Резюме: Lawyer

SUMMARY Senior specialist with deep theoretical knowledge and practical experience (in civil, obligation, contract, business, administrative and process law) in the role of an in-house lawyer and attorney in consulting agencies, a long and distinguished track record in the field of projects supervision and implementation at the country level, experienced in legal representation in the state, including judicial, authorities.

COMPETENCIES
• Civil, Contract, Trade, Consumer and Compliance legislation;
• Risk management and Internal controls;
• Internal relations and labour issues;
• Customer data privacy & GDPR issues;
• Government relations management;
• Court representation;
• Project and marketing management & Conduction of analysis;
• Ethics, responsibility and Trainings management.

ACHIEVEMENTS
• Settlement of contract management, drafting and implementing of contract templates;
• Organization and implementation of working method with customers and suppliers’ claims;
• Developing and implementing the new approaches (working methods) between the Group companies to minimize the operation and tax expenses;
• Developing and implementing the new approaches (working methods) in Data Privacy and Sustainability areas;
• The most of authority’s inspection checks were solved without serious violation to the business;
• The most of court issues were won or finalized by the settlement agreement.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
From 2020-01 to present, Legal manager of “Retail & Wholesale” Legal Team, INGKA RUSSIA
Functionality:
• Manager for 5 lawyers;
• Project work – 50%;
• Contract work - 30%;
• Representation – 20%.

Description of functionality:
Providing overall legal support for the Retail IKEA & Wholesale IKEA organizations at least the follows areas:
• Overall legal support of operation activities of IKEA Stores in Russia (24 stores) and Ecommerce: (B2B & B2C relations; Procurement issues (Goods & Foods supply chain); Environmental & Sustainability issues; Customs and Product & Compliance issues; Import & Export issues; Risk & Compliance issues, etc.)
• Risk management: drafting, negotiation and approving of internal procedures and routines; organization and conduction of risk assessments; building of risk matrix; taking part in risk assessment procedures as an expects from legal department; present and report to the management team of risk issues and mitigation steps;
• Lease Relations & Real Estate relations;
• National Data Protection Law (Customer Data Privacy) and GDPR issues (localization, transfer and building of international data exchange process);
• Corporate work: organization of internal and confidential documentation procedures; shareholders decisions, corporate administration issues, registration and apostil.
• Risk management and Internal controls: (risk assessments, mitigation procedures, drafting and implementation of routines and internal (local) documents, internal legal check of subdivision activities);
• Public affairs representation in Rospotrebnadzor, Rosalkogolregulirovanie, Rosprirodnadzor, Rostechnadzor, Tax Authority, Customs Services, etc.;
• Representation during authorities checks and appeal procedures;
• Court representation: Arbitrazh (B2B disputes, Bankruptcy producers, Lease disputes); Courts of general jurisdiction (Customers issues, Labour issues, Appel procedure according to Administration Code of RF).

From 2015-03 to 2019-12, Lawyer, IKEA RETAIL RUSSIA
Functionality:
• Manager for region lawyers;
• Contract work – 50%;
• Representation – 25%;
• Project work – 25%:

Description of functionality:
• Supervising, directing and coordinating the activities of regional lawyers.
• Single legal support for the several departments at the country level: B2B; B2C (Costumer relation & experience); Customs; Procurement issues (Goods & Foods supply chain); Food (IFS); Risk & Compliance; Finance; IT & Personal Data; Corporate & Labour issues; Environmental & Sustainability.
• Contract work: development of contract templates (public offer for sale and purchase agreement, supply, storage, lease, service, work, agent, franchise agreements, etc.); negotiations with contractors, disagreement statements drafting; coordination, registration and support of the performance under the contracts.
• Risk management: drafting, negotiation and approving of internal procedures and routines; organization and conduction of risk assessments; building of risk matrix; taking part in risk assessment procedures as an expects from legal department;
• Intellectual property and Data Protection Law (Customer Data Protection and GDPR issues);
• Claim work. Extensive legal activities aimed at out-of-court settlement of claims with customers and legal entities;
• Internal corporate work: shareholders decisions, corporate administration issues, registration and apostil;
• Representation in courts: commercial (Arbitrazh) courts; courts of general jurisdiction, including: cases with customers; appeal of state authorities acts.
• Company representation in scheduled and unscheduled authorities’ inspections. Drafting the official correspondence, requests and answers.
• Cooperation with state authorities and organisations: Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor),
• Analytical and project work: internal audit; organization of trainings on legal topics; project management; risk analysis; development and implementation of routines: pre-trial and judicial representation, risk-oriented approach in conducting inspections, contractual work, claim work; participation in external working groups (AEB), monitoring of legislation and judicial practice.

From 2013-07 to 2015-03, Lawyer of Legal Consulting Agency “Legal Science and Research Center”
Functionality:
• Representation – 50%:
• Contract work – 35%:
• Project work – 15 %.

Description of functionality:
• Legal support of commercial organisations engaged in the supply of oil and petroleum products to Russia and EAC;
• Support for all operating and purchasing activities of separate company divisions (branches of organizations involved in the supply of oil and oil products) located on the territory of the Russian Federation;
• Extensive representation work in courts, including regional courts: commercial (Arbitrazh) courts: quality disputes, delay delivery disputes, recovery damages disputes, disputes with holders; illegal using of trademark, etc.; courts of general jurisdiction, including: appeal of state authorities acts.
• Extensive claim work with credit organization and collectors;
• Contract work: delivery, purchase and sale, storage, transportation, leasing, services, agency, commission, cession agreements; negotiations with contractors, disagreement statements drafting; coordination, registration and support of the performance under the contracts;
• Risk management and a comprehensive assessment of counterparties (due-diligence);
• Company representation in scheduled and unscheduled authorities’ inspections; official correspondence and requests.
• Cooperation with state authorities and organisations: FSSP, FRS, FTS;
• Analytical work: preparation of legal opinions, project management, preparation of weekly reports and presentations on legislative changes.

From 2013-02 to 2013-07, Legal adviser, LLC "GRAUS MTK"
Functionality:
Single lawyer (direct subordination to the general director).

Description of functionality:
• Full legal support of all economic activities of a commercial organisation, including: Contract issues; Corporate issues; HR issues; Representation in courts and state authorities;
• Analytical work: preparation of legal opinions, project management, preparation of weekly reports and presentations on legislative changes.

From 2011-02 to 2012-12, Lawyer, Legal department of Moscow Finance and Law University
Functionality:
• Contract work – 50%:
• Representation – 50%.

Description of functionality:
• Legal support of the activities of a non-profit organisation: Contract issues; Corporate issues; Preparation of legal opinions and memorandums.
• Organised and be involved in process of Legal Clinic Education and providing the legal consults to the citizens.

EDUCATION:
2020 –Master of Business Administration (MBA) of Eurasian Management & Administration School

2013 – 2016, Russian State University of Justice, Postgraduate course. Subjects: civil law, business law, family law, international private law. Candidate of Legal Sciences, qualification code: 12.00.03 civil law, business law, family law, international private law (order of the Higher Attestation Commission No. 135/nk dd 22 February 2017), the topic of the dissertation work "Lease as a Returnable Obligation";

2009 – 2013, Moscow Financial and Law University, diploma with honours, qualification "Lawyer", specialisation "Civil law";

2009 – 2013, Moscow Financial and Law University, qualification: "Interpreter in the field of professional communication" (English).