Valentyna Grytsenko is an attorney with 23 years of experience in legal practice and government relations (GR). Her career has been built in major corporations: starting as a legal consultant in consulting, then moving to expert and leadership positions at MTS PJSC (a leading operator of Russia’s “Big Four”), and finally serving as Acting GR Director (project-based) at InfoWatch Group. She combines expertise in M&A transactions, corporate governance, and legislative work with hands-on experience in supporting the launch of federal, commercial, and digital telecom and IT projects.

GR and Lawmaking: Participated in drafting industry-specific legislation, engaged with the Ministry of Digital Development, Roskomnadzor, the State Duma, the Federation Council, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, various ministries and agencies, the Government of the Russian Federation, as well as industry collaborations and associations.

Awards: Highest departmental award of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation – «Master of Communications» (2022); Letter of Gratitude from the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation (2016).

Key Achievements: Legal support for the launch of federal projects, virtual networks in Russia, and a contract management (CCM) system based on Vodafone Group’s international standards – pre-trial settlement of 93% of disputes with counterparties, P2P project automation, and effective GR function development.

M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions): Deal structuring, due diligence, post-merger integration support.

Corporate Law: Business reorganization (spin-offs, mergers, divisions), share/equity transactions, corporate control.

Legal Expertise: Deep understanding and knowledge of industry-specific legislation and internal processes in communications, telecom, digital ecosystems, IT, information security, data centers, RAN sharing, interconnection, network infrastructure, litigation and claims management, M&A, corporate and contract law (including international contracts), legal process automation, sanctions compliance, support for large-scale global business projects, implementation of commercial projects in the industry, B2B subscriber services, digital law, GR, civil law, criminal law, family law, inheritance law, labor law, and more.

Education and Professional Development: Higher legal education; MGIMO (Artificial Intelligence in Management); Moscow State University (Digital Innovations); Legal Academy (M&A, Real Estate); HSE (Digital Law); Vodafone leadership courses, among others.