Olga Belyakova joined CMS Cameron McKenna from the Kyiv office of Baker & McKenzie. Olga’s practice includes telecommunications, media and technologies (TMT) sector as well as competition and general commercial issues.
Olga regularly advises multinational and foreign telecommunications and IT companies, media houses and other international and local companies on issues related to the Ukrainian telecommunications, IT, media and technology law areas, including all types of regulatory issues, inter-operators relations, legal expertise in sphere of TV and mass media, acquisition of the telecommunications, media and technologies companies, sale and purchase of telecommunications and IT facilities, etc. She has over seven-year-experience on various aspects of doing business in TMT sector.
As a competition lawyer, Olga advises foreign and local clients on merger control issues, concerted actions, anti-competitive conduct on the market, etc. Her general commercial practice combines a broad experience in drafting and negotiating different types of commercial contracts, including sale and purchase, supply, distributorship, recruitment and advertising services, as well as advising clients on regulatory issues related to their commercial activity.
Relevant experience includes advising:
- An international mobile operator on regulatory telecommunications matters related to obtaining Ukrainian telecommunications licenses (both business and radio-frequency licenses)
- A multi-national telecommunications and media company on issues related to digital terrestrial TV
- representing international telecommunications company pursuing its business in WiMax area on a project related to the joint use of dark-fibre facilities owned by another operator
- representing a major multi-national technology company on project related to supply of facilities containing cryptography elements into Ukraine
- representing several multi-national companies on issues related to supply of various kinds of telecommunications equipment into Ukraine
- drafting and negotiating the Agency Service Agreement for major media holding
- advising numerous international companies on issues related to data protection
- conducting due diligence of telecommunications licenses and agreements
Competition and Commercial
- An international oil and gas company on dawn raids procedures in Ukraine
- Different companies, such as a major international food and drinks producer company, multi-national telecommunication equipment producer, major local real-estate consultancy and construction company, etc. in merger control issues
- An international and local companies on issues related to concerted actions
- On the project on acquisition by the international private equity fund of the supermarkets chain in Western Ukraine
- A major oil and gas company in the course of investigation, held by the state regulatory bodies, related to pricing and consumer rights protection
- On drafting and negotiating different types of commercial contracts
IP and Pharmaceutical Area
- advising international client on issues related to the pledge of patent rights
- dealing with issues related to unfair competition in IP area
- advising international and local medicine producers on conducting of clinical trials in Ukraine, including drafting clinical trials agreement between trial institutions, investigators and pharma companies
- advising foreign pharmaceutical companies regarding importation of medicines into Ukraine
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