About

The global cigarette and tobacco company, Philip Morris International (PMI), has been operating in Ukraine since 1994. Today it operates a state-of-the-art production facility in Kharkiv, manufacturing a range of international brands for the Ukrainian market and for export. Having enjoyed prominent in-house legal positions at top multinational companies in the Ukraine since 1999, Nataliya Bondarenko returned to Philip Morris’ Ukrainian business in 2016 – she had a successful spell as counsel for the company between 2002 and 2010. Between her current and previous spell at the Ukrainian leader of the tobacco market, Bondarenko gained acclaim from internal colleagues and external peers for her time as vice president of legal and government relations at Carlsberg, covering the Danish alcoholic beverage producer’s operations in Ukraine and Moldova. Now in another role that befits both her business and legal nous, Bondarenko is already providing expert assistance to Philip Morris Ukraine’s challenge of a tax claim in the national courts. Bondarenko has also held legal positions at Unilever Ukraine and law firm Gedeon Richter – PregLem, in a professional career that stretches back to 1997.