ukraine Resolution Processes: Skills Development and
Implementation”, Fulbright Program in Ukraine, Institute of
International Relations, Kyiv, Ukraine;

2008, Odesa Certificate of Merits for the “Best Report”, International
Ukraine Conference “The European Court of Human Rights”, Odesa,
Ukraine;

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 2008, Winner of the Ukrainian Round of Schoenherr Central and
Vienna, Austria Eastern European Essay Competition on “E-commerce”

2008, Odesa, Certificate of Merits for the “Best Speaker”, 1st International
Ukraine Conference “The Role of the International Court of Justice in
Resolving Territorial Disputes”, Odesa, Ukraine;

2007/2008, Certificate of Merits for participation in the Willem C. Vis
Odesa, Ukraine International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna, Austria

2003 – 2005, Elworthy Scholar, ‘A Level’ at Bedgebury School, England, UK.
Kent, UK

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