Denys Zahorskyi

Experience

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  PrivatBank

  Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

  Legal Counsel

  • Drafting pre-trial claims• Participation in debt recovery litigations and enforcement proceedings

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  Law firm "Defence"

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Legal Counsel

  • Formation of legal entities• Drafting various contracts, including license, supply, and service provision agreements• Representing clients in civil and administrative litigation• Drafting litigation documents

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  State enterprise "USSI"

  Jan 2017 - Mar 2019

  • Managing a team of three lawyers• Advising the enterprise’s departments on legal matters• Representing the enterprise in civil, tax, and administrative litigation• Drafting and negotiating contracts, including those with international clients• Developing and updating internal corporate policies• Ensuring compliance with Ministry of Economy regulations• Preparing legal reports and submissions for the Ministry of Economy • Maintaining the internal contract management system• Drafting and negotiating contracts, including those with international buyers• Developing and updating internal corporate policies• Ensuring compliance with anti-corruption legislation

  • Head of Legal

    Nov 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Senior Legal Counsel

    Jan 2017 - Nov 2018
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  Legal Services

  Mar 2019 - Jan 2024

  Legal Counsel

  • Assisting with company formation in Estonia• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various B2B contracts, including NDAs, service agreements, partnership agreements• Trademark registrations with the EUIPO and USPTO• Providing DMCA-related legal support• Advising on USA tax law, including double taxation treaties• Representing the client in a FOSFA arbitration case (United Kingdom)• Providing GDPR legal advice and preparing related documentation, including privacy policy, internal data protection policies and data processing agreemnets• Providing legal support to online education and digital content businesses, including drafting terms of service• Legal support for establishing an investment fund in the Cayman Islands Show less

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  UTOR.

  Mar 2019 - Jan 2024

  Legal Counsel

  • Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various B2B contracts, including NDAs, service agreements, partnership agreements• Completing U.S. tax forms (W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E)• Advising on Estonian, Spanish, and Ukrainian tax law, including double taxation treaties• Advising on Estonian, Ukrainian labour law• Providing GDPR legal advice and preparing related documentation, including privacy policy, internal data protection policies and data processing agreements.

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  Technologies in metallurgy s.r.o.

  Jan 2024 - now

  Senior Legal Counsel

  • Drafting and negotiating a wide range of contracts, including service, supply, EPC, partnership, license agreements, NDAs etc• Conducting due diligence on clients and suppliers• Registering companies and opening bank accounts in the Czech Republic, Republic of Estonia, Republic of Kazakhstan, and the People’s Republic of China• Providing international tax structuring advice, including consulting on double taxation treaties and OECD MLI provisions• Participating in Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) proceedings as well as drafting litigation documents• Obtaining engineering licenses in the Czech Republic, Republic of Estonia, and Republic of Kazakhstan• Implementing the ISO 9001 standard and developing internal corporate policies and procedures• Collaborating with external legal counsels• Advising internal departments• Maintaining the internal contract management system• Trademark and industrial design registrations with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Show less