**VASYL VERBITSKYI
Legal Counsel | iGaming / FinTech / Crypto / Corporate Structuring / Licensing / Financial flow**

📍 Location: Limassol, Cyprus
🏢 Format: Office / Hybrid / Remote
🗣 Languages: English (Upper-Intermediate), Ukrainian & Russian (Native)

Summary:
10+ years of experience driving legal and financial results in IT, FinTech, Crypto, and iGaming. Focused on business growth, risk assessment, cost reduction, and fast execution. Strong track record in building efficient legal structures, launching operations, and closing deals in complex cross-border environments.

⭐️ Key Competencies:
🔹 Corporate & Structuring and M&A: Fast and efficient multi-jurisdictional setups (Cyprus, UK, Hong Kong, BVI, etc.), restructuring, tax optimization.
🔹 Banking & Payments: Opening bank/EMI/crypto accounts (more than 250 accounts), building payment flows, resolving high-risk compliance issues.
🔹 Contracts & Negotiations: Drafting and closing international agreements (SWD, SaaS, Merchant, and cereal), leading negotiations with business, techt, partners and providers.
🔹 iGaming & Licensing: Quick launch and maintenance of licenses (Curacao, Malta, Anjouan etc.).
🔹 Crypto & FinTech: Crypto processing, legal structuring, conversion of crypto profits into compliant fiat flows.
🔹 Legal Ops & Optimization: Automation, risk control, and cost-efficiency improvements.

⭐️ Key Achievements:
✔️ ~€500K annual cost savings via contract renegotiation, structuring, and financial optimization
✔️ Direct impact on revenue: attracting new clients and launching new business
✔️ Built strong international network enabling faster and trust deal-making and partnerships
✔️ Launched and optimized legal & payment structures across multiple jurisdictions
✔️ Reduced operational friction and accelerated processes (banking, compliance, contracting)

Experience:
• Inktech — Head of Financial Control / Legal Counsel / Head of Legal (IGaming, Crypto Processing)
• JKR VENTURE FUND — Legal Counsel / Head of Banking Compliance & Financial Optimization (IGaming assets)
• StartupSoft — Head of Legal (Software company)
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