Afanasov Denis Anatoly
Language proficiency: English - fluent, French - can read professional literature, German - basic knowledge
Autobiography
Моя профессия - Chief Legal Adviser
Current job
- Sodrugestvo Group - Chief Legal Officer (from october 2006-10-01 00:00:00.0)
- litigation:
administrative law cases: - tax law cases (defense of the interest of the companies of Sodrugestvo Group before the state tax service);
- contract law: - drafting of the contracts for the purposes of the banking and finance services of Sodrugestvo Group (financial transactions, credit agreements); drafting of the pledge agreements; real estate transactions agreements; import-export trade agreements.
- corporate law: drafting of the share transactions agreements, organizing of the share transactions; performance of the corporate actions by the foreign companies of Sodrugestvo Group 9corporate secretary functions);
- legal consultations for the functional and territorial departments of Sodrugestvo Group (civil law, tax law, administrative law, corporate law, criminal law, litigation and etc.)
- management: - organization and governing of the legal departments of the regional companies; attracting of the consultants for the regional companies of the Sodrugestvo Group; project management; relations with the first class International Law Firms; staff recruitment.
- projects realized:
– sale of some of assets of Sodrugestvo Group in Ukraine (approximate sum of assets realized 35 mil. USD – project was widely described by press agencies of Ukraine)
- supporting of organization of the credit relations of Sodrugestvo Group with the banks (re crediting project) – relations with the first class Russian and European Banks,
- realization of the long term option agreement regarding the sale of assets of Sodrugestvo Group to the foreign counterpart,
- supporting of organization of bond placement of Sodrugestvo Group (2,5 bill rubbles).
Previous jobs
- PRODO Management LLC - Lawyer1 (2004-09-01 00:00:00.0 - 2006-10-01 00:00:00.0)
- litigation:
civil law cases: - defense of the interest of the companies of PRODO Group regarding the relations with suppliers and customers, promissory note demand cases; organization of the collecting procedures (regarding the arbitrage) to reduce the accounts receivable of PRODO Group;
administrative law cases: - tax law cases (defense of the interest of the companies of PRODO Group before the state tax service); environment law cases (defense of the interest of the companies of PRODO Group regarding the payment of the environmental fines and duties);
corporate law cases: – “greenmail” litigation;
- contract law: - drafting of the contracts for the purposes of the banking and finance services of PRODO Group (financial transactions, credit agreements); drafting of the pledge agreements; real estate transactions agreements; import-export trade agreements.
- corporate law: drafting of the share transactions agreements,
- legal consultations for the functional and territorial departments of PRODO Group (civil law, tax law, administrative law, corporate law, criminal law, litigation and etc.)
- management: - organization and governing of the legal departments of the regional companies; attracting of the consultants for the regional companies of the PRODO Group.
An official encouragement letter has been received for the effective performance of the main responsibilities. - Supreme Court of Arbitration of Russia, Department of judicial practice - trainee (2001-12-01 00:00:00.0 - 2002-04-01 00:00:00.0)
systematisation of the documentation
drafting of the internal documentation - Legal Bureau “Dmitriev, Ragulin and Kul’kov”, Moscow - paralegal (2001-09-01 00:00:00.0 - 2001-12-01 00:00:00.0)
civil law litigation
- Auditing firm “Audit Partner”, Moscow - paralegal (2001-03-01 00:00:00.0 - 2001-05-01 00:00:00.0)
tax law litigation
civil law consultations for the auditors - Legal Bureau #81 of the Moscow Interregional advocate board - trainee (1999-09-01 00:00:00.0 - 1999-11-01 00:00:00.0)
civil law litigation
contract law - Attorney Office (Procuratura) of Moscow, murder investigation division - trainee (1999-06-01 00:00:00.0 - 1999-08-01 00:00:00.0)
participating in the criminal procedures
University education
- Moscow State University, Law, Diploma with honors, 2002
- Diplomatic Academy of MFA of Russia, International Relations, Diploma with honors, 2004
