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Илья Шенгелия

Ilya Shengeliya

Project manager Southern directorate

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Krasnodar

shengeliya@vegaslex.ru

+7 (861) 201 98 42

Advocate of the Krasnodar Territory Chamber of Advocates

Specialization

  • Structuring legal interaction with state authorities
  • Consulting on state support for business
  • Supporting disputes with regulatory agencies
  • Consulting on currency regulation
  • Consulting on anti-money laundering
  • Consulting on countering corporate fraud and corruption​

Education

  • Advanced professional training at the law department of the Academy of the Russian Federation General Prosecutor’s Office on “Public prosecutor’s supervision of the anti-corruption enforcement” (Saint Petersburg)
  • Kuban State Agriculture University (Krasnodar), law department, specialized in civil law

Professional experience

Practical legal work experience – since 2008
  • Present – VEGAS LEX law firm, Southern directorate, project manager
  • The Office of the Public Prosecutor in Krasnodar Kray, paralegal, senior assistant to the Prosecutor of the Central Administrative District of Krasnodar

Languages

  • English

Analytics 8

Infographics 1

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October

Антимонопольный комплаенс: чего ожидать

В настоящем обзоре мы проанализировали законопроект об антимонопольном комплаенсе, внесенный в начале сентября 2019 года в Госдуму.

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November

Currency controls: the new rules for dealing with banks

In November 2017, two regulatory acts were published that made significant adjustments to the mechanisms for banks to control hard currency. The first one is Guideline Manual No. 181-И, issued by the Bank of Russia (the Central Bank), that must be followed starting January 1st, 2018 to record and furnish reporting on operations with hard currency (hereinafter Manual No. 181-И). The Manual is supposed to loosen currency controls by decreasing the burden borne by residents. The second act has the opposite effect, and is geared toward tightening currency controls. This is Federal Law No. 325-FZ, which, when it enters into force on May 14th, 2018, will make it easier for banks to respond to any violations of currency law, and draws distinctions between the types of administrative liability in this area.
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September

Checklists: what to expect from the new audit mechanism

Starting October 1st, 2017 certain supervisory and audit authorities are supposed to use checklists hat have questions used to gather information. This new mechanism is designed to solve several tasks at once: to streamline, simplify, and increase the transparency of audits. This is all for the auditors. However, people who are involved in business will also benefit from this tool if they can adopt the right approach.
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August

Disclosing beneficiaries: the subtleties of performing obligations

Executive authorities can now require that legal entities disclose their beneficiaries. Treating the new regulations in an attentive manner can help avoid any unjustified accusations. By February 13th next year, the relevant authorized government agencies need to ratify the form their requirements will take, after which the mechanism will enter into full force. It will also permit controlling whether companies are meeting their associated requirements to clarify, update, and store information about their beneficiaries. However, practice in applying this has not taken shape yet, and along with that the law’s wording could result in ambiguous interpretations. That is why it is advisable for companies to pay attention to several important points.
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October

Corporate fraud: mechanisms for recovering assets taken out of the country

Russia has stepped up development of mechanisms aiming at the return from abroad of capital lost as a result of economic crimes. The need for doing this was announced by the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia at the end of September 2014. A month earlier, the Russian General Prosecutor proposed to foreign colleagues the conclusion of agreements on the return of confiscated property. On this wave, on 23 September 2014, the State Duma passed during first reading the anti-corruption legislation proposed by the President of Russia. The amendments give the general prosecutor’s office the right to claim, in arbitration courts, the return of illegally acquired state and municipal property. However, the protection of private assets, taken abroad as a result of criminal acts, for now remains without proper regulation. (This legal update is available only in Russian)
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March

Nationwide Survey "Practice of Fighting the Corporate Fraud"

VEGAS LEX law firm and Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs are happy to bring to your attention the Nationwide Survey "Practice of Fighting the Corporate Fraud" Final Report. The key mission of the Survey was to improve the tools of fighting the corporate fraud in Russia and elaborate suggestions for improving and updating Russian laws.

Publications 21

Events2

5
October

Как удостовериться в законности валютной операции

С 14 мая 2018 г. банки получили возможность блокировать операцию, если она нарушает акт валютного регулирования. С одной стороны, должна повыситься внимательность к соблюдению формальных требований законодательства. С другой — вполне вероятны разногласия между банками и их клиентами по вопросам правовой квалификации операций. Практика толкования и соответственно применения валютного законодательства не отличается единообразием. Избежать возможных разногласий позволит ряд последовательных действий, описанных в статье.
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January

Failure to pay for housing and public utility services: practice and potential solutions

This article outlines possible measures to combat the growth of arrears for energy provided in the housing and utilities sector. To do this, the author analyzes current legislation aimed toward reinforcing financial discipline on the part of energy consumers, practice with how it is applied, and the relevant factors in the growth of accrued arrears.
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December

"Кодекс" государственного и муниципального контроля

Эксперты "АГ" детально проанализировали предложенные изменения законодательства, в целом оценив их положительно. В частности, один из них отметил, что законопроект содержит довольно прогрессивные положения, которые окончательно переориентируют контрольную функцию государства: приоритетом станет не реакция на свершившиеся правонарушения, а их превенция, а также снижение рисков для жизни и здоровья граждан, их свобод и прав.
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November

Information on beneficial owners: disclose it and do not make any errors

In August 2017, the Russian government published the rules on how legal entities need to present information about their beneficial owners to government agencies. The new rules will permit checking how companies identify, update, and store information on the people that control their actions. To ensure that relevant responsibilities are adequately fulfilled, it is necessary to gain a detailed understanding of these new provisions, since in practice they might not be interpreted in a clear-cut manner.
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November

Верховный суд объяснил, какая деятельность является предпринимательской

Часть споров о привлечении компаний к административной ответственности по закону должны рассматривать суды общей юрисдикции. Но такой порядок предусмотрен для тех дел, где административное правонарушение имело место не в процессе осуществления предпринимательской деятельности. Перед судами встал вопрос о том, является ли водоснабжение предпринимательством для городского водоканала. Две инстанции пришли к выводу, что нет, а Верховный суд решил иначе. 
Workshops Own event VEGAS LEX
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October
2017

Practical seminar “Actions by companies to recover damages: verification, refutation, abatement"

г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Ульяновская, 54, гостиница "Эрмитаж", конференц-зал "Красный"

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The VEGAS LEX law firm invites you to a practical seminar devoted to the key trends in disputes involving recovering damages from commercial organizations, and recommendations to achieve the optimal result (for the plaintiff or defendant). 

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Workshops Own event VEGAS LEX
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October
2017

Practical seminar “Actions by companies to recover damages: verification, refutation, abatement"

г. Краснодар, ул. Буденного, д. 117/2 Бизнес-центр КНГК Групп, эт. 2, конференц-зал
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The VEGAS LEX law firm invites you to a practical seminar devoted to the key trends in disputes involving recovering damages from commercial organizations, and recommendations to achieve the optimal result (for the plaintiff or defendant). 

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