Marina Bykova

Experience

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  Construction Companies

  Jan 2000 - Aug 2001

  Legal Associate
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  Moscow Municipal District Administration

  Aug 2001 - Jul 2002

  Municipal Officer
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  Center of Conflictology and Law - Law Firm

  Jul 2002 - Dec 2003

  Senior Lawyer
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  Credit-Moscow Bank

  Dec 2003 - Sept 2005

  Senior Legal Advisor
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  Absolut Bank

  Sept 2005 - Apr 2010

  Head of Corporate Business Legal Support Division, Deputy Head of Legal Department
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  Bykova International Law Company

  May 2010 - now

  Head Partner

  • Full range of legal services for both individuals and legal entities in area of U.S., Russian, Czech, European and International Law, incl.:• International Trade, Tax and Banking Law, including AML, fraud investigation.• Corporate, Administrative and Immigration Law, Labor, Property (incl. Real Property) and Environmental Law, Torts (incl. personal injury).• Intellectual Property, incl. U.S. and foreign trademark prosecution, entertainment issues, licensing deals, digital music and other intellectual property rights, international content distribution sales agreements, etc.• Conflict resolution, International Arbitration and litigation in the state courts and arbitration courts of Russia, EU and U.S. - representing well-established companies and financial groups.• Legal audit, ethic problems of licensed attorneys, credit organizations and international holding corporate compliance problems, privacy and data protection issues in the U.S. and EU, incl. GDPR, legal, data compliance.• Legal assistance to single women with children in life-challenging situations.• Other cross-border legal issues, etc.• Coaching and mentoring the staff of clients.• HR, budgetary, finance, general administration, procurement, contract, property management and other management issues. Show less

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  Evropsko-ruská banka, a.s.

  Nov 2011 - Aug 2012

  Head of Karlovy Vary Office of European-Russian Bank

  • Full range of legal, managerial, administrative, real estates, accounting and customer services issues.• International Trade, Banking Law, including AML, cross-border banking transactions, project financing, private equity investments, financial restructurings and cross-border insolvency issues.

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  SociumConsult LLC

  Jul 2018 - May 2019

  Legal Counsel

  Full legal support of company activities, including visa, immigration, International Tax, Banking Law and export-import issues, privacy and data protection (U.S., EU, International Law).

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  British Council

  Sept 2019 - Nov 2021

  Office Manager

  • Legal support, incl. data protection.• Procurement and contract management.• Information and records management.• Premises management, safety and security.• Cluster working with business support staff from other EU countries.• Budget management.• Other business support issues.

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  Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber and Agricultural Chamber

  May 2021 - now

  Arbitrator