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Svitlana Romanova

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Dispute Resolution/Natural Resources/ Mining/Oil & Gas.

Position

Svitlana Romanova is a Partner in the Kyiv office of Baker & McKenzie, with a major specialization in the areas of dispute resolution and litigation, natural resources, mining, oil & gas, as well as environmental law.

Career

Before she joined Baker & McKenzie?s Kyiv office in July 2000 as an associate, she worked for a Ukrainian bank and a major commodity trader based in the United States. She was promoted to a Partner in July 2008.

Languages

In addition to her native Ukrainian, she speaks fluent English and Russian.

Member

Svitlana is a member of the Ukrainian Bar Association.

Education

Svitlana obtained her bachelor's degree in 1997 and her master's degree in 1999 from Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. In addition to this, she received an LL.M. degree from the University of Iowa in 1998. Ms. Romanova is admitted to practice law in Ukraine.

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    Continuing our practice of regularly updating our clients on changes in the Russian legislation, in this legal alert we would like to inform you that as of September 1, 2011, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation will introduce a new procedure for assessing working conditions in workplaces. 1 [1] Results of workplace assessments with respect to the working conditions conducted before September 1, 2011 (in accordance with the procedure currently in effect 2 [2]) will remain valid up until the next regular assessment.
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