Education
National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman. Master of Law, graduated in 2009
Kyiv Institute of Intellectual Property of the National University “Odessa Academy of Law”. Master`s degree in intellectual property, graduated in 2011.
Experience
Kateryna has been providing legal services for more than 12 years. She made her first steps in the law field as an intern in the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine. With experience in representing companies before the courts and state authorities, Kateryna provides her clients with practical consultations on minimizing business risks in Ukraine. Kateryna`s documents are a standard for younger colleagues and an example of high-quality and understandable legal advice for clients.
The lawyer accompanies projects in the innovative and creative industries, offering a solution to the legalization of non-standard situations.
Supply of pigs or transfer of rights on modern software, optimization of personnel in a pharmaceutical company, or establishment of a foreign air carrier representative office – all questions get a practical answer due to the skillful use of legal instruments.
Kateryna’s inspiration involves design, advertisement, and communication which she successfully helps to create in the legal framework with a pinch of creativity. The lawyer believes that it is highly essential to form legal awareness in the field of creation and use of works of science and art. Providing legal minimum in the relationship between creators and clients will give them competitive advantages and confidence in agreements.
Kateryna`s clients include international airlines and global pharmaceutical companies as well as Ukrainian enterprises and businessmen, who work in the areas of medicine, IT, and industry.
Kateryna has prepared a considerable number of publications and comments for mass media related to legal regulation of pharmaceutics, commercial and labor relations, copyright law, and other issues.
Practices and industries
Intellectual property law, IT and media, advertising and competition protection, aviation, pharmaceutics, labor, and corporate law.
Languages
Ukrainian (Native proficiency), Russian (Professional working proficiency), English (Professional working proficiency)
Publications
Recognition and Recommendations
In 2020-2021 the international edition The Legal 500 took into account Kateryna’s work and customers’ feedback in two practices – Intellectual property as well as commercial, corporate law, and M&A. The edition recommended her as a key practitioner in the field of Intellectual property with extensive experience in IT, aviation, and pharmaceutics. Lawyer’s projects on registration and liquidation of foreign companies’ representative offices and business structuring have also been mentioned.
The research “Ukrainian law firms 2020-2022. A handbook for foreign clients”, evaluating transport, pharmacy, and healthcare as well as intellectual property practices, recognized Kateryna Ishchenko`s work in these areas.
