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Chief Executive Officer
NextPoint OUChief Executive Officer
Feb. 2022ЭстонияNextPoint OU is a consulting agency that helps firms and technology firms develop content to grow their awareness and sales. Our clients are legal technology innovators, law firms, respected corporations, and business pioneers. Together with them we deliver digital marketing services including content creation, content strategy and scribbing. Through legal education background and working experience, we understand the complexities of industry regulations and compliance, so law-related topics get careful and thoughtful treatment, adding credibility to any publications. We are able to enlive even the most mundane topics with creative storytelling, analogies, and theme.
Chief Legal Officer / Legal Adviser
FreelanceChief Legal Officer / Legal Adviser
Oct. 2018Vernier, Geneva, SwitzerlandProvision of high-end legal consulting for small and medium-sized businesses (including crypto/fintech, gambling/betting fields): - Setting up a company and compliance with ongoing filing and regulatory requirements; - Drafting templates and reviewing contracts (including SHA, SAFE/SAFT, SPA, etc); - Filling and drafting applications for bank account opening procedure, preparing Proof of Source, Proof of Funds; - Drawing up internal policies such as AML Policy & KYC Procedure, Monitoring Transaction Policy, AML & CTF Business Wide Risk Assessment, Risk Scoring, Customer Risk Assessment Procedure, etc.; - Protecting and exploiting intellectual property and know-how; - E-commerce and commercial law; - Legal assistance for acquiring licenses (VASP, Crypto, Gambling); - Privacy and Data Protection (GDPR, CCPA, DPA); - Conducts analysis of legal information and performs research on specified legal issues; creates legal memos; Provision of support in raising finance through ICO\ITO: - Legal automation and processes; - Forming an ICO\ITO legal structure; - Review and recommendations: Token legal concept and White Paper; - Set of legal documents, including Token Purchase Agreement, SAFT, Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy; - Helping you to analyze and focus on key risks; - Consultations on other legal aspects in supporting ICOs;
Senior Project Lawyer
QiwiSenior Project Lawyer
Oct. 2017 - Oct. 2018- Development and approval of contracts and other documents; - Advising colleagues on legal issues in FinTech areas; - Legal support of new turnkey projects; - Verification of valid documents and their updating, including in connection with legislative changes; - Identification of risks, suggestions on ways to minimize and level them. - Conducting investigations on clients’ activities when required; - Ensuring that the necessary information/documents are in place and that the reviewed client’s activity aligns with the regulatory and internal requirements. - Documenting the results of reviews in the way of a written report in English and Russian;
Lawyer
Sberbank CIBLawyer
Aug. 2013 - Aug. 2016Moscow- Legal support to the company’s departments and affiliates in Russia, UK, Cyprus and Switzerland; - Dealing with compliance-related issues, advising on internal policies, regulations and processes improvement; - Advising on employment, corporate, tax, customs and other laws; - Onboarding new clients, identifying PEP; - Implementing the “Know Your Client” checks to the customers, counterparties, their representatives, and beneficial owners when on-boarding to the company; - Drafting and reviewing contracts (sale, service, license, lease, loan, guarantee, and any other types of agreements); - Participation in contracts negotiation; - Preparation of corporate documents (powers of attorney, minutes of meetings etc); - Provide an expert legal opinion and due diligence in the area of real estate.
Legal Assistant
Norton Rose FulbrightLegal Assistant
Nov. 2012 - Jun. 2013MoscowPrepare and process legal documents and papers, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, and pretrial agreements. Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files. Assist attorneys in collecting information such as employment, medical, and other records. Attend legal meetings, such as client interviews, hearings, or depositions, and take notes. Review legal publications and perform database searches to identify laws and court decisions relevant to pending cases. Submit articles and information from searches to attorneys for review and approval for use. Complete various forms, such as accident reports, trial and courtroom requests, and applications for clients.
Executive Legal Assistant
Squire SandersExecutive Legal Assistant
Nov. 2011 - Nov. 2012MoscowPrepare and process legal documents and papers, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, and pretrial agreements. Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files. Assist attorneys in collecting information such as employment, medical, and other records. Attend legal meetings, such as client interviews, hearings, or depositions, and take notes. Review legal publications and perform database searches to identify laws and court decisions relevant to pending cases. Submit articles and information from searches to attorneys for review and approval for use. Complete various forms, such as accident reports, trial and courtroom requests, and applications for clients.

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