High education / Experience

Educational Institutions, Degrees, Memberships

September, 2009 – June, 2014

Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Department of International Law, Lawyer with knowledge of a foreign language

Foreign Languages

English

Professional Activity

Specialization

• Individual and comprehensive support for opening settlement and savings (investment) bank accounts abroad;
• Constant contact with banks and other financial institutions for updates on the banking services market, establishing and maintaining partnerships, and keeping track of changes in their internal policies;
• Company formations abroad, advising on the choice of a suitable jurisdiction and international corporate law, developing optimal business solutions for structuring the current resident business and its expansion abroad;
• Analysing the business, financial performance, turnover structure, and counterparties for compliance with the requirements of foreign and Russian banks, advising on the best-suited banking solutions;
• Legal support and administration of non-resident companies, which includes annual renewal, ordering documents, making changes in the corporate structure, advising on compliance with foreign legislation, supporting redomiciliations and liquidations of foreign companies;
• Making corporate documents and reviewing them for compliance with statutory requirements: articles, registers, minutes of directors’ / shareholders’ meetings, share purchase agreements, etc., providing legal support in making agreements within the framework of international business of companies, and drafting legal opinions;

Projects completed

• Supporting a turnkey account opening for a client’s Cyprus trust investing in German real estate. Investment worth of EUR 2 million.
• Opening a Swiss bank account for a client who is in the TOP-100 successful businessmen in a CIS country ranking and whose company occupies one of the leading positions on the market in its industry.
• Opening an account for a Hong Kong company licensed as a Money Service Operator and owned by a well-known payment aggregator used by online stores and websites around the world.
• Opening accounts for a group of companies that are leading developers of corporate training and online education solutions and have more than 50,000 clients worldwide.
• Supporting the purchase and sale of a soft drink producer operating in Russia and Eastern Europe. The transaction amount is EUR 15 million.
• Supporting the sale of a large shopping centre in Moscow. The transaction amount is USD 75 million.
• Establishing a holding company for investment in the development of a new drug for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases in Russia.
• Registering a Romanian company to act as intermediary in the market for petroleum products and petrochemicals in Eastern Europe and the Baltics.
• 100+ incorporated companies in island jurisdictions (BVI, Seychelles, Belize, Marshall Islands, Dominica, Cayman Islands, Panama, Isle of Man), in Europe (Cyprus, Malta, Gibraltar, Romania, Hungary, Netherlands, Luxembourg, UK), in the United Arab Emirates, and the CIS countries (Kazakhstan, Armenia), etc.
• 400+ opened accounts at banks and in payment systems (savings, investment, settlement, and merchant accounts).