Alina Kushnerova

IN PRACTICE SINCE 2021.

Alina specializes in personal data protection, intellectual property, regulatory risk management, and legal support of M&A transactions. She has experience advising in high-tech and highly regulated sectors, including e-commerce, crypto business, advertising, and pharmaceuticals. She is fluent in legal English, providing legal support for international projects and cross-border transactions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Personal Data Protection

• conducting comprehensive audits of organizations’ personal data processing activities;
• drafting local legal acts and other documentation related to personal data protection;
• liaising with the regulator (NPDC): preparing responses to inquiries and assisting clients in remedying violations identified during inspections;
• staff training: developing training programs, tests, and presentations on legal compliance, and conducting training seminars;
• conducting Legal Due Diligence in the field of personal data protection compliance.

Antitrust and Competition Law

• supporting transactions qualifying as economic concentration: filling documents to obtain approval from antimonopoly authority, including market share calculations and group structure analysis;
• advising on unfair competition matters, including in cross-border EAEU markets.

Information Technology and Intellectual Property

• contractual support for IT businesses: drafting and analyzing license agreements, software development and maintenance agreements, and service level agreements (SLAs);
• supporting transactions involving the transfer of intellectual property rights, including franchising agreements;
• IP compliance: conducting trademark database searches and handling claims related to IP infringement.

Regulatory

• pharmaceuticals and healthcare: legal support on circulation and advertising of medicinal products, pharmacovigilance, registration of medical devices, and regulation of dietary supplements;
• cryptocurrencies and tokens: legal analysis of crypto brokers, ICO organizers, and crypto exchanges activities; drafting internal policies in compliance with Decree No. 8;
• advertising and marketing: legal audit of advertising campaigns and promotional mechanics in social media, drafting internal marketing guidelines and policies.

EDUCATION:

• Faculty of International Relations, Belarusian State University, Bachelor’s degree, International Law (with honors), 2021;
• Master’s degree, Faculty of International Relations, Belarusian State University, Law, 2022;
• LL.M.-MAS in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, 2024–2025.

WORKING LANGUAGES:

• Belarusian, Russian, English, German, French.