trasactional tax support; tax cosnulting

• Commercial law: (drafting and analysis of SPA, sale-purchase, distributorship, licensing, agency agreements; advising US, Canadian, EU, Chinese & Japanese clients on cross-border transactions); • Corporate: (review of legal issues in course of corporate due diligences; corporate support - drafting and amending of statutory documents (charters, shareholders' agreements), labor agreements, share ); • Ongoing legal support (labor law issues, reviewing and amending corporate policies (anti-bribery, etc.), dealing with state (tax, customs, etc.) authorities). • Tax (international tax planning, domestic tax advice, accounting advice);

• International tax planning - structuring of corporate group’s operations and income repatriation - tax regimes of foreign SPVs (Cyprus, Netherlands, Luxembourg, etc.) • Tax analysis of commercial transactions - VAT offsetting, CIT reduction through deductible expenses - transfer-pricing issues of cross-border transactions - special tax regimes and customs duties issues - accounting issues • Tax due diligence (tax audit) - participation and drafting of reports • Tax litigation; - drafting of pleadings (complaints, appeals, replies, etc.) - representation of company in pre-court and court hearings • International tax planning - structuring of corporate group’s operations and income repatriation - tax regimes of foreign SPVs (Cyprus, Netherlands, Luxembourg, etc.) Industry expertise: • FMCG (supermarket chains, pharmaceuticals, luxury goods); • Infrastructure projects (real estate development, PPP, etc.); • Banking, finance & insurance industry; • Oil & gas sector

Responsibilities: • International tax planning of inbound and outbound transactions; • Structuring of tax-driven international group reorganizations; Industry expertise: • IPO readiness assessment for listing at LSE & AIM; • EU banking products sales to Russian customers – tax risk assessment; • Securities-based structured finance products – tax risk assessments.

Responsibilities • Advising on foreign and domestic tax risks of Russian retailers; • Advising on pre-IPO corporate restructuring.

• Drafting of tax arbitration documents and legal research.

• Participation in income & property tax litigation on behalf of Detroit.