Olesia Kovalyshyn

• Handled customer relations issues, enabling quick resolution and client satisfaction.
• Managed negotiations of sales contract and monitoring execution of transport orders;
• Cooperatively work with teammates in administration of sales transactions.
• Grew sales and boosted profits, applying proactive management strategies and enhancing sales training.
• Researched competitors' activities and products to uncover new trends.
• Managed over 50 customer calls per day.

• Legal management of agricultural enterprise;
• Prepared and reviewed contracts and other legal documents following applicable regulations;
• Handled labor laws, property laws, civil, intellectual property and environmental laws for company;
• Extensive experience with commercial negotiations and international transactions for export and import of products and equipment, including production equipment (in English, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian);
• Mastered preparation and paperwork for international certification of system of food safety management FSSC 22000, Organic Standard for new fruits proceeding plant;
• Assisted in business planning and formation operations;
• Developed compliance best practices for company;
• Supported all departments in company with achieving and maintaining legal compliance;

• Enforced organizational rules and incorporated policy changes into departments' day-to-day activities;
• Evaluated performance continuously to identify areas in need of improvement and implement strategies to keep team on-track;
• Provision of legal advice, regarding clarification, restoration and protection of human rights, representation of their interests before authorities and in courts;
• Representation of human’s and company's interests in courts, law enforcement authorities, licensing and legislative bodies;
• Improved office operations by automating client correspondence, record tracking and data communications;
• Analyzed and solved multi-faceted problems that effected executive leaders and business initiatives.

• Conducted audits and in-depth checks of documents to verify compliance with current legislation to prevent torture through unannounced visits to places of detention of persons deprived of liberty: hospices, geriatric clinics, etc.
• Took notes on interviews and other investigations, compiled records and organized documentation for cases;
• Writing reports and publications based on results of monitoring visits.

• Development of proposals to Constitution of Ukraine regarding human rights and position of Institution on requests of Constitutional Court of Ukraine;
• Published research in international and Ukrainian journals in field of philosophy of international human rights;
• Supported and supervised students in Human Rights research programs of Faculty of Law of Lviv National University of Ivan Franko from brainstorming areas for potential research through publishing papers on completed projects;
• Editing and proofreading of scientific texts and translation of legal literature into Ukrainian from English, Polish, Russian;
• Organization and participation in round tables, conferences, meetings, committees, including with international delegations (e.g. international forums on practice of European Court of Human Rights);
• Followed best practices and scientific protocol to reach defensible conclusions based on solid evidence;
• Cataloged library of Lviv Human Rights Laboratory of National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine.

• Analyzed and applied legal principles and performed legal research to support litigation strategy;
• Claims and litigation work, protection of organization's interests, legal support of organizational activities, corporate and contractual interests;
• Providing legal support for German and U.S. grant projects for preservation of cultural heritage in Lviv, Ukraine;
• Representation of company interests before judicial, law enforcement, licensing and controlling authorities, local authorities and legislative bodies;
• Won 100 % of represented cases by successfully presenting case facts, precedents and legal nuances.

Activities and societies: Strategic Management of the Competitiveness of Agricultural Enterprises

Activities and societies: Human Rights, Philosophy of Law, Corporate Law, Labor Law, International Law