High education / Experience

Educational Institutions, Degrees, Memberships

GSL Law & Consulting, UAE Office, Сonsultant

September, 2020 – January, 2022

Think Big Funding (Australia) – Business Development Manager

January, 2017 – January, 2019

Communication Security Group (UAE) – Sales Representative

January, 2015 – January, 2017

Porton Group (UAE) – Operations and Administrative Consultant (dealing with UAE company formations, resident visas and insurance policies)

January, 2013 – July, 2014

I-MEDIA (Russia) – Sales Manager

September, 2006 – June, 2012

Russian Academy of Justice – Kazan Branch, Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in Civil & Criminal Lawisprudence.

Foreign Languages

English, Russian

Professional Activity

Specialization

• Advising on and providing support with company formation in the United Arab Emirates;
• Dealing with and providing support in obtaining UAE investor visas, work visas and other types of residence visas;
• Opening personal and corporate accounts at UAE banks;
• Carefully selecting banks for account opening (both personal and corporate bank accounts), submitting applications for pre-approval, preparing for and accompanying clients at a meeting with a bank representative;
• Advising on specific bank products such as deposit rates, types of savings/settlement accounts, fee schedule, and more;
• Taking an individual approach to each case, carefully studying the information provided by the client before forwarding same to the bank;
• Building up a strong client profile for submitting applications to banks, defending the client’s case at all stages of account opening;
• Providing post-opening support to clients;

Projects completed

• 50+ opened bank accounts, both personal and corporate.
• 98% success rate in account opening applications, including even the most complex cases.
• Supporting account opening cases with complex company structures, legal form and high-risk activities.
• Opening accounts for foreign companies and UAE branches of foreign companies.
• Monitoring the problematic situation with bank payments in the particularly relevant jurisdictions (including payments with Russia, Belarus, China, and CIS countries).
• Finding and implementing viable solutions in every situation, guiding each case to a positive outcome – opening of a bank account.
• Reliable trust-based relationships established with banks such as Mashreq, ENBD, FAB, HSBC, ADIB, and others.
• A deep understanding developed of both the specifics of the local banking market and the principles of operation of UAE banks, as well as of the internal bank policies, with constant monitoring of any changes.
• Conducting seminars on UAE banking.