High education / Experience

Educational Institutions, Degrees, Memberships

In 2023, I joined the GSL team as a junior tax consultant

Before that, my tax consulting experience was predominantly related to Russian law. However, I took interest in international taxation after doing the courses on the subject and following the dramatic changes in Russian tax realities, especially in the application of DTAs. Working in GSL shows the diversity of tax issues that both large companies and individuals face daily. In the course of my work, I have prepared dozens of consultations, analyzed more than 50 tax systems around the world, and estimated the tax burden for numerous entities and people.

From 2021 to 2023, I worked as a tax paralegal in a large consulting firm

My introduction to the legal profession began with tax consulting. I gained considerable experience taking part in due diligence projects which helped clients reduce transactional tax risks by hundreds of millions of roubles. The work also involved writing dozens of opinions on Russian tax law and currency law and analyzing hundreds of court decisions.

July, 2023 – August, 2023

Tax-a-Land, tax training programme by Technologies of Trust

June, 2023 – July, 2023

Tax League, tax consulting training programme by Kept

September, 2022 – July, 2024

Lomonosov Moscow State University, specialization in Jurisprudence, Master’s degree (with honours)

September, 2018 – July, 2022

Lomonosov Moscow State University, specialization in Jurisprudence (with honours)

Professional Activity

Specialization

• Advising on tax residency matters, personal and corporate taxes in foreign jurisdictions;
• Participating in tax due diligence on Russian and foreign companies;
• Tax structuring of chains of foreign companies;
• Advising on complex VAT matters: tax agent’s VAT, reverse charge mechanism, and VAT in cross-border transactions;
• Preparing notifications of participation in foreign companies, CFC notifications;

Advising on Russian currency law. 

Projects completed

• Analyzing the tax systems of 50+ jurisdictions, including: European countries (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, and Serbia); CIS countries (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan); Gulf countries (Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE); Asia-Pacific countries (China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Thailand); and other regions (Curaçao, Dominica, Seychelles, Egypt, and South Africa).
• Assessing the tax burden of a Bulgarian company engaged in financial services, including those involving cryptocurrency.
• Participating in due diligence on a Russian group of companies providing tourist services. The transaction amount was approximately USD 3 000 000.
• Structuring agency transactions to minimize the risk of tax claims in the UAE, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
• Participating in due diligence on logistics software development companies. The identified risks amounted to approximately USD 400 000, which allowed to significantly reduce the transaction amount for the client.
• Tax structuring of a Serbian trading company when choosing a jurisdiction for a holding company.
• Analyzing the tax consequences of redomiciling an investment company from Cyprus to the UAE, specifically ADGM free zone.
• Tax structuring of a manufacturing group in Thailand, Oman, and Bahrain.