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Position: Legal CounselLocation: CIS

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Fat

Wear suit

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tall

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ll Age 29

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine

Male

Married + baby girl

I do have a degree in law of the Kyiv National University of Economics

2004Group of

companiesIn-House

2005Leading law firm

Lawyer

2007Big4,

Senior Consultant

Currently atLeading law firm,Senior Associate

2011IT company(hopefully)

Retirement(hopefully)

7 years of professional experience

inLitigation and

arbitration Contracts Due Diligence Labour Criminal

Attorney Tax Customs M&A etc.

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2011

Criminal case

Representation of a US Bank in a criminal investigation and further court proceedings on it crime

IP, IT

2009

Consultations re tax treatment of royalty payments

A number of consultations for large groups of companies with respect to tax treatment of the payments for the use of IP objects (TMs, copyrights, etc.).

2009

Cryptographic data protection

Obtaining of necessary licenses and permits for providing cryptographic data protection activity in Ukraine by international software producer.

2007

Participation in widely known trademark disputes

Participated in the court disputes, which were described in IP rights textbooks.

2011

Domain name dispute

Representation of a German company in a dispute on cancellation of the TM and domain name.

2006

Russian investor

Legal assistance with acquisition of a number of land plots in Kyiv region, including due diligence and further drafting of the SPA.

2008-2010

Russian petrol network

Legal assistance of purchase of a Ukrainian chains of petrol stations Gepard and Vic-Oil: due diligence, on-going legal assistance.

2008

Russian TV channel

Buy side due diligence of a Ukrainian TV channel, limited to analysis of licensing, existing IP rights and a set of contractual commitments.

2009

Russian developer

Full scope buy side legal due diligence of Kyiv based unfinished (residential multistoried building) real estate object.

2008

Gambling group

Full scope legal due diligence, including, in particular, analysis of existing IP rights to a number of different objects.

M&A

Litigation

2007

Representation of Kyiv City Administration

Won three related court disputes in all instances including the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

2007

Representation of Ukrainian oil transit monopoly

Partialy won the dispute against Russian counterparty with respect to inclusion of VAT into the price of transit in Moscow International Commercial Arbitration Court.

2006-2007

Representation of Kyiv City Administration

Managed approx. 50 similar litigations against construction companies regarding collection of obligatory payments

2006

Representation of foreign steel producer

Prepared detailed memorandum regarding available options of collection of the debt from Ukrainian factory.

2006

Large Ukrainian construction company

Successfully closed a number of litigations related to hostile takeover of the company.

2007

Participation in widely known trademark disputes

Participated in the court disputes, which were described in IP rights textbooks (Softline and champagne case).

2009

Ukrainian manufacturer

Won a tax dispute on WHT and CIT in the court of 1 instance

2010

Large Ukrainian financial institution

Won a a UAH 11 mln. VAT dispute in the court of appeal (no cassation appeal has been filed)

2011

Latvian bank

Representation of the bank in the court regarding recovery of the collateral.

2011

Pharma producer

Successful enforcement of a UAH 15 mln. debt recovery

2011

Customs litigation

Won litigation on invalidation of the customs rulings for German juice producer

2011

Tax disputes

Won a number of tax disputes on void contracts for large international grain trader

2011

Criminal case

Representation of a chief accountant in a tax avaison criminal investigation

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2009

Debt restructuring

Legal assistance in restructuring of the distressed loan portfolio for a mid-sized Ukrainian bank. The work include, in particular, drafting of a number of SPA’s, establishment of an SPV (financial company), registration of the loan with the NBU, etc.

other

2009

Setting-up of loan and leasing business for one of the largest

car producers

Legal input included drafting of complex loan, rent as well as financial lease agreements, registration of financial companies and on going tax and legal consulting.

2009

International tax structuring

Legal assistance with respect to elaboration and further implementation of the group restructuring action plan.

I am researching the copyright in the Internet within post graduated studies…

…published a number of articleson hottest legal issues

I also lecture civil law at the

University

Each month I speak on at least one

conference or round table on various legal topics:

•Intellectual property rights•Criminal law•Tax and customs disputes•Debt collection

I am about to leave legal consulting and switch to

In-house legal work in IT company