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Diana Solopchenko
Managing Partner Lawyer (LL.M) Translator, Interpreter
Contacts
Cell: +7 (926) 927-90-22
e-mail: info@solopchenko.com
CV in English (download)
CV in Russian (download)
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EDUCATION
- Lawyer
Higher education (degree - Specialist). Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL). Diploma with honours. Specialized in Company Law;
- Lawyer, LL.M
Pericles Law Center. Global Business Law Program, Anglo-Saxon Legal Family;
- Translator & Interpreter
Higher education (degree - Specialist). Moscow Institute of Linguistics (MIL). English and Finnish language, faculty of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication.
CAREER
- Before starting private practice worked as an Associate in International Law Firm Gide, Loyrette, Nouel; Associate in Russian Law Firm "Yukov, Khrenov and Partners"; Legal Assistant in Legal Department of CJSC "VTB Capital" (investment division of the VTB group); Legal Secretary in International (Top-5) American Law Firm "Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP".
SPECIALIZED IN
- Litigation;
- Company law & Joint-Stock Legislation;
- Infrastructure, Public-Private Partnerships, Concessions;
- Labour law;
- Retirement & Family law.
EXPERIENCE
- Litigation. Representing Clients’ interests in court procedure, drafting appeals, cassation appeals, supervisory appeals, appellate requests and other requests;
- Contract drafting. Drafting contracts, legal opinion letters and memoranda, commenting on updates of legislation, legal research;
- Legislative drafting. Drafting and amending Federal Law Drafts of the Russian Federation, Model CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) laws and other legal acts;
- Due Dilligence, risk analysis of corporate issues;
- Consulting on Public-Private Partnerships, Concession and Infrastructure projects, representing clients’ interests in tender (auction) procedures on the part of tender (auction) organizers, on the part of tender (auction) participants;
- Cooperation with State Authorities: Federal Antimonopoly Services for receiving prior approval on transaction; Federal Tax Service; Federal Bailiff Service; The Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography – Rosreestr; the Federal Service of Financial Market; the Department of Internal Affairs;
- All kinds of translation & interpreting. Written translation of legal, technical, commercial, economical and political documents, interpreting at conferences, business meetings.
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Urusova Maria
Partner, Head of Tax and Finance Practice
Contacts
e-mail: info@solopchenko.com
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EDUCATION
- Lawyer
Higher education. Specialized in Company Law. Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL);
- Manager
Higher education. Specialized in Company Management. Russian New University (RosNOU), Moscow.
CAREER
- 2014-2015: "Mannergheim" Ltd., Deputy Chief Executive Officer;
- 2010-2014: Law Firm "Inter Liga", Head of Legal Department. In 2011 promoted to Council on corporate and tax law;
- 2009-2010: "Debyut" Ltd., Chief Accountant;
- 2007-2009: Arbitrazh Court of Moscow, specialist of 1st category;
- 2006-2007: "Consulting and methodology of Accounting" Ltd., Chief Accountant.
SPECIALIZED IN
- Tax and Finance law;
- Company law;
- Litigation.
EXPERIENCE
- Due diligence, analysis of a transaction with foreign counterparties from the point of view of tax risks;
- complex accountancy and tax planning of a legal entity;
- drafting local corporate acts and instructions;
- representing client's interests in the Pension fund of the Russian Federation, in the Fund of social insurance;
- organisation of tender procedure and settlement of relations with supply and delivery counterparties;
- protection of client's rights during an in-house audit and field tax inspection;
- litigation and contestation of tax inspection decisions;
- development of full complex of accountancy documents necessary for maintenance of a legal entity;
- successful litigation on tax issues concerning inaction and misconduct of tax inspections including successful VAT recovery. Calculation of reimbursable VAT amounts;
- Reconciliation of accounts, including reconciliation of all accounts starting from the setting up of the company within a period of more than 5 years. Successful mediation on the issue;
- legal consulting on means of tax optimisation, development of internal tax policies.
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