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Mr Illya Sverdlov

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Work Department

Life Sciences & Healthcare
Real Estate & Construction
Real Estate, Construction & Planning
Tax
Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Position

Partner

Career

Illya Sverdlov is a Partner in the Kyiv office and the firm-wide head of Tax. He has 18 years of experience advising on domestic and cross-border tax matters across a range of industries, with a special focus on TMT, life sciences, industrials, and FMCG.

Illya specialises in Ukrainian and international tax structuring, transactional tax, post-acquisition integration, and transfer pricing. He supports clients in tax audits and controversies. He regularly works with cross-disciplinary teams in implementing tax-efficient structures for Ukrainian, CEE and cross-border clients in inbound and outbound investment transactions.

Illya is a frequent author and speaker in the business and legal media and conferences on international tax.

Languages

Ukrainian, Russian, English, Spanish

Memberships

Tax committees of the European Business Association in Ukraine
Tax Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
International Fiscal Association (Ukraine)

Education

1997 – 2002: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, Institute of International Relations, Master’s degree