Position: Compliance &legal officer / Head of Legal / AML / Data Protection / Cryptocurrency regulations
Category: Other
English level: fluent
Years of experience: 10


I am experienced legal counsel and compliance officer for IT companies. I am admitted to Ukrainian Bar Association, I am a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and Certified Information Privacy Professional.

Some of my expertise:
•	advising on and dealing with all arising legal issues, including corporate, labour, commercial, IP, marketing, consumer protection issues, etc.;
•	advising on cryptocurrency regulations in different jurisdictions, including but not limited to regarding DAOs, CEX/DEX, non-custodian wallets, ICO/ITO, NFT marketplaces, etc;
•	drafting and negotiating different national and cross-border contracts, including under English and US law (license agreements, IP releases, software development agreements, share option agreements, shareholders agreements, services agreements, terms of use, etc.);
•	conducting due diligence of target-companies and real estate, leading national and cross-border M&A transactions, real estate purchase transactions;
•	international structuring (set up, purchase and liquidation of companies in foreign jurisdictions including US, Cyprus, UK, Singapore, Germany, BVI, Belize, Malta, Panama, Luxembourg, China, etc.);
•	conducting compliance due diligence, development and implementation of compliance programs and policies (incl. labour, data protection, whistleblowing, anticorruption, codes of conduct, supplier codes, etc);
•	acting in capacity of Data Protection Officer, advising on data protection regulations in different jurisdictions (incl. US, UK, EU, Asia, etc.), creating and implementing global data protection programs, conducting DPIAs, dealing with data subject requests, employee training, supporting internal and external audits, etc.;
•	acting in capacity of AML Compliance Officer, creating and implementing global AML compliance programs, conducting risk assessments, ensuring KYC/CDD, employee training, supporting compliance audits, etc.;
•	working with standards such as: ISO 27001/2, ISO 27701, ISO 9001, PCI DSS, SOC2 etc.;
•	dealing with Apple App Store and Google Play compliance request;
•	building and managing legal and compliance teams;