Our people

Russian, she is a Member of the Scientific-Expert Council of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation as well as Head of the Committee for the International Connections and Investments with the Moscow Audit Chamber.

Her core competences are in the following fields: legal and economic research and analysis, reorganisation, M&A, management consulting, tax advising, statutory audit planning, tax audit, strategic business planning. She is also an expert of Russian Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting Standards.

• General & Tax advising to a Moscow representative office of a major Western Bank
• Legal due diligence exercise for a South Asian Bank on a proposed Russian target
• Acting for a major Central European Natural Gas Company on a major of complex issues in Russia
• Full package service to a Moscow branch office of a German High-Tech engineering company
• Restatement of group’s (sub-holding’s) financial statement into IFRS for a multinational holding company
• Pre disposal due diligence for a Western company
• Acting for a Western Engineering firm on various matters in Russia
• Providing consulting to a multinational freight forwarding company in Russia
• Advising to a Western pharmaceutical concern on a number of projects in Russia
• Setting up permanent representations of Western companies in Russia (3 projects)
• Extensive advising to Western companies on Russian Labour / Employment law
• Advising on IP / patent law matters
• Arbitration proceedings in the pursuit of client interests to protect 28 patents (the case won by “Femida-Audit”)
• Major piece of work for The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation on “Elaboration of methodology for assessment of efficiency of budget expenditure”

• The member of Collegium of Auditors of the Russian Federation.
• Head of the Committee for Quality Control of the FEMIDA Audit Group companies.
• Head of the Coordination Council of the FEMIDA Audit Group companies.

Russian, has a broad commercial, contentious and non-contentious practice with particular experience and expertise in the fields of tax, insolvency, banking, company law and labour law. Possesses extensive legal and advocacy experience in courts and arbitration proceedings. Acts for both claimants and defendants.

Managed and participated in numerous M&A projects, including company sales and acquisitions, reorganisations. An expert at Civil Law, Budget Law and Contract Law. Advices to the state-owned organisations on a variety of legal matters, was involved in drafting of the Corporate Governance Code of the Russian Federation. Proficient in Securities Law, Land Law, and Insolvency Law.

Previously occupied the position of a corporate lawyer with a top Russian oil company and a legal counsel to the Russian branch of a major Western charity.

Russian, she heads up a 30-strong team of auditors, also working as a practicing Russian Statutory Auditor while closely liaisoning with a team of lawyers.

She holds a Master degree in Governance of State from the Moscow State University and a graduate degree in Jurisprudence from Moscow Economic & Legal Institute.

Her major legal clients include an atomic energy sector company, industrial holdings and a trading companies.

Also acts as a proficient tax adviser.

Russian, he acts as company liaison with the DFK International network. His key competencies are in project co-ordination, strategic business planning, and international clients’ relations management.

He has extensive experience in the fields of international trade, FMCG, project & trade finance. International clients include predominantly those from the UK and Common Law Countries. Prior to joining Femida he held positions as trading director and commercial director with a number of companies.

He is a graduate in International Business Relations from the Russian State University of Commerce and now studying to become ACCA qualified.

German, also fluent in Russian and English.

Holds Bachelor degree in Law (Hons) from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany and is accessed to the Appellate Court Munich, Germany.

Possesses profound knowledge of and extensive practical experience in teaching and practicing European, German, Russian and comparative law, especially economic law. Consults clients on German Commercial and Public Law.

Russian, she graduated in Finance and Credit with Honors from Finance Academy with the Russian Government. Also qualified as an accountant & tax adviser. Currently completes studies to graduate in Law from the Moscow State University of Law.

Core competences are second to none in the fields of transfer pricing, currency exchange issues, disposal of assets, joint ventures, companies and partnerships’ formations and liquidations, tax aspects of investment projects.

Heads up the IFRS unit at the firm.

Russian, she is a port of call for audit of Commercial Banks and Investment Houses. Both the background and active clients include some of Russian and International financial institutions. Proficient in restatements of commercial banks’ financial statements under IAS/IFRS. Advises to IFRS first time adopters and those seeking IFRS training and compliance with IFRS.

Internal Audit professional. Advises to banking sector clients on a variety of tax issues.

Russian, heads the firm’s accounting department, overall in charge of Financial Accounting, Management Accounting and Tax Accounting.

Proficient in, and regularly advices on, preparing consolidated financial statements for bigger clients. Knowledgeable in most areas of Russian Law regulating multi currency accounting, be it a straightforward Russian limited company, or a major diversified Holding with foreign equity.

Supervises a team of preparers of tax returns and is among the leading tax adviser at the firm.