High education / Experience

Educational Institutions, Degrees, Memberships

In 2022, I joined the GSL team as a lawyer. Over the years, I have gained diverse experience, including experience in corporate and tax practices. This has shaped my unique and versatile competences in several related areas of law which enable me to comprehensively assess tasks and come up with unconventional solutions. The experience I gained allows me to promptly analyze potential risks that may arise in the course of the client’s business, as well as to prevent such risks. I believe that the key to doing a good job is to take an individual approach to each project and to find the best possible ways to implement it.

In 2021, I started as a lawyer in the International Tax Planning Department of a large international consulting firm. As part of a team of lawyers, I completed a project for internal corporate restructuring of a large Russian trading company. I registered new entities and integrated them into the corporate structure, as well as prepared for and carried out the liquidation of unwanted companies of the group. I also provided legal support for the company’s participation in public procurement by analyzing legislation and drafting contracts and related documents.

My career path in the legal profession began in 2018 at the legal department of a large company in the fuel & energy sector in my capacity as paralegal. I was involved in contractual work and analysis of Russian tax legislation in the fuel & energy sector for largest taxpayers. I also represented the company in commercial litigation. I defended the company at dozens of court hearings.

September, 2019 – June, 2021

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (Gubkin University). Department of Integrated Security in Fuel & Energy Sector. Specialism: legal support of security in fuel & energy sector

September, 2015 – June, 2019

Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU). Institute of Law, Economics and Information Management (Department of Law, Spanish / English). Specialism: International Law and Justice.

Foreign Languages

English, Spanish, German

Professional Activity

Specialization

• Selecting jurisdictions for company registration and building corporate structures for international businesses to improve their efficiency. Restructuring of foreign companies;
• Providing support during account opening at foreign banks and Know Your Client (KYC) procedures;
• Performing analytical research and drafting legal opinions on the laws of Russia, Cyprus, Hong Kong, UK, British Virgin Islands, Seychelles, and the CIS countries in the area of corporate structuring and improving the operational efficiency of companies, as well as on CFC legislation;
• Preparing tax advice on the legislation of English law countries, Russia, and the CIS countries, taking into account the Double Tax Agreements. Assessing tax risks and tax burden of groups of companies in terms of VAT and corporate tax;
• Analyzing and managing risks while preparing for and making contracts under English law and Russian law;
• Analyzing corporate and anti-money laundering legislation when implementing international projects;

Projects completed

• Successful large-scale corporate restructuring of one of the largest Turkish-Qatari groups of companies. Before the restructuring, the group consisted of 7 companies from different jurisdictions. As a result of the work done by our team, that number was reduced to 4, significantly increasing the efficiency of the entire structure.
• As part of a team of specialists, I analyzed operations, assessed tax and currency risks, and formed corporate structures using Hong Kong, British Virgin Islands, and Seychelles companies for dozens of clients. 50+ companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands/Hong Kong/UAE free zones.
• Corporate and personal bank accounts selected and opened in Europe, UAE and other Gulf countries, as well as in the CIS countries.
• A comprehensive statistical and legal study of the procedure and effects of redomiciliation of foreign companies to Special Administrative Regions of the Russian Federation (Russky Island SAR and Kaliningrad SAR). As a result of the analysis, a large holding company was redomiciled to Kaliningrad SAR, and a legal opinion was prepared on the tax consequences of redomiciliation of foreign companies to Russian SARs.