Biography 

Since 2020 — Private Legal Practice (Attorney-at-Law) Achievements during this period:

  • Organized effective legal defense of public interests and community rights in the areas of urban planning, cultural heritage protection, ecology, and land relations;
  • Successfully litigated high-profile cases regarding the cancellation of city council decisions, urban planning conditions and restrictions, construction permits, and environmental impact assessment conclusions (including cases related to Mykilska Slobidka and Poshtova Square);
  • Represented clients in cases concerning the protection of honor, dignity, and business reputation, as well as in electoral disputes.

From 2019 to 2020 — Head of the Patronage Service for the Acting Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP).

Since 2018 — Member of the Non-Governmental Organization “Mykilska Slobidka” and member of the Public Union “Association of Bodies of Self-Organization of Population of Kyiv”.

Since 2016 — Pro-bono Assistant-Consultant to A.A. Shapoval, Member of the Kyiv City Council.

From 2015 to 2019 — Assistant-Consultant to N.V. Novak, Member of Parliament of Ukraine.

In 2015 — Deputy Head of the Department – Head of the Division of Legal Expertise of Draft Decisions of the Kyiv City Council within the Legal Support Department of the Kyiv City Council.

From 2012 to 2015 — Pro-bono Assistant-Consultant to N.V. Novak, Member of Parliament of Ukraine.

From 2008 to 2014 — Chief Specialist of the Division for Work with Deputy Factions and Groups within the Secretariat of the Kyiv City Council.

From 2005 to 2008 — Chief Specialist, Deputy Head of the Department – Head of the Division of Legal Expertise within the Legal Support Department of the Secretariat of the Kyiv City Council.

From 1995 to 2005 — Court Hearing Secretary (Clerk) in district courts of Kyiv (Radianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Pecherskyi).

Participation in Legislative Activity

Participated in the drafting and preparation of key legislative initiatives:

№ 4733-1 — “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Improvement of Urban Planning Activity”;

№ 3153 — “On the Specifics of Implementing Measures of State Supervision (Control) in the Sphere of Economic Activity”;

№ 3603 — “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Introduction of Integrated Approaches to Water Resources Management Based on the Basin Principle”;

№ 4671 — “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Water Fund Lands”;

№ 5126 — “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Improvement of Urban Planning Activity (Regarding Spatial Planning)”;

№ 6403 — “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine ‘On the Regulation of Urban Planning Activity'”;

№ 8121 — “On Amendments to the Land Code of Ukraine and Certain Other Legislative Acts Regarding Counteracting Raiding”;

№ 8202 — “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Regarding the Improvement of the Cultural Heritage Protection System”;

№ 9311-2“On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding the Strengthening of State Guarantees for the Protection of Property Rights”;

№ 2143-3 — “On the City of Kyiv – the Capital of Ukraine”.

Education

  • 2003

    Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University (Master's Degree in Law)

  • 1998

    1998 — Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University (Bachelor's Degree in Law)

Team

Oksana Stavniychuk

  • Data Engineering

Specialist in Data-driven Investigations

Author of the project “Reasonable Doubt”

Natalia Kokina

  • Compiling Profiles

Content Manager

Artem Lymanskyi

  • Compiling Profiles

Lawyer

Natalia Sokolenko

  • History of Ukraine
  • Judicial Reform

Сo-author of the “My Dear Kyiv” project

Serhii Kostianchuk

  • History of Kyiv

Сo-author of the “My Dear Kyiv” project

Vasyl Zhuk

  • Development of websites and web tools

Web Developer, Backend Architect

Lesia Liuba

  • Financial management
  • Accounting in NGO

Accountant

Kateryna Pokotylo

  • Translation, editing of texts
  • Language coaching

Language Mentor

Valeriia Sokotiuk

  • Brand promotion in social networks
  • Development of smm strategy

SMM-manager

Yurii Melnyk

Expertise:

  • Judicial reform
  • Defamation
  • Civil law
  • Administrative law

Analyst

Heorhyi Mohylnyi

Expertise:

  • Anti-corruption analysis
  • Urban planning reform
  • Cultural heritage protection
  • Specifics of local self-government bodies' work

Analyst

Olena Sokotiuk

Expertise

  • Project Management
  • Grant Writing
  • Local Self-Government

Executive Director

Margaryta Sytnyk

Expertise:

  • Communication strategies
  • Media partnership
  • Migration
  • Labor market abroad

Head of International Cooperation Projects

Iryna Fedoriv

Expertise:

  • Urban planning reform
  • Decentralization reform
  • Electoral reform
  • Specifics of local self-government bodies' work

Leader of “Holka” (“The Needle”)