Kseniia Kolontai

Having completed four legal internships, I started my full-time legal career at the Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie law firm, specializing in zoning, real estate, and environmental issues. As a Baker McKenzie Associate, I took part in the World Bank project supporting the development of Ukrainian legislation on monitoring, reporting, and verification of GHG emissions. After that, as a Senior Legal Counsel of the Association of Gas Producers of Ukraine, I participated in the development of numerous draft legal acts related to oil and gas production. Apart from that, I worked as an online environmental law expert and provided comments to the industrial companies as to the application of environmental legislation in Ukraine. Prior to the start of my LL.M. journey, I worked as a Senior National Expert for the German government (GIZ) project aimed at institutional building of a competent authority for the GHG emissions trading system in Ukraine. I am also honored with the Fulbright Award and Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic year.