Anastasiia Zernova

1. Strategic Policy & Legal Advisory: Provide high-level legal and policy advice within highly regulated and strategic sectors, including energy, oil & gas, defense, IT, and public-private partnerships (PPPs). 2. Cross-Border Liaison & Transnational Mediation: Act as a lead mediator in complex transnational and investment disputes, managing multi-jurisdictional frameworks and facilitating structured negotiations between international parties to resolve corporate conflicts.

1. International Market Entry & Regulatory Compliance: Provide strategic consulting and expert legal analysis to facilitate cross-border business development and support companies navigating highly regulated international markets. 2. Transnational Contract Negotiation & Risk Mitigation: Advise global enterprises on structuring complex cross-border commercial transactions, legal due diligence, and high-stakes contract negotiations to ensure international compliance.

Mediator at DIFC, VIAC. Transnational Dispute Resolution & Mediation: Manage complex multi-jurisdictional negotiation processes and assist international parties in achieving consensus and sustainable resolutions; expert in drafting legally binding mediation agreements, specialized mediation clauses, amendments, and strategic negotiation protocols.

Cooperation with departments OECD, Council of Europe, OSCE, IMF, GRECO, the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, state and local self-government authorities, public associations, institutions, enterprises and organizations, international technical assistance projects, scientific institutions, and educational institutions

Strategic Leadership & Portfolio Management: Provided overarching strategic direction, executive leadership, and full financial management for the firm; expanded institutional client portfolios and identified high-impact business opportunities across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Regulatory Compliance & Complex Legal Risk Management: Supervised the execution of complex international agreements and cross-border transactions

Representing the association at the international level with external and internal stakeholders • Conducting advocacy campaigns aimed at encouraging large companies, religious organizations, and public organizations to adopt laws. Active participation in discussions and provision of legal opinions on draft laws to regulate lobbying in Ukraine since 2017 in expert groups of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Master's Thesis: Problems of harmonization of the corporate legislation of Ukraine with the European Union legislation