CMS Ukraine

Corporate/M&A

Counsel

Oleksandra Prysiazhniuk is a Counsel in the Corporate/M&A practice group at CMS Ukraine with over 20 years of experience advising on corporate law and complex domestic and cross-border transactions.

She specialises in domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, greenfield investments, restructurings, and corporate governance. She also has extensive experience advising on employment and energy sector matters, including regulatory compliance, market entry strategies, and transactional structuring.

Oleksandra has advised clients across various industries, including agriculture, energy, financial services, pharmaceuticals, commodity trading, and hospitality. She provides strategic legal guidance throughout all stages of transactions, from due diligence to post-merger integration, ensuring seamless execution and risk mitigation.

Oleksandra has been constantly recently recognised as a leading individual by the Who’s Who Legal independent research with clients and peers and included in the edition of WWL: Hospitality (2020-2024) for her “great knowledge of Ukrainian law”.

English, Ukrainian

Kyiv Bar Association since 2011

2024 – Executive Programme “Shaping the ESG Future of Business”, St. Gallen University (St. Gallen, Switzerland)

2006 – Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University (Budapest, Hungary), diploma with merit

2005 – International Law, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine), diploma with merit