Groysman Volodymyr Borysovych
Politician
Candidate for People's Deputy from the Holos party
Partner at DLA Piper
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Kurdydyk is a lawyer with 15 years of experience, partner and deputy general director of the law firm DLA Piper in Ukraine, a specialist in banking and corporate law.
"Holos" and Fiala's Circles
In the 2019 early parliamentary elections, he ran from Sviatoslav Vakarchuk's party "Holos" at number 11 on the party list. Within the party, he belonged to the "Professionals" group, which is associated with the owner of Dragon Capital, Tomas Fiala: Fiala's wife is a senior lawyer at DLA Piper, where Kurdydyk works.
Refusal of Mandate
On June 29, 2019, he submitted a statement voluntarily refusing to run. The Central Election Commission accepted the statement. The official reason was health issues.
He is a co-founder of the NGO "People of the Future" together with Sviatoslav Vakarchuk and journalist Serhii Rakhmanin. He is a member of the Banking Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine. He has not been involved in major scandals or corruption schemes.