OLGA KOZULINA
Warsaw
Summary
-Meticulous Corporate Counsel with commitment to transparent intercompany communication and high-standards of timely work. Approachable and detail-oriented with 15 years of experience. - -
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Business lawyer
LLC Astra Food (Warsaw, Poland)
01.2022 - Current
- Full legal support of the company (according to the Polish and international law);
- Preparation and analysis of contracts (foreign trade, supply, lease, contractor agreement, trademark license agreement etc.);
- Personnel, labor law (Polish law);
- Drafting contracts for foreign economic activity in bilingual version (Russian-English, Polish-English);
- Finding solutions of various legal complexity, questions at the request of the owner, etc.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive legal strategies for clients facing unique business challenges.
- Advised senior executives through major decisions and follow-up litigations.
Head of the legal department
SoftBizTrade LLC
06.2021 - Current
- Full legal support of the IT Company;
- Drafting contracts in English; Business management according Agile approach (Scrum, Canban);
- Software development management and maintenance; Conducting of negotiations;
- Acted as a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.
- Managing in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively;
- Resolution of interpersonal conflicts;
- Full legal support of IT companies;
- Drawing up contracts for the creation of software for developers and customers;
- Legal support of smart contracts;
- Drafting of NDA agreements;
- Analysis, inspection, drafting contracts (Polish-English, English-Russian; etc.
Head of the legal department
LLC Gurmina
01.2013 - Current
- Full legal support of the company;
- Management of Legal department (10 employees);
- Preparation and analysis of contracts (foreign trade, supply, lease, contractor agreement, etc.);
- Collection of accounts receivable (claims, courts, negotiations);
- Corporate law (reorganization, liquidation of companies), finding legal tools to bring the ideas and wishes of business owners in the legal channel; making changes to the Сhater
- Documents, registration of new legal entities
- Persons, etc.; Licensing/making changes to licenses; Drafting contracts for foreign economic activity in bilingual version (Russian-English); Providing advice to employees of the company; Finding solutions of various legal complexity, questions at the request of the owner, etc.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
Head of the legal department
BelTobacco Interprises
04.2012 - 12.2013
- Contractual work, foreign trade, personnel, liquidation, work with migration authorities (obtaining work permits, temporary residence, etc.);
- Obtaining a residence and work permit for foreign citizens in the territory of the Republic of Belarus; Full legal support of the company;
- Registration of new legal entities;
- Licensing/making changes to licenses;
- Making changes to the Foundation documents;
- Drafting contracts for foreign economic activity in bilingual version (Russian-English); Collection of accounts receivable (claim activity, initiation of enforcement proceedings);
- Representation in court (various types of disputes: labor disputes, disputes with insurance companies, disputes over delivery and marketing contracts);
- Getting work permits for foreign citizens;
- Personnel activities (recruitment, dismissal, transfer, preparation of job descriptions of employees, preparation of all necessary documents on labor Protection, etc.); Intellectual property (registration of trademarks, conclusion and registration of license agreements);
- Opening retail outlets, obtaining all necessary permits; Providing advices to employees of the company.
Deputy director
Luki-trade
04.2011 - 04.2012
- Legal support of the company; Drafting contracts in English;
- Negotiating in English under the terms of the contracts; Business correspondence with clients; Claim work
- Representation in court; Control over the activities of the legal Department; Collection of accounts receivable
- Human resources management.
Executive
Music Corner Classic Music Bar
08.2009 - 01.2012
- Managing the bar.
- Maintaining all documentation and organizational activities of the company.
- Legal support of the company, including control and Supervisory functions/
- Increased revenue through effective negotiation of contracts with clients and suppliers.
- Reduced budgetary expenditures by effectively negotiating contracts for more advantageous terms.
- Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
Traineeship at the office of the President of the European Parliament
European Parliament
09.2019 - 07.2010
- Preparation of information and documents for the President of the EP
- Developed organizational skills through managing multiple tasks simultaneously while adhering to strict deadlines.
- Actively participated in team meetings, offering insightful suggestions that led to innovative problem-solving strategies.
Deputy director
AlActiv LLC
01.2005 - 09.2007
- Contractual activity, including the foreign trade activity; Claims activities, collecting accounts receivable; Bankruptcy procedures; Contractual activity; Representation in court; HR; Intellectual property; Labour law.
Education
Psychology - Psychology
Republican Institute of Higher Education
01.2019
High School Diploma -
Institute of Business And Technology Management BSU
Minsk, Belarus01.2009
Law, Master, Master of Law - International Law
Belarusian State University
01.2006
law, business lawyer - Business Law
Belarusian State University
01.2005
Bachelor - English Language And Literature
Belarusian State University
Belarus, Minsk01.2002
Skills
- Economics Understanding
- Recruitment and hiring
- Hearings and Depositions
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Employment law
- Different types of contracts (incl international)
- Licensing agreements
- Strategic Planning
Additional Education
- 2023-nowadays, Szkoła policealna (Warsaw), Technik administracji
- 2021-2022, Belhard, IT-lawyer
- 2019-2020, Center of mediation and law, Mediation
- 2017-till nowadays, Moscow gestalt institute, Gestalt
- 2018, Azbuka NLP, Neuro-linguistic programming
- 2017, Vector rosta, Moscow, Enneagram
Skills And Abilities - Language Skills
Advanced, B1, elementary
Skills
Supply contract, service agreement, credit agreement, factoring agreement, leasing agreement, lease agreement, contract of carriage goods, foreign trade contracts, True, True, True
Additional Information
My plans are to work in a large international company that may give me the opportunity for further development personally and as a professional, for improving my knowledge of law, knowledge of English, Polish. My aims are to expand the scope of work, set and solve new tasks posed by the owners. Personal plans - earn more to be able to travel to non-standard places (Mexico, Tibet, Indonesia, Japan, China, Australia, Peru), to leasrn and to get known the world better., Finding legal solutions for owner’s ideas. Very quickly and clearly achieve the result (this is characteristic of me in my personality structure)., Purposefulness, hard working, ability to find a common language with people, resolve disputes. Hyperresponsible., Emotional, compassionate. I take work very close to my heart, as MY own business, I worry, for example, if someone sues the company., 1. I will be satisfied with the salary; 2. I will not feel the punching of my psychological boundaries; 3. I will not feel unsafe (changes in working conditions to the worse without warning, interpersonal conflicts with people with whom I work directly (and I absolutely know that if it refers to work and results, I’m not a source of personal conflict ever.), Yes. I always deliver projects on time. In my personality structure, it is very important for me to do as quicker as it may be done to get another task. If I have a clear task, it is important for me to complete it and get the result. In this regard, I am quite strict with the people with whom I work in conjunction on a specific project, on which the implementation of some part of the project also depends. That is why, I always set dates, deadlines for certain stages of the project, control the implementation, including other team members. My rule: better do it today, even at night, than put it off for tomorrow., If I believe that there is an appropriate reason for what they say to me, then I agree. I argue in one case - if I clearly understand that the subject of the dispute is categorically, from my point of view, not effective, and will bring the company only problems. In other cases - I express my point of view, what, in my opinion, can be done in this or that case, or why I consider this choice to be incorrect, and give the owner / director the opportunity to make a choice by himself., 1. The employee must be interested in job and functions hi/she does (I mean not a formal attitude to work). In my case, I always take work very close to my heart and do everything as if I were doing it for my business. 2. The desire to get a development; 3. The sincere wish for the company to get a growth. The more success the company has, the more comfortable it is for the employee to work there (bonuses, training, etc.) 4. Material incentive., 1. Democratic management style; 2. Who can hear; 3. Respectful attitude to people 4. Who doesn’t care how and when you do the work, but who cares that the work is done qualitatively independently by a certain date. 5. Who doesn’t devalue., I always try to find out the subject of conflict. This means that this needs to be realized and next time not to let these mistakes to be appeared. If someone made a mistake, then he admits his mistake and says that it is his fault. It is also necessary to find out the real needs and interests of the conflicting parties., When employees communicate in a friendly manner, do not talk, and do not discuss each other behind their backs, in case of difficult circumstances they help each other, take on other employee's functions., That I am very fair, responsible, humane, enter the position of other people, often help them and protect their interests., 1. A proper salary; 2. Company should have a course for a development; 3. This work should give me the opportunity to expand my knowledge, to study, attend conferences, seminars, regarding work issues., I’ll hint to him that I’m guessing about it, and I will tell him (using not direct messages) about the consequences of actions., Bonuses, training, 7, 10, 9, 9, 6, 8, 8, 7, 8, 6, Active, ambitious, I like to work, get new skills, interested in professional growth. I have got excellent organizational skills. I am sociable, friendly, positive. Engaged in personal growth. Passed the course of the Practitioners and the Master of the Enneagram, got a psychology education, that allow me to build effective communication cooperation with the work team and clients., Management: Managerial decisions making; Planning and implementing solutions; Setting tasks for employees, delegation of authority; Motivation, trainings; Control., HR: recruitment of staff; employee compensation and motivation; staff development and training; development of the organizational structure and development strategy of the organization; analysis and change of corporate culture (internal corporate communications and organization of corporate events); solving strategically important issues: hiring top managers, attending the Board of Directors, where it is necessary to present and protect all projects related to personnel, approving the HR budget from the top management and / or owners of the company; use in HR knowledge of astrology, psychology, Enneagram, NLP., Foreign trade activity: Drawing up and monitoring contracts; Knowledge of techniques, methods of negotiating and communicating with company’s partners; Introduce knowledge of psychology in negotiation process; Business correspondence in English when negotiating via email; Incoterms 2020.
Move
True
Smoking
False
Entrepreneur
registered in Poland
Personal Information
- Place of Birth: Poland
- Business Trips: True
- Driving License: True
Timeline
Business lawyer
LLC Astra Food (Warsaw, Poland)
01.2022 - Current
Head of the legal department
SoftBizTrade LLC
06.2021 - Current
Traineeship at the office of the President of the European Parliament
European Parliament
09.2019 - 07.2010
Head of the legal department
LLC Gurmina
01.2013 - Current
Head of the legal department
BelTobacco Interprises
04.2012 - 12.2013
Deputy director
Luki-trade
04.2011 - 04.2012
Executive
Music Corner Classic Music Bar
08.2009 - 01.2012
Deputy director
AlActiv LLC
01.2005 - 09.2007
Psychology - Psychology
Republican Institute of Higher Education
High School Diploma -
Institute of Business And Technology Management BSU
Law, Master, Master of Law - International Law
Belarusian State University
law, business lawyer - Business Law
Belarusian State University
Bachelor - English Language And Literature
Belarusian State University
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