High education / Experience

Educational Institutions, Degrees, Memberships

Skillbox, course: Methodologist of Educational Programmes

September, 2009 – June, 2011

Smaller Academy of Public Administration

September, 2007 – June, 2012

Orenburg Institute (Branch) of the Moscow State Law Academy (Kutafin Moscow State Law University), Translator in the field of professional communication (jurisprudence)

September, 2007 – June, 2012

Orenburg Institute (Branch) of the Moscow State Law Academy (Kutafin Moscow State Law University), Lawyer (private international law)

Foreign Languages

English, German

Professional Activity

Specialization

1. Seminars and training courses:

• organizing scheduled and individual seminars on jurisdictions and topics of interest to clients;
• finding new topics for seminars, updating previously made presentation materials (on most relevant topics);
• drawing up programmes of training courses for clients;
• preparing and updating training materials for clients (video recordings, slides, and transcripts of presentations);

2. Content management (working with the website and company profiles on various platforms):

• preparing and posting materials on GSL Group’s websites; preparing other materials used by consultants in their client work (business offers, internal memos); proofreading and editing prepared materials, and systematizing the information posted on GSL Group’s websites;
• analyzing the consulting services market, making reports on the research findings and drafting proposals to develop new products, updating GSL Group’s websites, etc.;
• working with profiles and marketplaces occasionally teaming up with SEO specialists: creating and writing company profiles on various platforms (Google, Yandex) and marketplaces, maintaining the profiles, updating the information;

3. Company formation abroad:

• advising on the choice of a suitable jurisdiction for company registration;
• organizing the registration, including preparation of the necessary documents;

4. Legal support of foreign companies:

• arranging for and conducting corporate procedures related to changes in the ownership structure and company management;
• carrying out internal compliance procedures (in accordance with the laws of the company’s country of incorporation);
• company renewal and redomiciliation to other jurisdictions, and liquidation of offshore companies;
• advising on all the above matters, as well as on compliance with the legislation (effective at the time in the company’s jurisdiction of incorporation or the beneficial owner’s country of residence), including the matters of building economic substance;

5. Making corporate documents:

• preparing documents;
• finding optimal solutions for forming a package of documents required for business transactions or requested by financial institutions and government authorities;

6. Legal review of documents, preparing legal opinions and written consultations:

• reviewing the documents provided by the client for compliance with legislation (with assessment of potential risks);
• analyzing the situation described by the client;
• giving advice on the basis of the analysis made, including drafting written opinions and recommendations;

Opening accounts at foreign banks:

• advising on the choice of a bank to open a personal and/or corporate account at;
• advising on compliance with the current legislation of the client’s country of residence when opening foreign accounts;
• preparing documents, which includes filling in bank forms and agreeing with the bank manager the package of documents for account opening;

Projects completed

• 40+ new and updated presentations and related materials (the list is constantly expanding).
• 50+ organized seminars on the most popular jurisdictions / most relevant topics / new solutions for clients in light of global trends.
• 10+ profiles of the Group companies on various platforms, including marketplaces.
• 100+ foreign companies incorporated in various jurisdictions.
• 20+ completed liquidations of offshore companies (including those involving distribution of assets: so-called tax-free liquidations of controlled foreign companies (CFCs) – an exemption provided by Clause 60 of Article 217 of the Russian Tax Code).
• Working with major clients and foreign dealers, including such projects as: establishing a company with a complex share capital structure (granting preferred shares to the client’s employees as part of an incentive scheme); building economic substance for client companies abroad (in Hong Kong, Cyprus, etc.); setting up branches and representative offices of client companies in various jurisdictions.