Management background: Managing Director / Head of Legal / General Counsel
Industrial experience: Financial Services (Banking, Private Banking & Wealth Management) / Mining (Gold and copper)
Functional competencies: Legal and Regulatory Risk Management / Contract Negotiation and Structuring / Compliance / Arbitration and Litigation Management / M&A Due Diligence and Transactions
Maximum employees managed: 10+
Companies: Global international / International financial institution / Mid-size / Large business in CIS / Start-ups
Considered development directions: Managing Director / Head of Legal
Region: Russia, CIS, Gulf region
Professional Experience:
A highly experienced legal professional with over two decades of expertise in managing legal and regulatory risks across multiple industries, including investment banking, project finance, and gold mining. Proven track record in leading M&A transactions, overseeing compliance and litigation, and negotiating complex cross-border financial deals. Strong leadership in building and managing high-performing legal teams and advising top-level management on strategic legal issues.
Key Achievements:
- Head of Legal at a Gold Mining Company:
Negotiated with the Government of a Central Asian country and concluded the only investment stabilization agreement. Prepared an international investment arbitration case. Obtained official interpretation of an international treaty from a competent international authority. Managed legal and regulatory risks for the holding company and subsidiaries in five jurisdictions. Oversaw and/or represented the employer in compliance, litigation, and regulatory processes. Led legal due diligence for M&A opportunities across Africa and the CIS region. Negotiated equity and debt arrangements and handled group-wide contractual agreements. - Managing Director at one of Russia's largest banks:
Structured project finance transactions, developed loan repackaging programs, and negotiated credit support arrangements with foreign export credit agencies. Drafted and submitted proposals on changes to legislation stimulating long-term investments by pension funds. Managed external counsel in litigation and arbitration, and advised management on critical financial and legal issues, including client insolvencies and defaults. - Director and General Counsel at a leading global investment bank:
Drafted product documentation for asset management, corporate and investment banking and private banking divisions, including those with cross-border element, managed legal risks across Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Led negotiations on debt restructuring and represented employer’s entities in arbitration, litigation and regulatory matters. Built and managed a team of legal and compliance professionals across different locations.
Education and qualifications:
- LL.M., Columbia Law School, New York
- Executive M.B.A., Moscow School of Management Skolkovo
- Law Degree, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Admitted to practise in the State of New York, USA
Key Competencies:
- Legal Strategy Development
- Team Leadership and Management
- Project Finance and Loan Structuring
- Negotiation with International Stakeholders
- International Litigation and Arbitration Expertise
Positions considered:
Managing Director / Head of Legal / COO
Income expectations: from 50 000 USD / gross / monthly + bonus
Special points:
Location – Russia. Ready for relocation and remote work. Fluency in English and Russian, intermediate German and Spanish.
Код кандидата: 32C