EDUCATION

•  Doctor of Law (LL.D), dissertation topic: Trust and Trust-Like Constructions: Implementation of International Standards into the Civil Law of Ukraine.
•  Master of Law, T. Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
•  Master of Public Administration, ­National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine.

PRACTICE AREAS

Civil law, private international law, corporate law, trusts, gambling, public administration, procedural law.

MEMBERSHIP

Member of Board of Ukrainian Attorneys ­Association (UAA).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ganna Buiadzhy has significant experience in contract work, representing clients in civil, administrative and commercial matters, as well as experience in the field of M&A.

She held senior positions in the civil service in the past, including the posts of Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Deputy Minister of Justice-Chief of Staff, State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Head of the State Registration Service of Ukraine.

Co-author of a number of bills and other legal acts, including: Draft Law of Ukraine On Civil Service, On the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, On Amendments to the Civil Code of Ukraine and others. She is currently a member of the Working Group on Recodification of the Civil Legislation of Ukraine.

Author of a number of articles on civil and international private law, as well as the monographs Trust relationships with a foreign element (2012) and Trust: history, present, prospects (2018) co-author of Bank guarantees (2014).

She has been teaching law at the Institute of Law (formerly the Faculty of Law) of the Kyiv National University for over 5 years.

Ganna is one of the best specialists in the field of trusts in Ukraine, so she is a regular participant in public events on this issue. In 2021, she was invited by the Council of Europe as a national expert on trusts and beneficial ownership.

Ganna Buiadzhy also specializes in representing customers interests in the field of gambling, especially in the area of online casinos. She works closely with the Ukrainian Gambling and Lottery Commission (UGLC), particularly drafting regulations on gambling, and renders legal services to gambling businesses in Ukraine and abroad, including obtaining gambling licenses and certification of gambling equipment.­

Ganna has been the head of VigoLex law firm since 2019, which has specialized in representing interests in the field of IT law, gambling and other areas of high-risk activity, as well as in real estate.