Property Development, cooperation with the contractors and partners, legal and accounting matters

Scope/Summary Responsible for legal support of the global operations of the company, including company secretarial, contracts, IP, risk management, litigation. Acting as company secretary at the board meetings. Member of the Executive Board. Hired, mentored and managed geographically dispersed staff of different cultures and coordinated global team collaboration. Achievements * Set up legal department as an in-house function, hired and retained qualified staff ; * Created a knowledge management system for company secretarial documentation for all company subsidiaries, contracts database, litigation database for all cases globally * Developed and implemented company`s global integrity policy, including in-house training for existing and new employees * Effectively planned and implemented corporate restructuring of the group * Set up and implemented internal policies and procedures * Coordinated M&A activities (both for sale and acquisition of companies) * Switched to a global consultant for trademark and patent renewals resulting in significant cost saving * Effectively managed company`s IP, including patenting of new products and registering new trademarks in various jurisdictions * Set up electronic contracts review & approval system ; * Achieved zero loss rate for USA asbestos lawsuits ; * Performed in-house legal audit of all subsidiaries, as well as legal audit of existing dealers and distributors ;

Scope/Summary General legal support to company operations in CIS (Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Ukraine and Belarus), setting up legal department in CIS, supervision of CIS based lawyers (4 direct reports) Achievements * Developed standard forms of various vendor agreements (leases, supply agreements, consulting services, etc.) * Handled compliance matters related to U.S. regulatory affairs (FCPA, anti-trust issues, U.S. economic sanctions and anti-boycott), implemented and enforced company compliance policies in CIS region * Handled company secretarial issues (registration of branches and rep.offices, setting up new companies, POAs, etc.) * Set-up joint venture with the Russian partner (due diligence, foundation documents, registration) * Provided legal support in establishment of R&D center in Russia, including negotiations with the Russian Academy of Science and scientific institutions, drafting R&D contracts * Was involved in M&A activities (due diligence, negotiation of SPA, transitioning and integration issues), including full participation in the acquisition of a Russian company (deal closed) * Handled claims and law suits (managed several tax litigation with positive outcome, conducted negotiations with the counterparties for prevention of litigation) * Analyzed legal risks of oil&gas service contractor due to liability imposed by Russian law, proposed and implemented restructuring of company`s legal structure in Russia to mitigate the risks * Conducted internal legal training for company employees (at least 5 seminars a year in both English and Russian on various legal topics and company policies), developed new and improved existing seminar materials * Performed customer contracts review and negotiations (oilfield services contracts, sale of equipment and materials, master service and sales agreements, MHH, etc.) ; * Provided legal support to HR, Security, HSE and Real Estate departments * Foreign employees and work permits issues (legal advice, assistance with getting work permits, etc.) * Extensive travel within CIS, in Europe and U.S. ;

Specialized in Russian and Kazakh civil, corporate, land, environmental law: * Drafted and reviewed of contracts, powers-of-attorneys, other legal documents both in English and Russian * Handled land and environmental issues related to construction and operation of the pipeline (land leases, negotiations with landowners, easements, right-of-way, compensation of damage caused by pipeline construction, etc.) * Was involved in seaport status issues for oil marine terminal with SPM technology * Assisted with the company secretarial matters ;

* Consulted and advised HR Dept on employment issues * Reviewed and drafted contracts, supported execution of contracts and other legal documents * Handled land issues, participated in finalization of documenting of company`s land use rights in the regions * Regularly reviewed new legislation and prepared summary of new laws for management ;

* Clerical work, maintenance of contracts registration log ; * Drafting letters and minor contracts * Oral and written translation ;

* Drafted responses to the letters and deputy`s requests ; * Assisted with reception of electors ; * Translated correspondence and part of the book written by MP

Law, Law Degree

Law, Finance Law

German language courses

Linguistics School, Interpreter / Traslator

British Council, English