Oleksandra Poliakova is a Managing Associate in the Kyiv office. She focuses on Banking & Finance and M&A.

Oleksandra has over ten years’ experience advising corporate and institutional clients on a wide range of finance transactions, in particular corporate lending and security, syndicated loans, acquisition finance and structured finance, including project finance. She has experience advising international and local clients on the acquisition and financing of infrastructure projects, particularly in the energy sector.

Oleksandra also has extensive experience providing legal support to M&A cross-border transactions, including transaction structuring, drafting and negotiating transactional documents and participation in complex due diligence processes.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING*

Banking & Finance

• A LEADING UKRAINIAN NETWORK OPERATOR on regulatory aspects related to the adoption of a new law on financial monitoring, as well as assessing the related regulatory risk of the new business model
• KYIVSTAR, a leading a Ukrainian telecommunications company, on the incorporation of an e-money institution (Starmoney) and a subsidiary of the client as a financial institution and on obtaining a license for money transfers and other matters related to the issuance, redemption and settlement of e-money
• EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT on the provision of a USD 50 million loan to Nibulon, a major Ukrainian agricultural company
• FINANCE AND CREDIT on the refinancing of USD 95 million Eurobonds due in 2014
• INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION (DFC), as lender, on the Ukrainian and US law aspects of a USD 150 million secured senior facility to finance the construction of a wind farm in Ukraine, guaranteed by offshore and local security and charges over various assets

* Experience prior to joining Kinstellar.

EDUCATION

• 2015: Kharkiv National Agrarian University, Ukraine, The Institute of Postgraduate Education, Master’s degree in Accounting and Audit
• 2014: Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy of Ukraine, Master’s degree (cum laude)
• 2012: Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine, Faculty of Law, Master's degree

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English