Founder & Strategic Advisor

Daryna is a cross-border strategic adviser working at the intersection of regulation, corporate structuring, and emerging technologies. She brings over four years of international professional experience across Ukraine and the United Kingdom, advising high-net-worth individuals, founders, and large corporate groups on complex corporate, tax, immigration, and governance matters.

Daryna holds a Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Tax Law and a Master’s degree in Corporate Law. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Dundee, with research focused on regulatory and evidentiary challenges arising from emerging technologies. Her academic work strengthens her ability to analyse novel and fast-evolving regulatory environments, including technology-driven business models.

Professionally, Daryna worked with private clients, family matters and corporate entities across multiple jurisdictions, assisting with corporate structuring, group reorganisations, tax planning coordination, immigration strategy, governance frameworks, and regulatory positioning. She has experience operating within both civil law and common law systems, enabling her to bridge legal cultures and coordinate cross-border advisory teams effectively.

As Founder of Opora, she established the firm to address a structural gap in modern advisory work — the need for independent strategic oversight that sits between disciplines. Her role is not to replace regulated professionals, but to provide structured judgement, risk mapping, and coordination before and across professional advice. This ensures clarity of direction, consistency of approach, and alignment with long-term objectives.

Opora operates as a founder-led consultancy supported by a trusted international network of independent legal, tax, and technical professionals. This model allows the firm to remain flexible, objective, and focused on delivering tailored, high-level strategic guidance to clients operating in complex and high-stakes environments.