Oleksandr OVCHYNYKOV is a lawyer admitted to practice law in France in 2012.

He holds the following university diplomas:

• Diploma in international business litigation from the Paris Est Creteil University;
• Master in Human Rights from the Strasbourg University;
• Master in European law and integration from the Reims Champagne-Ardennes University;
• Law degree from the Kharkov Law Academy in Ukraine (2003).

Prior to starting his own legal practice, Oleksandr OVCHYNNYKOV has worked at different international law firms and as a company in-house lawyer. Moreover, for seven years he worked as a lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights and the Department for the execution of judgments of that Court.

Oleksandr speaks French, English, Russian and Ukrainian. He also has a good command of
Serbo-Croatian.

In addition to his legal practice, Oleksandr OVCHYNNYKOV participates regularly as an expert in different training activities aimed at providing knowledge and support to judicial institutions in various countries, organised by the European Union and other international organizations.

Oleksandr is also member of the Ukrainian bar association and of the International Association of Lawyers.