26 December 2025
KNOW YOUR LAWYER: Yuriy Terentyev of Redcliffe Partners
Career:
- Redcliffe Partners, Partner, Co-Head of Antitrust practice: 2021-present
- PJSC Ukreximbank; Member of the Supervisory Board; 2021-2023
- Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine; Chairman; 2015-2020
- ArcelorMittal: General Counsel (Legal, Real Estate, Compliance, Corporate Secretary): 2012-2015
- Metro Cash and Carry Ukraine; Compliance Officer, Head of Internal Audit (Operational Monitoring); 2009-2012
- Metro Cash and Carry Ukraine; Head of Expansion Coordination; 2008-2009
- Metro Cash and Carry Ukraine; Head of Financial Controlling Department; 2007-2008
- Metro Cash and Carry Ukraine; Head of Legal Department; 2002-2007
- JTI Ukraine; Legal Counsel; 2000-2002
- Bristol Myers Squibb; Legal Counsel; 1997-2000
Education:
- King’s College London; Master of Arts in EU Competition Law; 2025
- King’s College London; Diploma in EU Competition Law; 2021
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Higher Education Degree (‘Specialist” in Finance; 2000
- Taras Sheychenko National University of Kyiv, Master of Laws in International Private Law, 1998
Top 5 Projects:
- Leading the legal and regulatory support for Metro’s greenfield expansion in Ukraine, enabling EUR 500 million investment and construction of 25 Cash & Carry stores (10,000-20,000 square meters), including land acquisition, permitting, and compliance;
- Managing ArcelorMittal Kryvy Rih’s defense in a USD 650 million tax dispute, coordinating legal strategy, external counsel, and regulatory engagement to secure a favorable outcome:
- Lead the resolution of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih’s lang-est collective labor dispute with trade unions, coordinating negotiations, legal strategy, and stakeholder engagement to reach a sustainable, mutually acceptable settlement:
- Lead the legal support for ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih’s construction of a new miling pond, including acquisition of appr ximately 500 private land plots, land use changes, consolidation, permitting, and coordination of complex regulatory requirements:
- Managing ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih’s legal defense in safeguard and anti-dumping investigations in the Eurasian Economic Union and MENA markets concerning rebar and wire rod, coordinating strategy, evidence, and multijurisdic-tional counsel.
CEELM: What was your main takeaway from it?
Terentyev: Everything is ultimately achieved by motivated people. Even the most complex institutional reforms or high-stakes investigations depend on individuals who are committed, disciplined, and aligned around a clear purpose. Structures and processes matter, but real progress happens when teams believe in the mission and take ownership of results.
Leading through challenging periods rcinforced for me that motivation, trust, and collective determination are the true engines of sustainable change,
CEELM: Name one mentor who played a big role in your career and how they impacted you.
Terentyev: As students, we were genuinely fascinated by Professor Vasyl Kisil – his intelligence, integrity, and approach to legal thinking made a lasting impression, and I admired him from the very beginning of my legal education. His influence shaped not only how I analyze problems, but also how I view the profession itself.
CEELM: What is the one piece of advice vou’d give yourself fresh out of law school
Terentyev: Be courageous but never confuse courage with taking uncalculated or impulsive decisions. Build a long-term plan, stay out of your comfort zone, and choose challeng es deliberately – not randomly. Purposeful risk is what truly shapes a cureer.
This article was originally published in Issue 12.11 of the CEE Legal Matters Magazine.
