Leonid Romanov

Experience

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  Thomson Reuters

  Mar 2012 - Mar 2018

  Work with: Russia | CIS | Central and Eastern Europe • Led legal and compliance support for Russia & CIS covering 4 business verticals.• Administered IP, IT, and data protection advice to BoD and internal clients.• Developed legal guidelines for 800+ supply and service agreements and 50+ government contracts.• Led commercial negotiations by drafting and reviewing contracts, yielding $3M+ in savings.• Supported HR with labor laws to comply when exercising terminations and investigations.• Conducted M&A and corporate integration while employing due diligence.• Managed and mentored 2 team members.• Managed legal costs of $200K+.• Grew number of businesses supported by 100% in Russia & CIS within 5+ years.• Supported data localization and compliance project across 2 CIS countries.• Advised on M&A of Kortez in 2013, which enriched core product with local data on oil and gas prices. Show less

  • Senior Legal Counsel Russia/CIS

    Mar 2014 - Mar 2018

  • Legal Counsel Russia/CIS

    Mar 2012 - Mar 2014
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  Российская академия народного хозяйства и государственной службы при Президенте РФ (РАНХиГС)

  Sept 2017 - now

  Lecturer - Contracts and Cyber Law

  • Teach 1-2 evening lectures each week for 20-30 students pursuing a master’s degree.• Research and develop materials to each new courses on cyber law and contractual topics.• Ranked in top 3 of faculty lecturers for 3 consecutive years.

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  EY

  Mar 2018 - Feb 2020

  Senior Legal Manager, Russia/CIS

  Work with: Russia | CIS | Central and Eastern Europe | Turkey• Monitor regional IP rights protection activities for trademarks, patents, and software.• Drafted and reviewed 300+ commercial contracts outlining services, licenses, and SHAs.• Implemented sanctions and compliance measures and conduct AML investigations.• Spearheaded regional policies and guidelines related to commercial agreements, government contracts, vendors, limitation of liability, NDAs, claims, debt collection, AML, etc.• Served as Data Protection Officer for 9 Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and CIS companies.• Supported 30 new service offerings including AI, software, cloud computing, and robotics services generating multi-million revenue• Served as Head of Transactions Support Group working with 2 regional M&As.• Developed employment policies and HR regulations for terminations.• Transformed GDPR successfully for EY’s businesses in 3 EU and 5 non-EU countries.• Developed regional government contract review system. • Decrease legal costs because of the precise selection of counsels. Show less

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  Oracle

  Feb 2020 - Sept 2022

  Counsel Compliance and Ethics, EMEA

  Work with: EMEA | Baltics | Eastern Europe | Russia/CIS | Mongolia• Led ethics&compliance support for Eastern Europe, Baltics, Russia & CIS• Instruct internal use and regulation on management of GDPR personal data for 35+ people to ensure compliance with local policies.• Advise 20 partners and 10-20 vendors on analyzing and making recommendations on business ventures based on feasibility and substance of partnerships.• Initiated and completed 30 investigations over 2 years related to ethics inquiries by compiling reports, gathering evidence, and conducting interviews to make final judgments.• Train 700 employees on privacy and compliance matters by preparing training materials, delivering sessions, and conducting post-training research.• Lead local and outside teams.• Manage cross-functional compliance process improvement initiatives, including hiring and due-diligence of third parties• Conducted cross-regional investigations successfully• Ranked as the top performer on compliance team for investigations and management action plans. Show less