Sergey Ovcharenko

About Sergey Ovcharenko

Sergey Ovcharenko is an expert in offshore development models. He advises technology startups and big product IT companies on business scaling opportunities in Ukraine.

Sergey is a Board Member of Berkeley Global Society – a community of Berkeley Law School alumni. He is also a lecturer at the most prominent Ukrainian certificate program “IT Law”. 

Main expertise: 

• Tech business structuring
• Taxation models for tech companies
• Employment models
• Contract & corporate law
• Negotiations
• IP rights protection
• M&A deals

Sergey graduated from the University of California in Berkeley with an LL.M. degree in Information Technology Law. He also obtained a Master’s in Law at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine. 

His work experience includes the position of Global Client Contracting Lead at one of the largest public software companies in Europe – Luxoft (NYSE: LXFT). Sergey started his career at Alcor as a Head of International Law Department to help foreign software companies in Ukraine from the legal side.