Marat Khimchenko

Experience

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  Law company “Civilist”

  Mar 2007 - Oct 2008

  Lawyer

  - Developing and maintained of agreements; - Out-of-court settlement of disputes; - Representing clients' interests in civil cases.

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  Joint Stock Company “Millennium Zilant City”

  Oct 2008 - Mar 2011

  Senior Lawyer

  - Public offering of shares supporting;- Representation the interests of the company in courts;- Developing and maintaining of contracts; - Real estate transactions supporting;- M&A deals supporting;- Specialties: Corporate law, Commercial law, Construction law, Antitrust law, Securities Market Law.

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  JSC “AK BARS” Bank

  Mar 2011 - Sept 2011

  Chief Lawyer

  - Developing and maintaining investment schemes (construction industry), preparing contracts; - Drafting legal opinions in various fields of law; - Maintaining transactions with the assets; - Representation the interests of the company in courts;- Specialties: Corporate law, Commercial law, Antitrust law, Securities Market Law.

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  JSC “Moscow City Center real estate”

  Sept 2011 - Mar 2012

  Head of Legal Department

  - Department management, 3 employees;- Representation the interests of the company in courts;- Developing and maintaining of contracts with the State/Municipality;- Real estate transactions supporting;- M&A deals supporting;- Specialties: Corporate law, Commercial law, Antitrust law.

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  Limited Liability Company “Bank debt center”

  Jun 2012 - May 2015

  Senior Lawyer

  Provided legal support for corporate governance of the company, as well as subsidiaries and affiliates (14 companies).Coordinated approvals of major transactions and related party transactions. Prosecuted adjudicative cases challenging transactions in accordance with Bankruptcy law and Civil law.• Built an optimal scheme for corporate governance of subsidiaries and affiliates, coordinated the scheme and transactions with assets in the antimonopoly agency. As a result, the risk of dilution shareholding in charter capital was minimized;• Prevented unauthorized withdrawal of assets and loss of collateral for debt obligations;• Real estate transactions supporting;• Mortgage transactions supporting. Show less

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  Trust Alliance

  Sept 2013 - Oct 2013

  Intern

  Participation in Russian-Dutch presidents program 2013Internship within Russian-Dutch presidents program was organized by two governments in order to attract investments, establish business contacts, exchange of experience and knowledge. Place of internship is law company Trust Alliance, s-Hertogenbosh, The Netherlands. The company operates in the market of consulting services for the medium and large companies. During internship were obtained new knowledge and skills about “Holland holdings”, optimization of taxation on the basis of agreements on avoidance of double taxation, principles work with clients, features of service delivery in sphere audit and tax support (include court cases). Show less

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  Limited Liability Company “Advance Legal Group”

  May 2015 - May 2017

  Head of the legal department

  Led the department of commercial disputes and support of clients' commercial activities. Provided legal support of projects of protect business interests of clients, supported litigation, participated as a representative of clients in business negotiations.• Developed a legal position, that helped win a litigation with a government agency, that allowed the client to retain ownership of a high-value asset;• Led a team for M&A project by an agricultural holding of a network of elevators and business diversification;• Provided legal support for corporate disputes;• Contributed to expand client base by offering bankruptcy services. Show less

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  BV “TFB Capital”

  Jul 2017 - Feb 2018

  Head of the legal department

  Managed a department providing full legal support for the company's activities. Performed a wide range of tasks from drafting and negotiating various contracts to organizing and holding investor meetings.• Contributed to the refusal of legal outsourcing services, provided legal support, which led to significant savings;• Strengthened the legal support by directly participating in the recruitment procedure for the positions of lawyers;• Organized the procedure of negotiating the terms of contracts, real estate transactions, transactions with assets of investment funds, shares and bonds;• Participate as a keynote speaker at a procedural meeting with authorized persons of the Central Bank of Russia. As a result, administrative order about the obligation to make an additional capital contribution in the amount of US$500 000 was canceled;• Contributed to the establishment of communication among divisions in order to prevent breach of legislation. Show less

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  JSC “AK BARS” Bank

  Oct 2017 - now

  Head of the division (Legal department, Division of judicial protection)

  Coordinate the work of the division, the main task of the division is to protect the interests of the company in litigation in order to reduce possible financial losses, avoid loss of assets and protect business reputation. Develop legal stances for adjudicative cases, analyze legal precedents, coordinate law enforcement practice for different departments. • Organized a permanent record and monitoring of adjudicative cases (more than 700 litigations per year);• Participate in weekly meetings with the HR Department on the issues of adapting labor contracts, agreements, changes in legislation, as well as litigation with unscrupulous employees;• Review, update and draft agreements and contracts, and other terms and conditions;• Representation the interests of the company in courts;• Launched use of principles of Legal Research, Case Strategy, E-discovery, Open source search, Big Data in Law, which allowed increase number of court victories more than 15%;• Provide interaction with various departments on real estate transactions, asset management, foreclosed property management;• Weekly communicate with state authorities and regulatory authorities in order to avoid violations of the law and comply with regulatory requirements for the company;• Ensure communication with various departments regarding any legal and regulatory changes;• Increased the staff of the division from three subordinates to six, due to the constantly increasing volume of tasks;• Leader of the team that developed a legal position for a litigation with a total amount of claims of 34 million dollars. The litigation was won;• Minimized the risks of non-fulfilment or improper fulfilment of contracts and/or contestation of concluded contracts due to systematically assessing the impact of regulatory trends and legal precedents and making the required changes;• Assess the need to make changes to existing policies based on an analysis of legal precedents and the impact of legislative trends. Show less