Oleksandra Kostrytsia to lead Transactions Practice at PwC Legal Ukraine
14/08/18
On August 13, 2018 Oleksandra Kostrytsia joined the Attorneys Association “PwC Legal” Ukraine as the Head of the Transactions Practice.
Oleksandra is a top-notch professional with a keen understanding of Corporate Law and over 13 years of experience in Mergers & Acquisitions. She provides legal support to Ukrainian and international companies on a variety of issues related to cross-border M&A transactions, establishing corporate governance structure, drafting and negotiating shareholder agreements and share transfer agreements, as well as ensuring compliance with Ukrainian Corporate, Antitrust, Employment, and Contract Laws.
Over the course of her career, she has serviced more than 100 clients, including dozens of “Fortune Global 500” companies and assisted clients in closing around 50 deals totaling 5 billion USD.
Before joining PwC Ukraine she worked as a legal consultant at leading domestic and international law firms (Magisters, Backer & McKenzie, DLA Piper) as well as an in-house lawyer at top companies (Smart Holding and Media Group Ukraine (which is a part of SCM Group)).
“I am very happy to join PwC Legal. On the market, it is well known as a strong team of professionals. Here I will be able to fully utilize my experience as a transactional lawyer. This opens a whole new opportunity to meet the widest range of client needs, since PwC is not only about high quality audit or business consulting services. It is also a fully-fledged law firm providing full scope of legal services including servicing M&A transactions”,
- commented Oleksandra.
Andrey Pronchenko, Managing Partner at PwC Legal Ukraine, said:
“We are happy to welcome Oleksandra to our team and I am pleased to have her as our Transactions Leader as I am convinced that her experience and expertise will assist our corporate clients operating in Ukraine. Last year our team handled 3 out of TOP-10 local M&A deals in Ukraine. Our Corporate and M&A Services team is part of a worldwide network of top-rated professionals, providing full legal support for M&A transactions. Our unique relationship with other lines of service (tax, advisory) within the global PwC network allows our clients to benefit from a comprehensive approach to solving their problems. It allows us to address a wide range of issues and to perform effective management of complex cross-border transactions”.
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