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Resident Of Counsel at the firm STILAS International Law Services
Areas of Practice
Structured Finance; Debt and Equity Finance; Banking Regulation; International Banking Law; Credit Union Law; Savings and Loan Law; International Loans; Financial Institutions Law; Financial Institution Regulation; Financial Fraud Recovery; International Finance
Admitted
1997, Russian Federation; 2006, Authorized by Licensed Registration in Panama; Licensed to practice national and international law in the U.S. and worldwide; Not authorized to practice local law or in court in any U.S. state, including New York
(Not admitted in New York)
Law School
Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, J.D., International Law, 1996
College
Union College, B.A., Foreign Languages, 1993; Tver State University, Russian Federation, Ph.D., Government Economics/Diplomatic Relations, with honors, 1999
Membership
American Bar Association.
Biography
Attorney: Manhattan Trial Unit, Office of Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, 1995; Governor's Office of General Counsel, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1996. Legal Counsel to Russian federal police divisions on international law enforcement cooperation, Legal Counsel to Russian Parliament on international commercial relations, 1997. Chairman, Government Reports Committee, American Chamber of Commerce, high-profile projects for Fortune 500 companies and US State Department, 1998. Chief of Special Operations, organized major anti-organized crime/anti-corruption measures in Moscow for protection of economic security interests of American and European corporations, 1999-2000. Established methods for Fortune 500 caliber underwriting and preparation of investment projects for small companies in compliance with banking regulations, developed and refined reliable systems and procedures for structured collateral financing transactions, 2000-2005. Launched licensed financial services institution subsidiary, positioning the law firm to directly service international banking institutions for financial industry development and inter-bank transactions, 2005-2007. Developed compliance methods and new financial products for European banking institutions, positioning the law firm to service bank clients and government economic agencies, 2008-2009.
Languages: English (native) and Russian (fluent)
Special Agencies
Independent contracting Special Agent or Special Investigator for various US, Russian and United Kingdom federal law enforcement agencies and economic national security departments.
Transactions
Over $7.0 Billion USD in successful structured collateral funding for international projects, including: $51.5 Million investment funding US-Russia technology March 1999; $15.0 Million investment funding US-Russia music May 2000; $25.0 Million investment funding Russia film December 2001; $2.5 Million investment funding USA film February 2002; $230 Million collateral loan funding Asia hotel June 2002; $450 Million collateral loan funding US-China technology April 2003; $23.5 Million collateral loan funding Russia coal September 2003; $500 Thousand investment Malaysia technology October 2003; $720 Million collateral loan funding Africa-Russia transportation January 2004; $54.0 Million collateral loan Russia film December 2004; $110 Million investment closing Russia energy January 2005; $92.6 Million collateral loan Russia real estate January 2005; $8.51 Million collateral loan funding Hong Kong fashion January 2005; $100 Million collateral loan funding Malaysia energy February 2005; $2.44 Billion collateral loan closing USA energy March 2005; $495 Million collateral loan funding USA films April 2005; $127.6 Million collateral loan closing China medical September 2005; $34.0 Million collateral loan funding Scotland agriculture September 2005; $160 Million collateral loan closing EU technology February 2006; $4.25 Million collateral loan funding USA real estate February 2006; $91.0 Million collateral loan closing Arabian real estate April 2006; $100 Million collateral loan funding Italy hedge fund February 2007; $2.0 Million collateral loan closing Netherlands real estate June 2007; $5.5 Million collateral loan funding Netherlands real estate July 2007; $90.0 Million collateral loan closing USA real estate September 2007; $25.0 Million investment funding Egypt real estate July 2008; $15.0 Million investment closing Egypt real estate September 2008; $35.0 Million loan funding Egypt real estate October 2008; $55.0 Million collateral loan closing South America real estate December 2008; $20.0 Million investment closing USA education February 2009; $1.44 Billion USD collateral loan closing EU banking February 2009.
Born
Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri
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