Oleksandra Pavlenko.
Founding partner, Attorney at law
Oleksandra Pavlenko is the founder of Pavlenko Legal Group, the attorney at law with over 20 years of experience in law. She is the renowned speaker on GR projects management and legal support of political processes. Oleksandra was repeatedly recognized as the best GR consultant in the country and included to TOP five famous women-lawyers of Ukraine according to Forbes Women.
She worked in the positions of First Deputy Minister of Public Health of Ukraine, Legal Adviser to the Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine on Economic Issues, Advisor to the Chairman of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, Member of the Expert Council on Corporate Governance at the National Securities and Stock Market Commission.
Areas of specialization
- Government Relations
- Judicial protection of high-profile disputes with a state element
- Election law
- Political advocacy
Awards
- The Legal 500 – Dispute Resolution practice;
- Best Lawyers in Ukraine 2023;
- The Best GR tool 2021, GR Ambassador 2020, The Best GR Specialist 2018 – awards from the Ukrainian Association of GR Professionals and Lobbyists;
- Client’s choice. TOP 100 Best Lawyers of Ukraine 2020 – recommended in GR and Public-private partnership;
- European Women Expert Awards 2019, victory in the category “Law and Expertise”;
- The best lawyer – public figure 2019, The best lawyer of 2018 in the field of judicial protection of banks – the Competition by UAA
Key projects
- participant of all political seasons since 2005 – representation of candidates for the President of Ukraine, political parties and various political figures;
- member of legislative groups on mediation and lobbying;
- support of business in the process of implementation of large government decisions aimed at pharmaceutical and insurance market, particular sectors of the economy (recapitalizations and forced liquidation of banks, government tenders, public-private partnership projects, infrastructure facilities, etc.);
- GR support of business within the framework of the Euro 2012 Championship (negotiations with FIFA and the National Agency for Euro 2012; support of one of the Ukrainian commercial banks in negotiations with FIFA and the Euro 2012 Agency; legal support of the Boryspil International Airport during construction of Terminal D in the context of work with the CMU, the Ministry of Infrastructure, the Euro 2012 Agency);
- support of private companies in the framework of introduction/removal of sanctions issues;
- support of legislative initiatives within the framework of the Parliament and the Government of Ukraine by order of large industrial enterprises of Ukraine;
- legal support of plane crashes (the largest plane crash in the CIS – the TU-154 board was hit by missile forces; involvement to the investigation concerning Malaysia Airlines crashes);
- privatization disputes with the participation of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, the National Commission for Securities and Stock Market, the Government of Ukraine.
Education
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Master of Law
- Ukrainian Institute of Stock Market Development, Securities Specialist
- Internship in the central authorities of the European Union under the Washington University program “Lobbying and Advocacy in the Countries of the European Union”
- “The Role of Public Policy in the Development of the Private Sector”, Stanford University program
- “Art and Craft of Lobbying”, Washington University
- “Rule of Law and Modernization of Government in Developing Countries”, program of Peking University and Ministry of Commerce of China Republic.
