Evgeniya Svishcheva Resume

Cooperation with prestigious Legal firm “Lefkos Clerides & Sons”, Cyprus

Legal Advisor - November 2015 – Present

· Advising on international commercial contracts and agreements (including drafting, reviewing and negotiating of international contracts and agreements)

· Advising clients on legal requirements and applicable laws in relation to realization of different projects and execution of contracts.

· Assisting with corporate enquiries (drafting and preparation of resolutions, PoA, minutes of shareholders and directors meetings, M&A, changes of company structure, change of directors, shareholders, secretary etc., reorganization of companies etc.)

· Legal support of sale and purchase of goods and assets

· Assisting with opening of bank accounts for clients

· KYC procedures

· Participation in high value complex cases

Lucro Capital Ltd. (Investment Company), Limassol, Cyprus

Money-Laundering, MIFID and Legal Compliance Assistant – May 2016 – Present

Duties:

· Developing and enforcing adequate policies and procedures in order to meet the compliance requirements of CySEC and other applicable rules and regulations.

· Drafting and preparation of agreements and contracts.

· Drafting, preparation, reviewing of resolutions, PoA, minutes and other legal documents.

· Managing and assisting with the profiles of brokerage clients/ communications with the clients

· Preparation of the corporate documents, maintaining the files of the clients

· KYC of corporate and brokerage clients

· Design the internal practice, measures, procedures and controls relevant to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing.

· Design and monitor anti-money laundering policies and procedures of the company as required by the company’s regulator.

· Responding to compliance inquiries.

· Work with all the departments to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.

“Carbo One Limited” (global international trader of coal) Limassol, Cyprus

Head of Legal Department (Senior Lawyer) - September 2014 – November 2015

Responsible for handling current legal support of commercial activity of the group of companies

Duties:

· Organization of functioning of legal department of the company in the Cyprus company’s office.

· Participation in development of schemes of international sales and movements of coal, equipment etc.: legal advice on various complex issues, including tax and customs issues, applicable issues of Maritime Law; drafting and preparing appropriate documents.

· Legal support of financing and investment: analyzing and preparation of financial contracts and agreements; various financial instruments (credit line agreements, guarantee, loan agreements, investment contracts, assignment agreements, pledges, set-off agreements, forfeiting, promissory notes, letter of credit, NDA, asset purchase agreements etc.).

· Drafting, reviewing and negotiating of international contracts and agreements (international sale and purchase agreements, memorandums of understandings, forwarding contracts, Charter-party, rental agreements, agency agreements, construction agreements, rendering of service contracts, consultancy agreements, commission agreements, legal agreements and other agreements).

· Drafting and preparation of corporate documents (Resolutions, Memorandum of Understanding, PoA etc.); Share transfer agreements, Confidentiality agreements;

    · Participation in general meetings of the shareholders; incorporation, reorganization of companies,     

     changes of company’s structure and M&A; KYC procedures with banks and clients;

opening of bank accounts.

· Advising and educating company’s management and internal departments on legal requirements and applicable laws in relation to realization of commercial projects and execution of contracts.

· Representing company in the banks and state authorities of Cyprus and Russia (registration authorities, tax authorities etc.).

· Providing legal support to subsidiaries (drafting and analyzing of contracts, sale and purchase of property, equipment, shareholder meetings and participation in companies’ reorganization).

· Legal correspondence with foreign partners and state authorities;

· Liaising with group’s external legal advisors;

· Settling disputes.

· Supervision of legal assistants and junior lawyer.

    “Carbo One Limited”, Moscow office, Russia

Senior Lawyer  - Jun 2010 – September 2014

Duties:

· Legal support of commercial activity of group of companies (drafting and negotiating contracts and documents, negotiations with partners, legal correspondence, risk assessment, insurance issues, preparation of memorandums etc.).

· Advising on various complex legal issues arising in all stages of concluding and executing of international contracts: sale of goods contracts, forwarding agreements, port services agreements, Charter-party, render of services agreements, consultancy agreements and financial agreements: loan agreements, credit line agreements, loan agreements, investment contracts, assignment agreements, pledges, set-off agreements, ISDA agreement, forfeiting, promissory notes, NDA.

· Preparation of legal advice on a variety of complex issues in the commercial activity of the group of companies (tax issues, customs issues and applicable issues of Maritime Law, company law and corporate compliance; employment law).

· Drafting and preparation of corporate documents (Resolutions, Memorandums, PoA etc.); participation in general meetings of the shareholders; incorporation, reorganization of companies, changes of company’s structure and M&A; KYC procedures with the banks and the clients.

· Drafting and negotiating legal documents for the group of companies (memorandums, resolutions etc.)

· Preparation of claims, settlement agreements, alternative dispute resolutions etc. (as a personal result, it carried out a large sum tax refund from the tax authorities in the difficult and complex case).  

LLC “Financial and Industrial Consulting”, Moscow, Russia

(on behalf of “Krutrade A.G.”, Vienna, Austria, the exclusive trader of Coal)

Senior lawyer - Jun 2008 – Jun 2010

Duties:

· Legal support of the transactions for the supply of foreign process equipment for coal terminal in Russia and drafting of the necessary documents, including the corporate documents; advising on legal, customs and tax issues; providing of registration of transactions in Russian state authorities.

· Preparation, provision and coordination in the Projects of selling business subsidiaries.

· Advising on international and Russian internal commercial contracts preparation, negotiations and dispute resolutions. Interpretation of contract documents, terms and the facts of business perspective, assessment of legal and commercial contract risks.

· Analyzing, reviewing and drafting of contracts and other legal documents (sale and purchase contracts, financial contracts, credit and surety agreements, rendering of service contracts, consultancy agreements, mortgage agreements, resolutions, memorandums, PoA, Charters, draft contracts, forms etc.).

 Joint Stock Foreign Trade Company “EXIMA”

(Management company of one of the largest Agro-industrial holding company), Moscow, Russia

Senior lawyer, Legal Department  -  Jul 2002 – Jun 2008

Duties:

· Providing legal support to international and Russian internal business activities in a trade, production and agro-industrial holding company and her subsidiaries (particularly, raw-sugar market, meat market and agricultural market).

· Supervision of all processes of the conclusion and execution of international contracts: negotiations with contractors, legal correspondence and meetings with partners, analyzing the possible risks, shipping, insurance (assessment of insurance terms and risks), advising on executing of the contracts by the parties, drafting contracts, analyzing of international rules of law.

· Project for the demanding of insurance compensation from international and internal insurers (as a personal result, it received insurance compensation to the amount of 250 000 USD for a general average on vessel).

· Participation in legal support of the realization of investigation projects, investments and sale and purchase of business assets.

· Drafting of claims to international and internal contractors; preparation of dispute resolutions. Communication with external legal advisors for international litigations.

· Providing written legal analysis and recommendations on litigation cases and claims; preparation of the materials and files before International Commercial Arbitration; participation in hearings, representation of the interests of company in arbitration.

· Legal support to subsidiaries; organization and supervision of subsidiary’s legal department as the Head of Legal Department.

Advocate firm “E.G. Tarlo & Partners” (Collegium of Lawyers), Moscow, Russia

Assistant Attorney - Feb 2001 – Feb 2002

Advanced user  

(Microsoft Office, legal databases, Lotus Notes,Word, Excel etc.)

Driving license

Fluent English Speaker

Mother tongue: Russian 

Intermediate: Spanish

Beginner (currently learning): Greek/French

Ph.D Candidate - ongoing

2010-2013 - Russian State Institute of Intellectual Property, Moscow

Post-graduate course / Research - “Transfer of ownership in International Sale of Goods Contract”

Master’s degree in Jurisprudence (5 years). Lawyer. Diploma with honours (CUM LAUDE)

1997-2002 - Moscow State University of Administration, Russia

   Focusing on International Private Law, Contracts Law and Russian Civil Law.

“General Course on Intellectual Property”, WIPO

“Special course of English and Business”, PLI, Vancouver, Canada

“International trade contracts: drafting, execution & resolving disputes”, Moscow, Russia

Professional interests: 

International Commercial Law

Contract Law

Corporate Law

Hobbies:

Travelling

Photography

Art

Nicos Clerides - Legal firm “Lefkos Clerides & Sons”, Cyprus

Andrey Shvachko - Lucro Capital Ltd.