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Olena Stakhurska, LL.M.
Olena Stakhurska, LL.M.

Olena Stakhurska, LL.M.

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Olena is recognised as a commercial and client-focused lawyer with expertise across Corporate/M&A & capital markets, Commercial & consumer contracts, Competition, EU & trade and Employment, pensions & mobility law. She is the Head of our Kyiv office.

Olena is a highly experienced advisor who works with national and international clients across the consumer and retail, life sciences & healthcare, and manufacturing & industrials sectors, amongst others. She is a member of our Italy group.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Commercial & consumer contracts
Competition, EU & trade
Private equity
Venture capital
Employment, pensions & mobility
Immigration & mobility
Employment
Pensions
Equity capital markets
General corporate
Joint ventures
Compliance

Sectors

Consumer & retail
Life sciences & healthcare
Manufacturing & industrials
Logistics & transport
Technology, media & communications
Games and gambling
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Employment, pensions & mobility in CEE

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CV

Since 2011 Partner, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
2008 – 2011 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
2007 – 2008 Lawyer, Rödl & Partner
2006 – 2007 Legal counsel, RSJ Erste Beteiligungsgesellschaft
2005 Trainee, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2004 Trainee, AVO-OIL, Berlin, Germany
2011 Admitted to the bar, Ukraine
2005 – 2006 Postgraduate studies (LL.M.), University of Hamburg, Germany
2000 – 2006 Studies of international law, National Taras Shevchenko University, Institute of International Relations

Career

Since 2011 Partner, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
2008 – 2011 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c
2007 – 2008 Lawyer, Rödl & Partner
2006 – 2007 Legal counsel, RSJ Erste Beteiligungsgesellschaft
2005 Trainee, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2004 Trainee, AVO-OIL, Berlin, Germany

Education

2011 Admitted to the bar, Ukraine
2005 – 2006 Postgraduate studies (LL.M.), University of Hamburg, Germany
2000 – 2006 Studies of international law, National Taras Shevchenko University, Institute of International Relations

Publications

Author of numerous articles in several professional journals and economic media titles.

Reform in the area of corporate law for limited liability companies and companies with additional liability in Ukraine. In: Reforms in Ukraine. A joint publication of the Legal Committee and the Tax and Accounting Committee of the AHK Ukraine, 2018.

Securing residence status and work permits for foreigners and their family members in Ukraine. In: Legal framework and investment protection in Ukraine. A publication of the German-Ukrainian Chamber of Industry and Commerce prepared by the Committee on Legal Affairs, 2018.

Memberships & Associations

Leading member of the „working committee for law” of the German Chamber of Foreign Trade

Board member of the German-Ukrainian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK)

Kyiv Bar Association

Additional languages

English German Italian Russian

Awards

Legal 500 2025

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Recommended lawyer - Intellectual property

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2019

Recommended lawyer - Intellectual property (Ukraine): Taylor Wessing Ukraine‘s team is part of a wider firm that is globally regarded as a leader in IP and IT matters.

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