Mykola Stetsenko

Mykola Stetsenko is the Managing Partner at AVELLUM and the Head of Corporate/M&A Practice. His additional expertise covers tax, competition, and real estate.

Mykola has extensive experience in all types of corporate transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, IPOs, and corporate governance advice. He advises on many of the firm’s headline deals for its most high-profile clients.

Mykola is often involved in drafting of new legislation in Ukraine. Most recently, Mykola was heavily engaged in the development of Ukrainian corporate law, namely regulation of shareholder agreements, LLCs, corporate governance in public companies, and squeeze-out and sell-out mechanisms.

Prior to founding AVELLUM in 2009 Mykola worked as a partner at the Kyiv office of a major international law firm.

President of the Ukrainian Bar Association

Member of the Management Board of the Ukrainian Bar Association (2021-2023)

Member of the Council of the Corporate Law and Stock Market Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association (since 2014)

Master of Laws degree (with honours), 2000, the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Ukraine

LL.M. degree (with honors), 2004, Georgetown University Law Center, USA

Admitted to practice law in New York