PhD, Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property, MORIS

Born on 7 July 1987 in Kyiv, Ukraine, into a family of lawyers, he graduated with honours from the Faculty of Law at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2010, earning a Master’s degree in Law. In 2013, he completed his postgraduate studies and successfully defended his dissertation to obtain a PhD in Law. He also studied at the English College Cambridge (UK), receiving a diploma in General and Business English in 2012.

His legal career began in 2008 as an associate at the law firm Interbusiness LTD. Since 2013, he has been affiliated with Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, currently holding the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Intellectual Property and Information Law.

A co-founder of the NGO Intellectual Property Club since 2014, he has been actively involved in developing Ukraine’s IP ecosystem. From 2014 to 2020, he served as an external advisor to the IP law firm IPjurix, and represented the university in several international grant programs such as ERASMUS and TEMPUS EUNEG.

In 2017, he was elected to the Dispute Resolution Chamber of the Ukrainian Association of Football. From 2017 to 2020, he served as Director of the American Law Center at the University’s Law Institute. He also worked as an in-house IP counsel for Swisspan Limited (2018–2019).

Since February 2021, he has been a Counsel and Head of Intellectual Property Practice at MORIS, a leading Ukrainian law firm, advising businesses and innovators on IP protection, licensing, and commercialization.