About

Beginning her career in 1997, Olga Prokopovych has developed into one of the most respected in-house lawyers in Ukraine. ‘In my almost 20 year legal career, I was fortunate to serve as external advisor and as in-house counsel for numerous multinationals concentrating in real estate and M&A transactions, changing focus lately on technology and privacy’, she explains. Prokopovych joined global Dutch technology company VEON in 2016 as chief legal officer for Ukraine but because of the skills she demonstrated, she was promoted to general legal counsel for the entire Eurasia Region in March 2017. During her time at VEON, she has changed the structure, responsibilities, concentration and specialisation of the legal team ‘to provide a tailor made approach to all business functions’. Elaborating on this, she adds, ‘we implement digital ways of cooperating with the business by setting up more ways of communication and information sharing with colleagues’. Some of Prokopovych’s career highlights include successfully closing a major multimillion dollar antitrust case with Ukrainian authorities and ‘operating in the Ukrainian environment during revolutions, force majeure events whilst successfully leading the business to the positive results’. Other notable positions held by Prokopovych before VEON, include serving as corporate, external and legal affairs director for Microsoft in Eurasia countries (2013-2016) and an international counsel for law firm Chadbourne & Parke (now Norton Rose Fulbright) between 2010 and 2013.