Mykyta Sokolov
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Experience
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PSP Lab
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Partner
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Mar 2022 - Present
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Senior Associate
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Aug 2019 - Mar 2022
- Day-to-day consulting of FinTech companies related to regulations, technology, business development and potential partnerships.- Support in the authorisation of FinTech companies as Electronic Money Institutions and Payment Institutions in the UK and EU.- Preparing legal documentation and assisting in negotiating the agreements with key counterparties.- PSP Lab Chief Evangelist.
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Business&Legal Consultant
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Jun 2018 - Present
I have worked with renowned DeFi companies such as 1inch and Lido and new disruptors of the DeFi space like Kinetex cross-chain protocol. Alone or in a team of specialists in various fields (depending on the client's needs, budgets, and jurisdictions at stake) next services are provided: - Consultations regarding incorporation of blockchain/smart contracts/tokenisation(crypto) solutions into a business model from legal and business perspectives; - Consultations regarding capital raising through tokenisation of financial instruments (STO); - Contracts and other legal documents drafting for crypto/blockchain business models; - Legal assistance in opening or closure of crypto/blockchain businesses; - Legal compliance consultations for FinTech mainly focused on crypto/blockchain companies; - Assistance in finding various partners such as banks, processors, AML solution providers, auditors, other companies and sometimes investors (in case I am personally interested in the project). - VC Investment Show less
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Swiss Crypto Advisors
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Switzerland
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Legal Advisor
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Jan 2019 - Sep 2019
Swiss Crypto Advisors (SCA) mission is to empower individuals, businesses, and investors to seize the tremendous financial opportunities arising from the blockchain revolution. My task is to help SCA in this mission by conducting various researches in the field of FinTech and creating compliant business models. Since 2011 many things have changed and blockchain start-ups finally see different regulatory frameworks in different jurisdictions. At SCA my task is to navigate them in various emerging guidelines, rules, regulations, find partners and create business models as much as possible compliant with the existing rules. I believe that “the Wild West” is not the right conditions for the technology that has the potential to change the world. Show less
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Axon.Partners - reimagining legal services
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Ukraine
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Internship
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Jul 2018 - Oct 2018
In Axon.Partners I worked with different cryptocurrency projects (mostly from offshore jurisdictions + US,UK). Mainly I was involved in: - Drafting legal opinions (Tax issues, ICO tokens, AML/CTF compliance for different crypto projects (mainly Crypto Exchanges); - Business model analysis from the perspective of compliance; - Ex post and Ex ante ICO/TGE compliance; - Capital raising model creation from scratch; - Legal research in the field of ICOs, STOs, Crypto Exchanges and tokenomics in general. Show less
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Dahl International Tax Law
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The Hague Area, Netherlands
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Internship Trainee
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Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
Dahl International Tax Law helps 'victims' of the United States worldwide taxation and individuals, companies doing business in the United States. At Dahl International Law I was involved in: - Preparation of tax returns and other related documents (US tax law); - Cryptocurrency taxation research; - Internal processes automatisation. Dahl International Tax Law helps 'victims' of the United States worldwide taxation and individuals, companies doing business in the United States. At Dahl International Law I was involved in: - Preparation of tax returns and other related documents (US tax law); - Cryptocurrency taxation research; - Internal processes automatisation.
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Education
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Queen Mary University of London
LLM, Banking and Finance Law -
De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences
External Listener, Blockchain Minor -
De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor of Laws - LLB, Commercial Law -
National University "Odessa Law Academy"
Bachelor of Laws - LLB, Civil and Commercial Law ( Факультет Гражданской и Хозяйственной Юстиции) -
LUISS Guido Carli University
Exchange ( Bachelor and Master Courses), Law; Business Administration and Management; Economics and Finance