Ph.D., Partner, Pragma Consulting Group

Alyona is a recognized professional in the field of government relations and industry regulations. She advises international corporations and large national companies on the development and implementation of corporate GR&PA strategies, including regulatory consulting, support of investment projects, strategic communications, and building of coalitions for public advocacy.

Having extensive experience from both the government and business sides, she can effectively transform a client’s request into a message that can be conveyed to the government stakeholders and implemented into public policy.

She has around 10 years of experience in the field of interaction with state authorities in various fields and management of associations, as well as more than 15 years of experience in legal and managerial positions in the Presidential Administration.

She also has almost five years of experience in supporting FAO/EBRD projects in the framework of partnership between the government and the private sector. For five years she taught the courses “Legislative Technique” and “Organization of Working Groups” at the Institute of Law and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. From 2022 to 2024, she was a technical expert of the APENA 2 project – EU founded Project on approximation of the Ukrainian legislation (Air, Waste Management Issues).

Public Activities and Publications:

From 2015 to 2019, Alyona had been the Head of the Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association on Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Human Rights. Since 2021, she has been the Head of the GR Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association. The co-author of the book for children ”Me and Constitution”.

Education and Research Activities:

Alyona holds diplomas of an electromechanical engineer (Zaporizhzhya National Technical University), a master of public administration (National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine), and a lawyer (National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine). All her diplomas with honors. She was trained in European integration and fundamentals of public administration through GIZ (Ukraine, Germany), NDI (Ukraine, Poland), Administration of Justice – T.S.Asser Institute (Netherlands), Corporate Finance Management, Berkeley Law Executive Education (online). Alyona is a Doctor of Philosophy in Law (National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”), author of the fifteen scientific publications (including in EU countries) on temporal characteristics of law and settlement of transitional relations, a co-author of the manual “The Legislative Technique”.

Recognitions:

Honored Lawyer of Ukraine.

Included in the TOP-100 lawyers of Ukraine according to the national rating “Client’s Choice: 100 Best Lawyers of Ukraine” in 2023 and 2024.

She is the leader of the “GR in Ukraine and Regulatory Activities” practices in 2021, 2023, 2024 and “Energy and Natural Resources/Environmental Law” in 2023 and 2024.

Recognized as a “Leader Woman of the Legal Market” according to the rating “Ukrainian Women in Law 2023”.

Acknowledged by Ukrainian Law Firms. A Handbook for Foreign Clients among the notable practitioners as one of the established practices in Energy & Natural Resources  in 2022-2023.