ABOUT EXPERT
Mr. Kovba is a Master of Laws in the area of administrative and finance law, and he also holds a Master’s degree in International business management. He has been practicing law since 2002 in the areas of corporate law, contract law, tax law and litigation. During his career Mr. Kovba has been a legal advisor on different matters to Ukrainian offices of well-known private investors and international companies such as 3M, ABB, Castrol, Cegedim, DeAgostini, Delta Bank, Dragon Capital, IBM, IMSHealth, Michelin, Microsoft, Olympic Entertainment Group, Western Union, WizzAir, Yves Rocher and many others.
Mr. Kovba has also developed a strong expertise in interim management and company restructuring, voluntary liquidations and bankruptcy procedures. He has been a legal advisor, permanent manager, interim manager and liquidator to numerous Ukraine-based affiliates and representative offices of large multinational firms such as Adobe, Alstom, Baxter International, Chadbourne&Parke, Crytek, Ensto, East Capital, QuintilesIMS, Marshall Cavendish, Molinos, Monipol, Naspers, Scientific Games, Siegwerk, WorleyParsons and many others.
EDUCATION
- Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Master of Laws, 2005
- Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, Master of International Business Management, 2013
LANGUAGES
- English
- Ukrainian
- Russian
Implemented PROJECTS
During the work of the company, our team has successfully implemented numerous projects that are eloquent testimony to our capabilities and high level of confidence our customers.
BYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for the Ukrainian office of a World famous company - producer of prestige perfumes and cosmetics during the pretrial settlement of a dispute with a freight forwarding company for the reimbursement of damages worth over 1.5 mln UAH, suffered by our client due to the provision of poor services by the forwarder.
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for the Ukrainian office of a world famous company - producer of prestige perfumes and cosmetics - concerning the organization of a project to present products under the company brands for sale in a department store «TSUM», Kyiv city.
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of the Ukrainian office of a world famous company - producer of prestige perfumes and cosmetics - concerning protection of intellectual property rights and the registration of over 20 trademarks for goods and services in the Customs register of intellectual property rights.
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of the Ukrainian office of a world famous company with the largest network of retail trade in goods for beauty and health in Ukraine, Europe and Asia to launch their Internet-store in Ukraine
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel and carried out complete legal support for the merging of subsidiaries of the largest oil exporter of Belarus in Ukraine with the largest Belarusian petrochemical company undertaking geological exploration, production and sale of oil and gas
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for the Ukrainian office of one of the largest European companies – a distributor of world-renowned brands of P&G, Philipp Morris, Shell, Heineken, Kellogg's, and many others, on the sale of share in the authorized capital of the Ukrainian office, to the investment fund known in Ukraine.
Team:Oleg KovbaHlib TymofiiukBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of a Ukrainian company – a well-known manufacturer of stone products – on the sale of share in the authorized capital worth 10 mln UAH to the private investor.
Team:Oleg KovbaHlib TymofiiukBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel to an individual entrepreneur in a dispute with the State fiscal service concerning charging illegal additional fees over 3 mln UAH of tax on personal income and unified social tax.
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of a Ukrainian company with foreign investments on the conclusion of a long-term lease contract for non-residential premises with area of over 1,000 square meters, in the center of Kyiv, to host a prestigious Georgian restaurant.
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as a legal counsel of a Ukrainian company on conclusion of a long-term lease contract for non-residential premises with area of over 600 square meters, in Kyiv city, to host a prestigious Mexican and Latin American restaurant.
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel to a group of individuals on the return of funds placed on deposit accounts in VAB Bank and Delta Bank, for a total sum of over 1 mln UAH, in disputes with specified banking institutions and the Deposit Insurance Fund of individuals.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for a foreign investor in the case of illegal deprivation of corporate rights in a Ukrainian subsidiary structure, and deprivation of ownership rights for immovable property, worth 2 mln UAH.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaHlib TymofiiukSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of a Ukrainian company on full support of the process of creating, obtaining necessary licenses and other permits, ensuring operations of a prestigious Mexican and Latin American restaurant in Kyiv.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaNataliya ZoriaSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of a Ukrainian company with foreign investments on full support of the process of creating, obtaining necessary licenses and other permits, ensuring operations of a prestigious Georgian restaurant in the center of Kyiv.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaNataliya ZoriaSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING acted as counsel of a Ukrainian company for the organization and arrangement of accounting, tax and management accounting activities of a prestigious Mexican and Latin American restaurant Kyiv.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaNataliya ZoriaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as counsel of a Ukrainian company with foreign investments for the organization and arrangement of accounting, tax and management accounting activities of a prestigious Georgian restaurant in the center of Kyiv.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaNataliya ZoriaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of the Ukrainian office of Georgia’s leading construction and development company on issues of compliance with labor and migration legislation, and obtaining permits for employment of foreigners and temporary residence certificates by foreign employees of the Ukrainian office.
Team:Oleg KovbaHlib TymofiiukBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of the Ukrainian office of one of the largest European companies – distributor of products of world famous brands P&G, Philipp Morris, Shell, Heineken, Kellogg’s, and many others, on issues of compliance with labor and migration legislation and obtaining permits for employment of foreigners and temporary residence certificates by foreign employees of the Ukrainian office.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaHlib TymofiiukBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of the Ukrainian office of one of the largest European companies – distributor of products of the world famous brands P&G, Philipp Morris, Shell, Heineken, Kellogg’s, and many others, on issues of labor legislation, associated with the dismissal of a problem employee.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of a Ukrainian company with foreign investments, operating a prestigious Georgian restaurant in Kyiv on issues of compliance with labor and migration legislation, and obtaining permits for employment of foreigners and temporary residence certificates by foreign employees of the restaurant.
Team:Oleg KovbaHlib TymofiiukBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of a Ukrainian company, which is a licensee of a multi-national corporation providing leased cars, operating in 185 countries of the world, on corporate law issues, including liquidation of structural units of the Ukrainian company.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of foreign individuals on issues of their registration in a suburban garden cottage in the court manner.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING acted as a legal counsel of an individual on allocation of the land plot with total area of over 10 hectares of common partial property and registration of private ownership right for the allocated plot in the court manner.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaHlib TymofiiukBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for an individual on collection of lease payments in its favor because of the unfair performance by private farming enterprise of its obligations to pay the lease payment for agricultural use of the land.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaHlib TymofiiukBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of a well-known Ukrainian company, engaged in design, manufacture, wholesale and retail sale of the youth men's and women's clothing (streetwear) on issues of their legal structure and business protection from hostile actions of third parties and governmental regulatory agencies.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of a well-known Ukrainian company, engaged in design, manufacture, wholesale and retail sale of the youth men's and women's clothing (streetwear) on issues of intellectual property rights, particularly regarding registration of marks for goods and services in Ukraine.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaHlib TymofiiukBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel of a Ukrainian company with foreign investments, on issues of corporate business restructuring and forced exclusion of a member from the limited liability company, engaged in production and marketing of bakery products.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for the Ukrainian office of a well-known foreign company engaged in the import, distribution and servicing of printing equipment in Ukraine, on the termination of its activity in Ukraine and liquidation of the enterprise following a decision of its members.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for a well-known IT company from the USA, which develops and supports its own instant messenger and applications, on issues of the establishment of its office in Ukraine.
Team:Oleg KovbaSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for a well-known IT company from the USA, which develops and supports its own instant messenger and applications, on issues of commercial law and organization of contractual work between Ukrainian and foreign offices of the company, and on contractual relations of the Ukrainian office with its contractors and other agents.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING acted as counsel of a well-known IT company from the USA, which develops and supports its own instant messenger and applications, on issues of activity management of the Ukrainian office on a regular basis, and the organization and further keeping of its accounting and tax reporting.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaNataliya ZoriaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for the Ukrainian office of a well-known Israeli IT company, engaged in the development and support of MMO and other games for mobile and browser-based platforms, and the development of educational games for kids, on issues of tax planning, on labor legislation, labor protection, and business protection from hostile actions of governmental regulatory authorities.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaNataliya ZoriaSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for the Ukrainian office of a well-known Israeli IT company, engaged in the development and support of MMO and other games for mobile and browser-based platforms and the development of educational games for kids, on issues of termination of activity and further liquidation of structural units of the company.
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for a well-known international IT company headquartered in the USA, engaged in the development of Internet solutions and mobile and browser-based applications, on issues of commercial law and the organization of contractual work between Ukrainian and foreign offices of the company, and also on contractual relations between the Ukrainian office and its contractors and other agents.
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for a famous Ukrainian designer of men's and women's clothing, shoes and accessories, on issues of intellectual property rights, including registration of a trade-mark for goods and services in Ukraine.
Team:Oleg KovbaValeriy LiubarskyyBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for a famous Ukrainian designer of men's and women's clothing, shoes and accessories, on issues of commercial law, tax and customs legislation, and other practical issues, to organize exports of the designer’s products to European and Southeast Asia countries.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel for a famous Ukrainian designer of men's and women's clothing, shoes and accessories, on issues of commercial law, tax and customs legislation, and other practical issues, to organize exports of designer’s products to European, Middle East and Southeast Asia countries.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaBYWORD CONSULTING acted as legal counsel to an individual, and represented his interests before the State Mortgage Institution (SMI), on the restructuring and repayment of the remaining loan of more than 1 mln UAH, provided to the customer by the bank «Finance and credit» in connection with the liquidation of the bank and transfer of the loan portfolio to SMI.
Team:Oleg KovbaSvitlana NazarenkoBYWORD CONSULTING provides services, on an ongoing basis, for the management of the activities of the Ukrainian office of a well-known group of French companies engaged in the development, production and distribution of products for plant raising, on professional and consumer markets, in connection with its acquisition of part of core business from the BAYER company.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga ChabalaBYWORD CONSULTING provides services, on an ongoing basis, for management of activity of the Ukrainian office of a well-known US IT company, engaged in the development and support of its own instant messengers and other applications.
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING provides services for the management of activity of the Ukrainian office of a Canadian company, operating in the design, construction, integration and support of complex facilities.
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING provides services for the management of activity of the Ukrainian office of a French trade company, which operates in the field of distribution of printing equipment for world-famous trademarks in connection with its decision to terminate activity in Ukraine.
Team:Oleg KovbaBYWORD CONSULTING provides services for the management of activity of the Ukrainian office of an international holding company, which operates in the field of integrated management of residential and commercial facilities, in connection with its decision to terminate activity in Ukraine.
Team:Oleg KovbaOlga Chabala