IFA Ukraine Business
Focused Meetings:
IT Sector
March 26, 2015
Kyiv, Ukraine
INVITATION
TO SEMINAR
ORGANISERS’
INFORMATION
Dear Colleagues!
Hosting Branch
IFA Ukraine
Central IFA
As you might know, IFA Ukraine, a Ukrainian branch of International Fiscal Association, has well
established in Ukraine a unique and neutral platform for representatives of all sectors - business,
consulting, governments, the judiciary and universities - to meet and discuss topical issues of
international taxation.
IFA Ukraine is the Ukrainian branch
of the International Fiscal Association
(IFA). IFA Ukraine is a non-profit
organization established in Ukraine
in 2007. IFA Ukraine was officially
recognized by IFA at the 61st IFA
Kyoto Congress during September
2007.
International Fiscal Association
(IFA), Netherlands, is the only
non-governmental and non-sectoral
international organization dealing
with fiscal matters over the globe.
To enhance our dialogue with businesses, we have developed our new initiative – IFA Ukraine
Business Focused Meetings, designed to cover the tax and legal aspects of cross-border activities of
major industry sectors in Ukraine.
Our kick-off seminar will be dedicated to IT industry and will deal with such issues as protection
of IP rights, tax and legal structuring, Transfer Pricing, personnel structuring etc. in IT sector.
We would be pleased to host you at our upcoming event, and look forward to your active
participation in our professional discussions.
Sincerely,
Olena Voznyuk
IFA Ukraine President
IFA Ukraine is the only organization
in Ukraine dealing exclusively with
international tax matters.
IFA Ukraine has grown in a short time
to over 50 members.
www.ifa-ukraine.org
IFA brings together more than
12,000 practitioners, tax officials
and academics from 111 member
countries, involved in and concerned
with taxation of international
transactions and comparative study
of tax laws.
Based in Rotterdam, IFA, since its
foundation in 1938, has provided,
in conjunction with the activities
of each country branch, a blend
of comprehensive research of
international taxation and the
development of programs and
initiatives of current practical
importance.
www.ifa.nl
SEMINAR SPEAKERS
Voznyuk, Olena
Podolyak, Vladyslav
President,
IFA Ukraine
Senior Associate, Vasil Kisil
& Partners.
Olena is a Tax and Legal Partner at Nexia DK. Olena has
more than 12 years of experience in advising multinational
and domestic clients on tax structuring of inbound and
outbound investments, M&A structuring, pre-acquisition
and post-acquisition restructuring, Transfer Pricing etc.
Olena served as a tax partner and senior tax lawyer for
the leading Ukrainian law firms. She also worked as tax
consultant at PwC Kyiv. In February 2014 Olena was elected
as the President of the Ukrainian branch of International
Fiscal Association. Olena is a member of the Public Council
to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine.
Medvedev, Vadim
Khomenko, Mykola
Associate, Avellum Partners
Tax Manager, MNC
Vladyslav Podolyak is primarily focused on litigation. He has
successful experience of representing private and corporate
clients in labour, family, commercial and administrative court
disputes, as well as in product liability cases. He provides
comprehensive advice to many national and foreign clients
regarding dispute resolution and enforcement proceedings.
Vadim is an Associate with Avellum Partners with the
primary focus on the areas of taxation and customs and
currency control. He also specializes in general corporate and
commercial advice. Vadim regularly advises international and
Ukrainian companies on various aspects of their business
activities in Ukraine and represents them in the courts and
before tax and customs authorities of Ukraine.
Vladyslav Podolyak is data protection expert. He advises
clients on privacy compliance procedures in different
industries: consumer goods, banking services, Internetservices, and automotive.
Vadim is the member of the working group on VAT reform
at the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. During 2014 Vadim
served as the Co-Chair of the Tax Committee of the
American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.
He is author of many legal articles in Ukrainian and
international printed and online sources.
Vadim is recommended for resolution of international
tax disputes in Ukraine (International Tax Review Tax
Controversy Leaders Guide 2013 and 2014).
Mykola Khomenko is a tax manager at Cargill. He has over
8 years of professional experience in general corporate and
international tax law. Mykola’s background also includes
advising on foreign investments, corporate restructuring,
cross-border transactions and domestic operations.
Mykola received law degree from National University “KyivMohyla Academy”, and is currently lecturing at the Academy.
Gadomsky, Dmytro
Fomenko, Viktoriia
Rudenko, Natalia
Buzhor, Andrii
Partner, Juscutum
Associate,
Dentons
Senior Manager,
Tax & Legal,
Deloitte
Legal Counsel, GlobalLogic
Dmytro Gadomsky is an attorney-at-law, partner of
IT&Media law at the Juscutum Attorneys Association.
Dmytro has handled a number of cybercrime cases, M&A
and disputes in the IT sphere. He represented top-tier
Ukrainian and international companies such as Yandex,
Hosting Ukraine, EX.UA. He also consulted Intel, Melexis,
Olympus, Hewlett-Packard, Sony Corp., Nokia, Microsoft,
Citibank.
Today among Dmytro’s clients there are such companies
as Ciklum, Inline Group, Innovecs, ISM, Jelastic, Onyx,
America, WannaBiz, BMS Consulting and a number of
Ukrainian technology startups.
Dmytro is named in the TOP 5 of Best Lawyers in
intellectual property according to internal rankings.
Viktoriia Fomenko is an associate in Dentons’ Kyiv office.
She specializes in corporate, tax and customs law issues.
Natalia Rudenko is a Senior Manager in Tax & Legal
Services in the Kyiv office of Deloitte.
Viktoria regularly provides a wide range of local and
international tax advice and represents clients in tax and
customs litigation.
Natalia joined Deloitte back in 2004 and has more than
15 years of experience in corporate law and international
taxation. Natalia’s area of specialization includes corporate
law and taxation, intellectual property, investment
planning, tax restructuring of international and large
Ukrainian companies (agriculture, pharma, real estate,
TMT, industrial groups), customs consulting, private client
services.
Viktoriia graduated from the Kyiv State Institute of Internal
Affairs (Law, 2004) and Kyiv State Trade Economic
University (Customs Management, 2000). She speaks
Ukrainian, Russian and English.
Andrii Buzhor is Legal Counsel at GlobalLogic. He
provides full-fledged legal support to the company’s business
continuity process and management of the team of lawyers.
Andrii also specializes in international tax planning,
domestic and cross-border tax structuring, day-to-day tax
consultancy on Corporate Profit Tax, Value Added Tax and
Personal Income Tax issues, tax advisory support to M & A
deals, Oil & Gas projects, Renewable Energy projects, Real
Estate projects, Business Restructuring projects.
Prior to joining GlobalLogic Andrii worked for leading
international and local law firms.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome Address
9:10 – 10:30
• Latest Trends in IT Business in Ukraine: Legal
and Business Perspectives
• Protection of IP rights in IT Sphere
• Recent Developments in Ukrainian Laws
as Regards Royalty
Panelists:
10:30 – 11:00 Networking Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 • E-commerce: Indirect Taxes and PE Issues
• Specifics of Tax and Legal Structuring in IT
• Transfer Pricing in IT: Selection of TP Method,
Information Sources, Price/Profit Margin Range
• IT Companies Personnel Structuring: Recent Practices
Panelists:
Andrii Buzhor, Global Logic
Viktoriia Fomenko, Dentons
Vladyslav Podoliak, Vasil Kisil & Partners
Vadym Medvedev, Avellum Partners
Natalia Rudenko, Deloitte
Mykola Khomenko, MNC
Dmytro Gadomsky, Juscutum
Natalia Rudenko, Deloitte
Dmytro Gadomsky, Juscutum
General Partners
Information Support
Hosting Company
GENERAL INFORMATION
Registration Office
Registration Inclusions
Official Website
Venue
For inquiries regarding registration and
accommodation, please contact:
Seminar registration includes
participation in sessions, electronic
access to technical papers and
refreshments during seminar hours.
For detailed and updated Seminar information,
we invite you to visit the IFA Ukraine website at ifa-ukraine.org
Seminar will take place at Deloitte (48,50A Zhylyanska St.,
Business Center “Prime”, 9th fl.), Kyiv, Ukraine.
IFA Ukraine
Tel.: +38 096 407 89 72
Email: [email protected]
Registration
We invite you to register online.
To activate online registration
link please click here .
Payment Order
Official language
IFA Ukraine will email the invoice
upon receiving electronic registration.
The Seminar language will be Ukrainian/Russian.
All charges related to payments by
bank transfers must be covered
by the Participants.
Registration Fee
IT Industry Representatives – free;
Non-members – UAH 2,000;
IFA Ukraine Members – UAH 1,000.
Seminar hours
9:00 – 13:00
Sponsorship
If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities,
please contact IFA Ukraine at [email protected].
General Partners
Information Support
Hosting Company