Yuliia Kholodova
About:
A business-oriented in-house lawyer with over four years of experience. Main focus areas: contractual and commercial law, regulatory compliance, consumer protection, data protection, and intellectual property. CIPP/E.
languages
English, Ukrainian
Expertise:
Experience:
Genesis
Legal Counsel at Genesis
May 2020 - Present • Kyiv, Ukraine
- Contractual work. Drafting and proofreading license agreements, MSAs, SLAs and corresponding orders, insertion orders, NDAs, data processing agreements, software development agreements, and employment agreements. Automatization of the contractual workflow. - Consumer and data protection. Advising on data and consumer protection matters in relation to GDPR, Consumer Rights Directive, Omnibus Directive, and USA federal and state-level legislation (CCPA, CPRA, VCDPA, COPPA, ROSCA, FTC guidelines). Preparing relevant legal documentation (external like PP, ToS, EULA, and internal), reviewing and maintaining procedures related to data processing, handling data subjects' requests and consumers' complaints, working with local regulatory authorities, analyzing and assisting in improving product practices. - Litigation and pre-litigation. Settling out-of-court claims with clients, partners, employees, and vendors. Defending the company during litigation and coordinating external lawyers. - Working closely with over 20 internal clients and other administrative departments (Treasury, Finance, HR etc.). Representing legal function in cross-teams cooperation. Legal support of financial planning, operations, and audit. - Legal research and analysis on various legal matters in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Keeping abreast of legislative changes in 10+ jurisdictions that may affect the Company. - Efficient legal support of the everyday company’s operational activity and ad hoc requests.AEQUO law firm
Associate at AEQUO law firm
1 years 1 mth • March 2019 - April 2020 • Kyiv, Ukraine
- Defending clients' interests in anti-counterfeit and trademark infringement investigations and disputes Representing clients before state authorities - IP portfolio review and management - Conducting IP assets due diligence - Drafting agreements for disposal of exclusive IP rights - Preparing objections against trademark applications registrationEducation:
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
2014 - 2020
Master of Laws, Legal Practice