Co-Founder

• Jan 2020 - Present

- Advised Cargill regarding day-to-day business activities on various legal and tax, and environmental issues. - Advised MV Cargo (Neptune is one of the largest and deepest marine grain terminals in Ukraine and the Black Sea region) regarding tax and legal matters and issues in connection with the documentation of grain acceptance and storage and re-qualification to representative offices after the tax amendments to Tax Code. Preparing legal memorandums and tax consultations and developing modifications and additions to the group's companies' contracts and policies. - Provided Legal and Tax support according to the tax audits of the company, analyzed financial, and tax statements, drafted letters of explanation and objections to the tax authority, and closely cooperated with the Client's Financial and Legal Departments. - Advised Dokumeds Global on the tax issues of re-qualification of the Non-permanent Representative office in Ukraine to the Permanent Establishment, performing Legal Due Diligence, drafting memorandums and developing changes to the documents of the Representative office in Ukraine for meetings of tax and regulatory requirements. - Advised the foreign representative offices and subsidiaries in Ukraine to implement changes to the companies group's agreements and policies for meetings of Ukrainian tax requirements. - Advised major Ukrainian agricultural group in the acquisition of farming companies with a land plots bank of more than 10.000 ha, including building corporate structure, tax planning and financial models of operating for the long-term investing period and, in this connection, drafting memorandums, sale-purchases agreements, and obtaining individual legal explanations from fiscal and regulatory government authorities. - Conducted webinars as a speaker on legal and tax issues with the Raiffeisen bank of Ukraine, the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, Ukrainian Agricultural Associations and the Regional Bar Associates Show less

Tax Assistant

• May 2022 - Jun 2022

- Calculation of foreign currency gains - Preparation of complex calculations in Excel - Assistance in international arbitration proceedings, in particular, preparation and processing of files - Assistance in the compilation of attachments in complex state court proceedings as well as in enforcement proceedings - Calculation of foreign currency gains - Preparation of complex calculations in Excel - Assistance in international arbitration proceedings, in particular, preparation and processing of files - Assistance in the compilation of attachments in complex state court proceedings as well as in enforcement proceedings

Expert in agricultural SME accounting, finance and taxation

• Jun 2019 - Feb 2020

- Performing a project to harmonize national agricultural cooperatives law with the EU rules of Ukrainian tax and legal regulations. - Analyzed different types of financial instruments for Ukrainian cooperatives. Drafting legal memorandum on different types of financial instruments appropriate financial instruments that have to meet with legislation requirements and simultaneously not lose economic attractiveness. - Participating in the workgroups according to developing new regulations for agricultural cooperatives with specialists from the World Bank, EBRD and The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food core associations. The Ukrainian Parliament adopted a law on the regulation of agricultural cooperatives. Show less

Legal Counsel

• Feb 2018 - Jan 2020

- Advised on various tax, environmental and legal, land and tax issues members of UAC. - Conducting Due Diligence of companies and assets, drafted DD reports and memorandums. - Advised on various tax, environmental and legal, land and tax issues members of UAC. - Conducting Due Diligence of companies and assets, drafted DD reports and memorandums.

Tax Consultant

• Nov 2017 - Dec 2019

- Advising the most extensive vertically-integrated agro-industrial holdings in Ukraine in day-to-day business activities according to tax, environmental and legal issues. - Performing projects related to appealing against the tax authorities' decision on additional VAT charges for the production of biogas from pulp, appealing against non-payment of subsidies for sugar beet cultivation. - Providing legal and tax advice to the company's financial department during the tax audits - Represented interests of groups of companies with claims against tax authorities. Show less

Senior Tax Counsel

• Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

- Advised OTP Bank Ukraine on tax issues and drafting documents on tax disputes settlements (administrative complaints and court claims); - Advised agricultural producers on tax structuring, drafted legal documents and supported disputes between farming producers and tax authorities. - Advised OTP Bank Ukraine on tax issues and drafting documents on tax disputes settlements (administrative complaints and court claims); - Advised agricultural producers on tax structuring, drafted legal documents and supported disputes between farming producers and tax authorities.

Legal Consultant

• Apr 2017 - Oct 2018

- Conducting Due Dilligence of companies and assets (focusing on distressed assets); drafted DD memorandums; - Adviced clients on various tax and environmental matters; - Drafting documents in relation to the tax and environmental issues. - Conducting Due Dilligence of companies and assets (focusing on distressed assets); drafted DD memorandums; - Adviced clients on various tax and environmental matters; - Drafting documents in relation to the tax and environmental issues.

Legal Associate

• Oct 2013 - Apr 2017

- Advising agribusiness, particularly on the purchase and sale of some of the largest agricultural companies, inspection of the land bank, real estate, payment of taxes; - Representing taxpayer’s interests before tax authorities and courts of all instances; - Providing legal support on tax issues to pharmaceuticals companies and representative offices of foreign companies in Ukraine. - Advising agribusiness, particularly on the purchase and sale of some of the largest agricultural companies, inspection of the land bank, real estate, payment of taxes; - Representing taxpayer’s interests before tax authorities and courts of all instances; - Providing legal support on tax issues to pharmaceuticals companies and representative offices of foreign companies in Ukraine.

Associate

• Jun 2011 - Oct 2013

Intern

• Sep 2010 - Jan 2011