Head of legal department and department of land relations | UKRPROMINVEST-AGRO
Denys Melnykov
Head of legal department and department of land relations | UKRPROMINVEST-AGRO
Chief legal officer | Agroecology
During the last calendar year at the powerful agro-industrial producer in Ukraine, UKRPROMINVEST-AGRO, Denys Melnykov contributed directly to the registration of 15,000 land lease contracts, alleviating the risk of loss of about 40,000 hectares of land and potential tax payments. Having led the legal department at the company for the last five years, Melnykov has also impressed with his work on a number of marquee projects for the company, such as the state registration of a private enterprise right of permanent land tenure and the initiation and implementation of debt cancellation projects amounting to approximately UAH 80 trillion. Melnykov’s organisational achievements focus on his work of building a creative, professional atmosphere to rally lawyers within his team to achieve company goals and provide assistance to their colleagues. Additionally, he implemented a project on the unification of cyclical and repetitive legal tasks, thus significantly contributing to saving resources and allowing his team to engage on more significant business issues. In his previous work experience, Melnykov worked across various leading businesses in Ukraine, including Best Business Group, Kredit-Aktiv Group, Molniya and Al-Yami.