MAXIM BOBIN
General Counsel, Legal Director, Chief
Legal Officer
Phone: +7-919-970-34-92
WhatsApp, Telegram: +7-926-535-85-28
e-mail: maxim.bobin@gmail.com
Legal Director
Amway (Russia, Ukraine (December 2021
- April 2022), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia)
November
2016 - present
Optimization
and management of the Legal Department including three main functions: Legal,
Business Conduct & Rules, Government affairs
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Successfully re-built the Legal Department as before I joined the company there
was no head of legal for more than 6 months and several employees left the
department;
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Successfully organized three functions: legal (general corporate legal support
of USD350mln annual turnover market in four countries; various types of
contractual work, legal representation in courts, corporate affairs, including
collaboration with the head-quarters in Ada, Michigan, USA); internal
compliance (communications and enforcement of Business Rules in the work with
thousands of partners - Amway Business Owners all over four countries of the
sub-region); government relations (building and protection of the image of
Amway as fair and clear business; regulatory work to ease regulatory restrictions
on various categories of products (biologically active food supplements (BAFS),
for example); getting of preferable taxation regime for small businesses)
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Legal support of top-management during various crisis events: tax audits,
situation of conflict between Russia and Ukraine, etc.
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Best Legal Department 2020, Legal Insight legal magazine, 3rd place in the
category <Legal support of business units>
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Legal500.com 2017, 2019 GC Powerlist Russia (top-100 Russian general counsels)
Chief Legal Officer
CTC Media
November
2014 - August 2016
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Sale of 75% in CTC Russian business in order to comply with the new
requirements of Mass Media Law. Structuring, preparation and supervision of the
transaction (more than US$ 200 mln)
- Successful representation of CTC in
court in New York against pirates (illegal broadcasting and VOD). Compensation
of more than USD 500 000 received, with the potential of USD 1 mln more.
- Optimization and management of the
Legal Department comprised of 30 lawyers
- Best Legal Department 2015, Legal
Insight legal magazine
- Best Legal Department 2015, Corporate
Lawyer legal magazine
- TOP-50 Legal Directors in Russia 2015,
2016 Kommersant.ru
General Counsel
LLK-International (LUKOIL Lubricants)
Deputy Head of the Legal Department
LUKOIL-Centernefteproduct
November
2013 - November 2014
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Supervision (and direct participation) in the preparation and closing of the
deal on purchase of lubricants blending plant in Vienna, Austria
- Reorganization of the marine
lubricants business
- Legislative efforts in the sphere of
oil products import and export: amendments to the agreements between Russia and
Kazakhstan were drafted and presented in various state agencies
- Administration and legal issues of the
day-to-day activities of the international company (Russia, Ukraine, Austria,
Germany, Finland, Romania, Turkey, the Netherlands, USA, UAE, Kazakhstan,
China)
- IP protection project in China
Chief Legal Officer
CARLO PAZOLINI Group (at present PAZOLINI, international
footwear and accessories production and retail)
January
2011 - September 2013
- Supervision (and direct participation)
in the due diligence as part of the preparation for IPO / strategic sale
transaction
- Organized and optimized the work of
the legal department (before my employment there were several units of lawyers
under the supervision of different top-managers)
- Group's corporate structure
reorganized and streamlined
- Legal department management (12
employees under my direct supervision)
- Administration and legal issues of the
day-to-day activities of the multinational company (Russia, the Netherlands,
USA, United Kingdom, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, China, Singapore, Hong
Kong, Ukraine, Moldova, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan)
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Legal support for opening and management of 12 stores in the USA, 40 stores in
Italy, 2 stores in the UK, 1 store in China, 2 stores in Greece
Vice-President (Legal & Government
Relations)
MAIL.RU Group
June
2006 - January 2011
- Supervision (and direct participation)
in the due diligence as part of the strategic sale transaction, drafting of the
contracts (Stock Purchase Agreement, Shareholders Agreement) (30% of shares,
US$165 mln) (the deal was closed in December 2006)
- The corporate structure of the group
of companies was streamlined in a short period of time
- Internal legal and corporate
governance procedures were prepared and implemented
- Direct supervision of and
participation in the IPO preparation process in 2008 (leading investment bank
Goldman Sachs)
- Active participation in several
successful M&A transactions (including purchase by Mail.Ru of Astrum Online
Entertainment holding in 2009)
- Active participation in DD process and
coordination of actions with several foreign law firms during Mail.ru Group IPO
in 2010 (the amount of the placement exceeded 900 million US dollars)
- Representation of Mail.Ru in courts
- Represented Mail.Ru on the Board of
Directors of the Russian Association of Electronic Communications
(http://raec.ru). Co-chairman of the Legal Committee
- Member of the Council of the
Coordination Center for the top-level (National) domain (http://cctld.ru) (January
2010 - December 2012)
Head of Legal Department
NCH Advisors, Inc. (Moscow Representative Office of New
York Investment Consulting & Asset Management company)
May
1998 - October 2005
- The largest transaction prepared and
closed was the sale of 20% stake of shares in major Russian oil company for US$
77 million (no outside counsel was employed for that transaction on our part)
- Active participation in numerous
stockholders meetings and boards of directors
- Member of the Board of Directors of:
VolgaTelecom (Open Joint Stock Company,
Nizhny Novgorod, major telecommunications company in Povolzhyie region
(capitalization over US$ 1 billion)). Deputy Chairman of the Board, Chairman of
the Staff & Remunerations Committee, Member of the Corporate Governance
Committee) (March 2003 - June 2006)
Sibirtelecom (Open Joint Stock Company,
Novosibirsk, major telecommunications company in Sibir region (capitalization
over US$ 1 billion)). Member of the Audit Committee, Member of the Strategic
Development Committee (March 2003 - June 2006)
- Preparation and participation in
trials against AvtoVAZ, GAZ and other Russian companies
- Member of the Board of Directors of
the Association for Protection of Investors Rights (API). (November 2002 -
October 2005)
Lecturer in Public International Law
Moscow State Institute of International
Relations
(MGIMO University)
September
1999 - May 2002 (was combining this job with the position of the Head of Legal
at NCH)
Staff Attorney (Lawyer), Compliance
Officer
Pioneer Securities (at present
PIOGlobal)
July
1996 - May 1998
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Full legal support of capital market operations and general legal support of
day-to-day business activities of the company
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Drafting, amending, signing and clients legal support on more than 100 client services
agreements
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Successful licensing and regulatory work (Federal Commission on Securities
Markets filings)
Legal Assistant to Regional Legal
Counsel
The Coca-Cola Export Corporation
November
1995 - May 1996
Legal Assistant to Executive Director
Russin & Vecchi (Moscow office)
July
1995 - November 1995
Paralegal
McKenna & Co International (at
present CMS) (Moscow
office)
November
1994 - July 1995
Education
Moscow State Institute of International
Relations (MGIMO University),
Moscow, Russia. Post-graduate studies (November 1998 - November 2001) Candidate
of Juridical Sciences (Ph.D. equivalent). Dissertation: Legal Aspects of
Founding and Operation of European Intergovernmental Financial and Economic
Organizations
Moscow State Institute of International
Relations (MGIMO University),
Moscow, Russia. Graduate studies 1-year program (September 1997 - June 1998)
Diploma of Lawyer, major in International Law. With Honors. Diploma Paper:
Legal Aspects of Founding and Operation of International Regional Financial
Organizations
Moscow State Institute of International
Relations (MGIMO University),
Moscow, Russia. Basic Legal studies 4-years program (September 1993 - June
1997) Diploma of Bachelor of Laws. With Honors. Diploma Paper European
Integration Process: Legal Aspects of Operation of the European Union and the
Council of Europe. Role of the High Court Establishments / European Court of
Human Rights, European Commission of Human Rights and Court of Justice of the
European Union
Publications
Intergovernmental
Financial and Economic Organizations in Europe. Legal Aspects of Founding and
Operation. Moscow, 2001, Elex-KM, 176 pages, ISBN 5-93815-009-04, hard cover
Languages: Russian; English