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Mikhail Safarov, Director for Regional Development, Partner
Mikhail Safarov
Director for Regional Development, Partner
Mikhail Safarov
Director for Regional Development, Partner

Legal 500 EMEA 2009
European Legal Experts 2011
Areas of responsibility:
  • Regional development

  • Areas of responsibility
    • Corporate Law
    • M&A
    • Arbitration process
    • Tariff regulation in the gas industry
    Oversees the Firm’s regional strategy in Russia and the CIS, directs the operations of the Firm’s structural divisions and various client projects for major Russian and foreign companies in the Russian regions. 

    Education
    • Volgograd State University, Law Faculty, major in Legal Sciences
    • work term in Missouri, USA, under the programs Increasing Productivity and Organization of the Legal Business in the USA

    Professional life

    • present – Director of the Regional Development Committee, Vegas Lex Law Firm
    • Director of the Volga Directorate of Vegas Lex Law Firm (Volgograd)
    • International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), senior consultant on legal issues for the projects “Small-scale privatization in Belarus” and “Post-privatization in Belarus”
    • NATAN law office (Volgograd), lawyer, then deputy director
    Key projects
    • Consulting in the field of the tariff-setting process for regional gas sales companies
    • Comprehensive structuring and further support for corporate asset acquisitions
    • Support for precedent-setting court cases on VAT and profits tax for major manufacturers of construction materials
    • Development and successful implementation of means of corporate defense for against hostile takeovers for a major company
    • Development of a comprehensive acquisition scheme for a major industrial enterprise
    • Support for precedent-setting court cases against the customs authorities
    • Comprehensive due diligence for leading Russian and foreign companies
    • Development and coordination of the draft law On State Registration of Legal Entities in the Republic of Belarus; development of regulatory documents governing the privatization process in Belarus