WTS TAX LEGAL CONSULTING - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Attorney at Law
- Senior Partner
The main areas of Alexander's specialization are tax and customs law, investments, dispute resolution, complex business structuring and reorganizational issues, criminal cases on economic crimes. Professional portfolio of Alexander includes more than 300 cases and projects on tax structuring and enterprise restructuring, consolidation of business groups in Ukraine, disputes connected with realization of large investments projects. He successfully provides consulting services and represents interests of the biggest taxpayers in Ukraine - multinational groups, international companies and their subsidiaries in Ukraine, Ukrainian companies and mid-sized business.
As an Attorney at Law, Alexander has considerable experience in defense of clients' officials in criminal proceedings on white collar crimes, in particular in proceedings on/f tax evasion, forgery, criminal negligence and other violations in the field of economic activity.
In 1999 Alexander together with several colleagues has established his own company in which he is a Senior Partner up to date.
Alexander is actively involved in many public projects legislative initiatives related to reform of taxation in Ukraine, among which are "No to article 212 of the Criminal code"; "Motivation of the court decisions in tax diputes" ; "Tax dispute vs. crime" ; "Tax reform"; «Draft Law № 3448»; "Natural human rights. The right to peaceful assembly as a way of protection of natural human rights"; "Fact in question in administrative legal proceedings: from protection of an individual to procedural nihilism" and others.
Alexander is the author of more than 200 publications and professional comments in mass media on taxation, customs law, disputes resolution, criminal law etc. He is an active participant of professional and business conferences, round tables and forums. He participates in profile committees of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and the European Business Association, German-Ukrainian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and is a member of the Ukrainian Bar Association.
Alexander Shemiatkin specializes in tax issues, investments and foreign economic activity, trade and distribution, labour issues. He has considerable experience in representing the clients' interests in court disputes, especially with tax and customs authorities. He has practical experience in business structuring, tax planning, structuring contractual relations in the field of trade and distribution, as well as in drafting contracts.
Alexander joined the team of KM Partners in 2001 and became a Partner of the firm in 2009.
Alexander has more than 100 professional publications in mass media on topical issues of taxation, litigation and budgetary relations. He is an active member of professional conferences and forums. In 2017 was elected to the Public Council under the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. Alexander is the co-chairman of the Tax Committee of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs.
Job Titles:
- Principal Counsel, Attorney at Law
The main areas of Alexander's practice are commercial law, trade & distribution and competition law.
Alexander is a specialist in the sphere of commercial law, structuring of contractual relationships, consulting on general commercial issues of business activity, performing due diligence of companies and separate business objects. He has experience of consulting support of projects in the sphere of real estate and construction and land issues.
Alexander has experience of cooperation with a large number of companies in the sphere of agriculture, real estate and construction, information technologies and telecommunications.
Alexander has been working at KM Partners since 2010. He is a member of KM Partners Attorneys in Law. He takes part in meetings of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and the European Business Association.
Education:
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Specialist of Law, 2010.
Andrii has experience in carrying out the maintenance of pre-trial and court appealing of decisions and actions (inactions) of tax authorities. Besides, he advises on tax issues, structuring of contractual relations in terms of taxation.
Andrii joined KM Partners in 2015. He takes part in meetings of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and the European Business Association.
Education:
Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole, Master of International and European law, , 2011;
National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", specialist of Law, 2012.
Job Titles:
- Attorney at Law
- of Counsel
Job Titles:
- Senior of Counsel, Attorney at Law
He has experience in settling disputes with tax and customs authorities at the administrative appeal stage and at the court. In addition, Artem has experience in advising on tax audits, as well as representing the interests of Clients during the consideration of taxpayers' complaints and objections by tax authorities.
As an Attorney at Law, Artem protects Client's officials and accompanies them in criminal proceedings on "white-collar" crimes, in particular in crimes classified as tax evasion. He also has experience in providing protection in administrative cases related to business activity.
Artem joined KM Partners in 2017.
Education:
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Master of Law, 2018.
Elena Bukuyeva specializes on issues in the field of taxation, customs law, foreign trade, intellectual property, distribution and currency regulation. Elena has experience of providing consultations in different spheres of economy such as agriculture, real estate and construction, energy, information technology and telecommunications, pharmaceuticals.
Inna has over 15 years of professional experience in the field of taxation and law. Inna is an expert in tax consulting and tax planning matters, structuring of transactions for Ukrainian and international companies, tax audit, taxation of foreigners and individual entrepreneurs, representation of clients in disputes with tax authorities etc. Inna's experience covers such fields of economy as energetics, real estate, chemical, food and wine industries etc.
Inna is involved in consulting projects for restructuring activities in Ukraine, mergers and acquisitions, structuring of profit repatriation, remuneration of labour, taxation of foreigners and private entrepreneurs, as well as providing of tax support in business operations, including drafting/checking of contracts, accompanying (primary) documents, internal regulation. Inna has considerable practical experience in support of clients during tax audits, administrative appeals of audit acts and decisions taken as a result of audits.
Inna joined KM Partners team in 2004 and became a partner of the firm in 2018.
Inna actively participates in KM Partners legislative activity, in particular in elaboration of Draft Law on Exit Capital Tax, Draft Law on Electronic Cabinet of the Taxpayer, Draft Law on the Temporary register of budget reimbursement and so on. Also, Inna is the author of Policy Paper" Transformation of Corporate Profit Tax into Exit Capital Tax" (2016), published with EUINFOCENTER and USAID support, and articles on taxation and Tax Reform in Ukraine. Inna actively participates in the meetings of tax committees of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and the European Business Association.
Education:
Vadym Getman Kyiv National Economic University, Master of Legal Regulation of Economy, 1998.
Job Titles:
- Partner, Attorney at Law, Ph
Ivan Shynkarenko leads transfer pricing and customs practices, as well as disputes resolution on these issues. He has profound experience in various projects in such branches as agroindustry, real estate and construction, IT and telecommunications, finance and investments, chemistry and food industry, transport, machinery construction, fuel and energy, ecology and biotechnology, pharmaceutics.
Ivan has earned recognition as an expert who can solve the most complicated problems, which the clients of the firm faced in their practical activity. Education in economics and profound practical experience provide him with in-depth understanding of business activity of the firm's clients and allow elaboration of the most optimal solutions in each particular case. Ivan is one of the most proficient specialists in disputes on transfer pricing and customs issues.
Ivan joined KM Partners' team being the student in 2005. In 2015 he became a partner.
Ivan actively participates in many public initiatives and projects, in particular "Exporting is easy", "Problems of motivation of court decisions in tax disputes", "Tax dispute vs. crime?", "Natural human rights. The right to peaceful assembly as a way of protection of natural human rights", "Tax Reform" and others.
Ivan is the author of more than 50 theoretic and practical articles on urgent issues of taxation, customs regulation and transfer pricing. He is a regular participant of tax and customs committee meetings at the American Chamber of Commerce, the European Business Association, German-Ukrainian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and is a member of the Ukrainian Bar Association. In 2018 Ivan was elected to the Public Council under the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine.
Ivan Shynkarenko was rewarded by the American Chamber of Commerce for his outstanding contribution to developing business environment of Ukraine.
The main areas of the specialization of Maxim Oleksiyuk are construction & real estate, complicated and problematic issues of land laws, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust and competition law, natural resources, subsoil use and ecology issues. He also has valuable experience in supporting of trade and distribution projects, in particular in collaboration with leading market members in such branches as oil and agriculture products trade, retail network etc. Maxim is known for his consulting practice in agribusiness and efficient practice in disputes resolution.
He has been working at KM Partners since 1999, as a partner - since 2004.
Maxim actively participated in many public projects and legislative initiatives, in particular he was a member of the working group on the effective use of the port infrastructure of the state property of sea ports in Ukraine; he was involved in commenting/amendment to Draft Law "On authorities and persons engaged in the enforcement of court decisions and decisions of other authorities", "On Amendments to Constitution of Ukraine" (with regard to justice), Draft Law on executive proceedings etc.
Maxim's Oleksiyuk articles and legal commentaries of Maxim are published in juridical and specialized media; his analytics is systematical, deep and may show the situation at the unconventional angle. He is an active participant of professional conferences, round tables and forums. He participates in the meetings of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and the European Business Association. In 2015 Maxim was elected as Co-Chair of the Legal Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.
Job Titles:
- Senior Lawyer, Attorney at Law
Job Titles:
- Principal Counsel, Attorney at Law
Tetiana Poberezhska specializes in tax disputes, tax consulting and tax planning. In particular, Tetiana represents the client's interests in the courts of Ukraine in disputes with tax authorities, represents the client's interests at the stage of administrative appeal of decisions of tax authorities, also advises on taxation of individuals, declares income of foreigners and citizens of Ukraine.
Tetiana has experience in advising on cash accounting and compliance with cash discipline, as well as in disputes over violations of cash discipline legislation.
Tetiana also advises clients on labor issues, participated in non-judicial settlement of disputes arising in the field of labor law, as well as represents the client in labor disputes.
Tetiana joined the team of KM Partners in 2011. She is a member of KM Partners Attorneys in Law. She takes part in meetings of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and the European Business Association. She attended seminars in Strasbourg on specific issues of appealing to the European Court of Human Rights to protect the rights and interests of individuals and legal entities.
Education:
Vadym Getman Kyiv National Economic University, Master of Legal Regulation of Economy, 2011.
Job Titles:
- Kyiv National Economic University, Master of Legal Regulation of Economy, 1998
- Kyiv National Economic University, Master of Legal Regulation of Economy, 2011
Job Titles:
- Kyiv National Economic University, Master of International Economy, 2015
Job Titles:
- Principal Counsel, Attorney at Law
Victoriia Minets specializes in real estate and land matters and as well as having valuable experience in the fields of merger and acquisition and corporate law. Victoriia's professional activity involves participation in large-scale restructuring projects, including structuring and support of share transfer agreements, elaboration and implementation of corporate management and control mechanisms, transfer of real estate and other assets, transfer of software and other intellectual property, transfer of agreements and permissive documents. Victoriia advises clients on business issues related to land possession, lease relations, subsoil use, and construction; also she provides support in judicial disputes connected with the abovementioned issues. She joined KM Partners in 2011. She is a member of KM Partners Attorneys in Law. She takes part in meetings of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and the European Business Association. Education: National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Master of Law, 2011. Practices: M&A and Restructurings; Real Estate / Construction Аgribusiness; Contract and Business Law; Intellectual Property; Litigation. Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English.
Viktoriia has experience in preparation of documentation on transfer pricing, and also in implementation of the economic and functional analysis of controlled operations. Such work in transfer pricing Viktoriia combines with consultation on customs issues, in particular court disputes with customs authorities.
Viktoriia joined KM Partners in 2015.
Education:
Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, Master of International Economy, 2015.
Job Titles:
- Principal Counsel, Attorney at Law
Yaroslava Ivasyuk is an expert in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, labour law.
Yaroslava specializes in consulting support of establishing representative offices in Ukraine, investment activities, establishing, reorganization and liquidation of companies, corporate management, conducting due diligence of companies and separate business objects.
Yaroslava advises clients on labour issues on regular basis and has considerable experience in judicial and non-judicial settlement of labour disputes.
Yaroslava also specializes in disputes with the subjects of state authorities and has experience in antitrust and unfair competition law.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Council
- Senior of Counsel, Attorney at Law
Also Yuliia provides legal support in the declaration campaign of individuals, both citizens of Ukraine and foreigners, including determination and justification of individual's tax residency status, analysis of applicability of international treaties of Ukraine on avoidance of double taxation, legal support in communication with tax authorities, including receipt of confirmation of the amounts of taxes received in Ukraine and appeal against potential tax assessments.
Yuliia has experience in carrying out the maintenance of pre-trial (administrative) and court appealing of actions (inactions), provides analysis and audit of the accounting documents. Also Yuliia has experience in preparing the procedural documents.
Yuliia joined KM Partners in 2013. Yuliia is a member of the Council of the Committee on Tax and Customs Law of the Ukrainian Bar Association.