High education / Experience

Educational Institutions, Degrees, Memberships

In 2022, he joined the GSL team as a senior lawyer in the international department, and in 2024, he headed the tax practice at GSL.

Returning to consulting, I was fortunate to find a place where I could apply the new knowledge of international law that I had gained at Pericles Law School. Over the years, I have studied many foreign tax systems, spent hundreds of hours preparing opinions on taxation and tax planning issues, and developed dozens of international structures tailored to client needs in the FMCG sector.

From 2018 to 2022, he worked as a legal advisor for a distributor in the FMCG sector.

My legal career then took a turn toward in-house law. During those years, I was responsible for providing legal support to a group of companies with revenues close to 1 billion rubles, more than 100 employees, and several offices across Russia.

From 2015 to 2018, he worked for several large consulting companies as a lawyer and senior lawyer in tax practices.

At this stage, I continued my development in the field of tax law, but from a completely different perspective. Understanding the nuances of the internal workings of tax authorities, you inevitably pay attention to details that others may overlook. In this regard, numerous consultations, support during tax audits that did not reach the courts, and tax due diligence projects have saved clients hundreds of millions of rubles.

From 2012 to 2015, he worked as a tax inspector in the legal department of the Moscow regional tax authority.

At the beginning of my career, I was fortunate enough to be at the forefront of tax practice development. It was a valuable experience to accompany tax audits and various tax control measures, as well as dozens of court cases. This experience continues to help me advise clients and assess risks from the perspective of regulatory authorities

September, 2019 – September, 2022

Pericles Law School. LL.M in Global Business Law

January, 2016 – September, 2016

Chamber of Tax Consultants, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Tax Consultant Certificate

September, 2012 – September, 2015

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Bachelor's degree in Economics

September, 2010 – June, 2012

Professional development program - Translator in the field of professional communication

September, 2008 – June, 2012

Voronezh State University, Voronezh Law, Civil Law

Foreign Languages

English

Professional Activity

Specialization

• Structuring chains of companies taking into account the peculiarities of corporate and tax legislation of foreign countries, as well as the application of SIDN;
• Advising on tax and currency legislation of the Russian Federation and CIS, including CFC and auto-exchange of information. Submission of CFC notifications, calculation of tax payable on CFCs;
• Advising on complex VAT issues: tax agent VAT, Reverse charge mechanism, and VAT on cross-border transactions;
• Tax Due Diligence: identification and analysis of tax risks both in Russia and in foreign jurisdictions;
• Advising on tax residency and personal taxes in foreign jurisdictions;
• Registration of companies both in “classic” offshore and onshore zones and in “non-standard” jurisdictions. Advising on the peculiarities of incorporation and selection of legal form;
• Drafting non-standard articles of association and shareholders' agreements. Analyzing and identifying risks in complex contractual structures, such as asset acquisitions and options, including under English law;

Projects completed

• Participation in a project on Due Diligence of a payment agent registered in Thailand. The amount of the transaction exceeded 10 million USD.
• Participation in a Due Diligence project of a UAE-registered bakery products manufacturer. The amount of the transaction is more than 5 million USD.
• Calculation of the tax burden for a large developer when paying dividends and interest in the following jurisdictions: Serbia, Cyprus, Latvia, UAE, Russian Federation.
• Structuring of agency transactions for the purposes of minimizing the risks of tax claims in the following jurisdictions: UAE, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation.
• Conducting an analysis of VAT issues on the sale of financial services by a Serbian company within the EU and outside the EU.
• Development of investment structures and analysis of their taxation in the following jurisdictions: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, South Africa, Serbia, Turkey, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Montenegro.
• Tax structuring of a group of oil trading companies using the jurisdictions of UAE, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Bahrain.
• Establishment of an international structure of companies to organize imports of construction materials from China and the EU.
• Tax structuring of an artificial intelligence startup in Spain.
• Tax structuring of an electrical equipment manufacturer in India.