Aequo and Intecracy Group Join Efforts to Tackle Global Legal Challenges Risen during COVID-19

A joint multi-competent team of Aequo and Intecracy Group has joined the Global Legal Hackathon initiated by Global Legal Hackathon (GLH) and supported by Financial Times Innovative Lawyers.

The hackathon will take place online from 27 April to 22 May 2020 and is aimed at developing answers to a range of challenges faced by business, governments and society posed by COVID-19. It has brought together legal professionals, software developers, designers and businesspeople to develop solutions to a range of legal and related challenges through technology or other means. To date 194 challenges have been registered and 181 projects proposed their vision of solutions.

The team consists of:

• Nataliya Dryuk, Counsel, Aequo;

• Vitalii Kukhar, CEO, MAFIN ENTERPRISE, Intecracy Group;

• Kristina Dziadevych, Chief Innovation Officer, Aequo;

• Yevgen Levitskyi, Counsel, Aequo;

• Victor Golub, Business Analyst, BHander, Intecracy Group;

• Tatiana Bogila, Head of PR, Aequo;

• Krystyna Kovalenko, PR manager, Aequo;

• Stanislav Zadvornyy, Chief Design Officer, Softengi, Intecracy Group.

The joint team of Aequo and Intecracy Group are bringing together their expertise in law, business and web-development to work on the project that will help the global community resolve some of the existing issues, build resilience and bring legal tech to the new level.

“Legal hackathon is a creative workshop where innovations that can change the legal (crossed out) world are born at the crossroads of legal and tech. This is a great opportunity to go “from zero to one” and join the ranks of those who do not contemplate but create”, – said Yevgen Levitskyi, Counsel, Aequo.

“COVID-19 made the entire population of the planet feel the urgent need for digital transformation. Our technological response to the challenges of the Global Legal Hackathon is not just an effective way to combine intellectual efforts and together find the best and most effective solutions to the challenges posed by time and a pandemic, it is our essence and value: to think, to create, to develop and solve the most complex tasks in the field of high technology. When humanity, business and governments need our help and decisive professional steps, Intecracy Group team is always there, always in action”, –commented Vitalii Kukhar, CEO, MAFIN ENTERPRISE, Intecracy Group.

About AEQUO

AEQUO is an advanced industry-focused Ukrainian law firm made up of highly qualified, internationally recommended lawyers who work proactively to help their clients reach their business goals. Backed up by solid industry expertise and a thorough understanding of business we develop innovative strategies and provide efficient solutions to the most complex and challenging matters.

AEQUO provides integrated legal support in areas such as antitrust and competition, banking and finance law, intellectual property, corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, litigation and international arbitration, and capital markets.

The list of AEQUO’s representative clients includes leading Ukrainian and international companies and organizations, such as Agroprosperis, Apax Partners, Apollo, Bunge, DuPont, EBRD, European Commission, Google, Inditex Group, NCH Capital, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Samsung Electronics, Sandvik, Synthon, Tetra Laval, Ukrainian Redevelopment Fund, UniCredit Group, Vodafone Ukraine etc.

AEQUO has been named the Most Innovative Law Firm of the Year in Ukraine by IFLR Europe Awards 2018, Law Firm of the Year in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS by The Lawyer European Awards 2017 and one of the most innovative law firms in Europe according to the FT Innovative Lawyers 2015-2019.

About Intecracy Group

Intecracy Group is an international association of high tech companies. The Alliance brings together IT companies, each of which is an expert in its domain.

The members of the association are independent partners, who are united by a common approach to doing business. Companies provide next-generation IT services: business process automation, system integration, IT consulting, IT outsourcing, and more.

We understand that technology is constantly evolving and user needs are changing in this regard. Our goal is to provide our customers with qualified services to meet their unique business needs with high levels of quality of work and information security requirements. We are partners with technological leaders in the market and are always on the wave of technological progress.