High education / Experience

Educational Institutions, Degrees, Memberships

January, 2024 – June, 2024

Moscow digital school, sanctions compliance specialist, advanced training

January, 2023 – December, 2023

Moscow digital school, peculiarities of making contracts and negotiating with Chinese partners, advanced training

January, 2023 – June, 2023

Moscow digital school, foreign trade lawyer, advanced training

January, 2009 – December, 2018

Research and analysis of security problems in the Middle East and the Kurdish issue, the Russian Federation's policy in the region (with a number of research articles and publications)

September, 2017 – July, 2018

Russian State University of Justice, tax lawyer, master's degree

September, 2007 – July, 2012

Pyatigorsk State University (formerly PGLU), international security and international relations, specialist’s degree

Foreign Languages

English, Turkish

Professional Activity

Specialization

Consulting:

• Project structuring: detailed analysis of business structures involving foreign companies, assessment of relevant risks, restructuring of business groups and holding structures;
• Tax advice: tax planning, tax risk analysis;
• Advising on current legislation: clarifications and comments on changes in customs and currency legislation;
• Preparing legal opinions jointly with foreign colleagues on general and specific matters;

Foreign trade:

• Analysing supply chains for potential business risks, including dealing with sanctions;
• Analysing goods by customs codes in foreign trade and current sanctions regimes or by additional customs requirements for goods import / export;
• Working with supply contracts, including working with INCOTERMS, analysing supply contracts for compliance with the foreign supplier / buyer’s local legislation, assessment of potential risks;
• Assisting in obtaining necessary permits and licences for trading overseas and in registering with local customs;
• Conducting checks on foreign counterparties, which includes dealing with local sources and ordering necessary documents;

Licensed activities:

• Supporting applications for financial licences in foreign jurisdictions (cryptocurrency, forex, EMI, banking);
• Supporting applications for gambling licences (online and offline casinos), gaming licences and licences to develop software for the said types of activities;
• Assisting in developing business strategies and forming a business plan for the licensed activity;
• Analysing the current or developing new internal policies for licensed companies (AML, technical regulations, various internal manuals);
• Legal due diligence of such structures for their compliance with statutory requirements, selecting a jurisdiction for establishing such a company;

Company formation and legal support:

• Supporting company formations in and outside Russia, including the making of necessary corporate documents, and subsequent administration of these companies;
• Preparing corporate resolutions, making and executing minutes of shareholders' meetings and board meetings;
• Making changes in the company structure (appointment and resignation of directors, transfer of shares, transfer of beneficial ownership);
• Assisting with the complete relocation of business, which includes obtaining all necessary permits, work visas and finding office space, and subsequent legal support;
• Setting up a joint venture abroad: assessment of legal risks, developing a strategy for entering and exiting the project, reviewing or drafting all necessary documentation for the company;

Bank accounts abroad:

• Selecting a bank/EMI: assistance in choosing a bank / EMI and account type;
• Preparing and submitting documents: collecting, analysing and making necessary documents for account opening, coordinating with the bank / EMI manager;
• Compliance: ensuring compliance with all AML and KYC requirements when opening an account and making payments;
• Passing a bank review / check in relation to existing accounts;

Projects completed

• Working with large logistics projects in African countries (Nigeria, Namibia) and Latin American countries (Panama, Colombia, Paraguay). The projects included full administration of companies, with all corporate procedures and building of a holding structure among others.
• Legal support for oil industry companies (Russia, Venezuela, Guyana), handling of ship charter documents, registration of vessels for the transportation of petroleum products.
• Supporting a sale of a Puerto Rican bank, making preparations for the transaction on the part of the seller, including interaction with the buyer on technical and internal documentation as part of a compliance check.
• Legal support for a pharmaceutical group of companies in obtaining permits for production and sale in Latin American countries.
• Participation in structuring a major sale of a plant in Russia (working with a letter of intent and drafting a framework sale agreement).
• Supporting the application for a financial licence in Mauritius and Vanuatu for a large broker (forex broker).
• Legal support for a forex broker business in Latin America and Southeast Asia, which included the administration of a group of companies.
• Legal support for a crypto company in Vanuatu, with subsequent relocation of the business to Europe (Estonia and Lithuania).
• Administration of a large project of "trading houses" in Bahrain, Oman and the UAE.
• Participation in setting up a joint venture in India and China, legal support and documentation development for the organization of production (hardware).
• Organizing and administering a textile production project in India (NOIDA Special Economic Zone).
• Participation in projects related to tax amnesty for CFCs (all periods).
• The past 2.5 years alone saw the incorporation of: 50+ companies in Hong Kong, 30+ companies in the UAE, 25+ companies in the CIS (mainly Kazakhstan), 15+ companies in China, 15+ companies in Bahrain and Oman, 10+ companies in Indonesia, 5+ companies in India, several projects in Malaysia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.