Alyona Shulima

Partner, Ph.D.

Alyona is a recognized professional in the field of government relations and industry regulations. She advises international corporations and large national companies on the development and implementation of corporate GR&PA strategies, including regulatory consulting, support of investment projects, strategic communications, and building of coalitions for public advocacy.

Having extensive experience from both the government and business sides, she can effectively transform a client's request into a message that can be conveyed to the government stakeholders and implemented into public policy.

She has about 10 years of experience in the field of interaction with state authorities in various fields and management of associations, as well as more than 15 years of experience in legal and managerial positions in the Presidents’ Administration.

She also has almost five years of experience in supporting FAO/EBRD projects in the framework of partnership between the government and the private sector. For five years she taught courses “Legislative Technique” and “Organization of Working Groups” at the Institute of Law and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. Since 2022, she has been an expert of the APENA 2 project.

Education and Science Activities

Alyona holds diplomas of an electromechanical engineer (Zaporizhzhya National Technical University), a master of public administration (National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine), and a lawyer (National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine). All diplomas with honors.

She was trained in European integration and fundamentals of public administration through GIZ (Ukraine, Germany), NDI (Ukraine, Poland), Administration of Justice - T.S.Asser Institute (Netherlands), Corporate Finance Management, Berkeley Law Executive Education (online).

Alyona is a Doctor of Philosophy in Law (National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”), author of the fifteen scientific publications (including in EU countries) on temporal characteristics of law and settlement of transitional relations, a co-author of the manual “The Legislative Technique”.

Public Activities

From 2015 to 2019, Alyona had been the Head of the Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association on Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Human Rights.
Since 2020, she is the Head of the Supervisory Board of the Urban Space 500 public restaurant.
Since 2021, he has been the Head of the GR Committee of the Ukrainian Bar Association.

Co-author of the book for children “Me and the Constitution”.

Recognition

Honored Lawyer of Ukraine.

Included in the TOP-100 lawyers of Ukraine according to the national rating "Client's Choice: 100 Best Lawyers of Ukraine" in 2023.

She is the leader of the "GR in Ukraine and Regulatory Activities" practices in 2021, 2023 and "Energy and Natural Resources/Environmental Law" in 2023.

Recognized as a "Leader Woman of the Legal Market" according to the rating "Ukrainian Women in Law 2023".