Experience

Compass Plus Technologies

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Legal Counsel

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Compass Plus Ltd.

• Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Senior Legal Counsel

  • May 2017 - Mar 2022

  • Dealing with the broad range of legal issues of Compass Plus group companies located worldwide and legal support of their commercial activities in EMEA, LATAM and APAC regions. • Dealing with the broad range of legal issues of Compass Plus group companies located worldwide and legal support of their commercial activities in EMEA, LATAM and APAC regions.



Compass Plus (Great Britain) Ltd.

• Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Legal Counsel

  • Dec 2009 - May 2017

  • Interaction on various legal aspects with all departments within the corporate structure and legal support of the company’s affiliates, offices, distributors and agents globally: UK, US, Russia, Jordan, Brazil, UAE, Vietnam and Malaysia, • Drafting and legal examination of various cross-border contracts (including contracts under foreign jurisdictions), • Negotiating and closing complex business transactions, • Development of internal policies, contractual boilerplates and commercial documents, • Settlement of disagreements and disputes with third parties, • Representation in employment tribunals and courts of international arbitration, • Registration of trademarks, patents and copyright in the EU and USA, • Support of HR with regards to the employment law issues, • Development, legal analysis and risk assessment of licensing, sub-licensing, financial and economic schemes, • Assistance to pre-sales with the tendering processes and responses to RFP/RFI. • Understanding of electronic payment and processing industry and related software licensing issues. Show less



BALTOILEXPORT Ltd.

• Kaliningrad Region, Russian Federation

• In-house lawyer

  • Feb 2005 - Dec 2005

  • Experience in preparation and making of legal memorandums, bilingual contract, drafting different types of legal documents, the preliminary verification of conformity of the existing law decrees, orders, and other organizational and administrative papers, • Successfully appealed and reversed a number of orders made by administrative authorities such as tax office, customs etc., • Massive experience of both non-contentious and contentious nature in international trade, tax and commercial law, • Advised on number of commercial transactions in international trade and drafted various commercial contracts, • Supervised international oil, gas and oil products supply contracts, • Continually met tight deadlines while maintaining quality and accuracy. Show less



FINANCIAL INVESTMENT COMPANY FINACO,

• Kiev, Ukraine

• Senior Legal Consultant

  • Mar 2003 - Jan 2005

  • Actively participated in the dispute resolution by issuing and defending claims in the civil and commercial courts as well as negotiating dispute settlements across the table, • Provided written consultations to clients on complicated issues of tax, commercial, company and civil law, • Drafted the statutory documents, coordinated incorporation and liquidation of legal entities on the clients’ request, • Initialized bankruptcy hearings against non-paying debtors on a number of occasions, participated in placing companies into insolvency and assisted with transactions for selling assets of insolvents, • Acted on a $2.5 million tax claim against the State Tax Inspection in arbitration for the fuel exporting company concerning tax return. Prepared the presentation of the claim and leaded the team of an accountant, auditor and a customs broker while preparing the case. Managed collection and preparation of written evidences and represented the claim at the arbitration. Supervised final settlement of the judicial decision, • Constantly monitored developments in the current legislation and kept abreast of the latest changes in law. Show less



BURAT Ltd.

• Poltava, Ukraine

• In-house lawyer

  • Apr 2000 - Mar 2003

  • Successfully represented company’s interests in Courts of General Jurisdiction, Arbitration Courts, arbitral tribunals and other State authorities in legal claims and lawsuits, • Drafted and amended a great deal of various contracts and commercial agreements, • Actively involved in liaising/negotiating of the contracts for the sale and supply of goods and services, • Consulted management staff and individual employees on various legal issues of employment, civil, commercial and company law, • Participated in the execution and enforcement of the judicial decisions, • Represented company’s interests as a civil claimant in the criminal trials, • Carried out a lot of legal research and analysis of legal documents, prepared litigation notes, managed correspondence, documents and files. Show less