
Galyna Zagorodniuk
Certificate of Inclusion into the Registry
NRCD No. 034 dated 14.03.2025
EDUCATION
- Corporate Governance Professional Association, "Corporate Director" Program, (2019)
- Ukrainian Corporate Governance Academy-INSEAD, Corporate governance certificate by (2021)
- University of London, Master of Laws (LLM) diploma with merits (2010)
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Master of Laws (1998)
SPECIALIZATION AND FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE
- Corporate Governance
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Company Transformations and Reorganizations, Investment Activities
- Negotiations
- Law (Corporate, Competition and Antitrust), Compliance, Legal Ethics
- ESG
- Educational and Expert Activities
EXPERIENCE
2024 – Imagine Lawyers Law Firm, Partner
2021-2023 – International Law Firm Kinstellar, Partner
2005-2021 – International Law Firm DLA Piper, Partner (Legal Director, Senior Associate)
Corporate governance
2025 – Aspen Institute Kyiv, Member of the Advisory Board
2021-2023 – International Law Firm Kinstellar, non-executive Member of the Board of Directors overseeing the firm's offices in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan
2021-2024 – Aspen Institute Kyiv, Member of the Advisory Board
Educational activities
- Kyiv School of Economics, Lecturer on Corporate law and M&A, legal ethics
- Ukrainian Catholic University, Lecturer on Corporate Law
Public Activities
- Corporate Governance Professional Association
- Women on Boards Ukraine
- Ukrainian Bar Association
- European Business Association – Chair of the Legal Committee in 2005
- Public Council of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, 2008-2010; 2015-2019
- Attorney, Kyiv Regional Bar Association
Recognition & Awards
- Recommended by legal rankings: Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, The Best Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, Women in Business Law, ExpertGuides, LMG Life Sciences Awards, Ukrainian Law Firms: Handbook for Foreign Clients. Named Lawyer of the Year in Ukraine in Competition Law (2022 – The Best Lawyers, 2017 – Ukrainian Legal Award)
- Included in the non-execute directors list by the Ukrainian Corporate Governance Academy