MAXIM BOBIN
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November 25, 1975 |
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Married |
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Son (date of birth: Sept. 19, 1994) |
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+7-916-992-92-10 (mobile) |
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1. January 2011 – present
CARLO PAZOLINI GROUP (worldwide footwear and accessories production and sales)
Global Chief Legal Officer
2. June 2006 – December 2010
MAIL.RU
Vice-President (Legal &
Government Relations)
Specialization, brief job
description: corporate law, including, but not
limited to: organization of corporate management (corporate governance); legal
aspects of Internet advertising, trading, etc.; sale-purchase, pledge, credit,
office space lease, services, bank accounts operation agreements, etc.;
Intellectual Property, including, but not limited to: Trade Marks registration
and protection, IP issues in Internet (including domains registration,
protection, various copyright issues, etc.); preparation of the company for
strategic sale and IPO; M&A transactions; supervision of the work of
outside legal counsel (worked with Sullivan & Cromwell, Cleary Gottlieb,
White & Case, Baker & McKenzie and others); powers of attorney (mainly
issued by Cyprus and US companies); administration and
legal issues of the day-to-day activities of the multinational (USA, Cyprus, Russia, Germany, CIS countries)
holding company; legal research on wide range of topics in Russian, US and Cyprus law; supervision of the work of
Legal Department, Government Relations (especially work with
the Ministry of Communications, the Federal Antimonopoly Service, the Internal
Affairs Ministry); representation of Mail.Ru in
courts (7 lawsuits in 2010); etc. (more detailed information is available upon
request).
Achievements: 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 (up to
road-show) (investment bank – Goldman Sachs) in 2008. 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 sum of the
placement exceeded 900 million US dollars).
I represent Mail.Ru
on the Board of the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (http://raec.ru). Co-chairman of the Legal Committee.
3. March 2003 – June 2006
VolgaTelecom (Open Joint Stock Company, Nizhny
Novgorod, major (capitalization over USD 1 billion) telecommunications company in Povolzhyie region)
Member of the Board of
Directors (Deputy Chairman of the Board, Chairman of
the Staff & Remunerations Committee, Member of the Corporate Governance
Committee);
Sibirtelecom (Open Joint Stock Company, Novosibirsk,
major (capitalization over USD 1 billion) telecommunications
company in Sibir region)
Member of
the Board of Directors (Member of the Audit Committee,
Member of the Strategic Development Committee).
4. May 1998 – October 2005
NCH Advisors, Inc. US (New York) company – Investment
Consulting & Asset Management.
Head of Legal Department of Moscow Representative Office (supervise the work of 1 lawyer
and 2 assistants)
While working for NCH Advisors,
Inc. I represented NCH’s clients’ interests serving as a member of the Boards of Directors of several major Russian companies,
such as: VolgaTelecom, Sibirtelecom,
TGC-6, Kirovenergo, Saratovelectrosvyaz,
Rosneft-Stavropolneftegaz, ONACO (upon the Power of
Attorney from Mr. Mikhail Vinchel), others.
November 2002
– October 2005 – member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Protection of
Investors’ Rights (API). Activities
of this non-governmental, non-commercial organization are aimed mainly at the
development of corporate governance in Russia.
Specialization, brief job
description: corporate law, including, but
not limited to: legal aspects of general shareholders meetings and boards of
directors, protection of shareholders and investors rights (including trials –
participated in preparation of documents for trials against AvtoVAZ,
GAZ and other Russian companies); legal regulation of the securities market;
offshore business (mainly Cyprus companies); contracts (wide range:
sale-purchase (the largest transaction prepared and closed – sale of 20% stake
of shares in major Russian oil company for USD 77 million), pledge, credit,
office space lease, services agreements, etc.; powers of attorney (mainly
issued by Cyprus and US companies); administration and legal issues of the
day-to-day activities of the representative office; legal research on wide
range of topics in Russian law.
5. September 1999 – May 2002
Moscow
State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University).
Lecturer in Public
International Law
6. July 1996 – May 1998
Pioneer
Securities,
Closed Joint Stock Company – 100% subsidiary of US corporation (currently – PIOGlobal). Financial Brokerage
& Investment Consultant.
Staff Attorney (Lawyer),
Compliance Officer
7. November 1995 – May 1996
The Coca-Cola Export
Corporation (Moscow Representative office).
Legal Assistant to Regional
Legal Counsel
8. July 1995 – November 1995
Russin & Vechi (International Law Firm) Limited Liability Partnership (Moscow office).
Legal Assistant to Executive
Director
9. November 1994 – July 1995
McKenna & Co International (at present – CMS Cameron McKenna) –
International Law Firm (Moscow Representative office).
Paralegal
1. November 1998 – November 2001
Moscow
State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Moscow, Russia. Post-graduate
studies.
Degree of Candidate of
Juridical Sciences (Ph.D. equivalent) was awarded
in November, 2001.
Dissertation – “Legal
Aspects of Founding and Operation of European Intergovernmental Financial and
Economic Organizations”.
2. September 1997 – June 1998
Moscow
State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Moscow, Russia. Graduate studies – 1 year program.
Diploma of Lawyer, major in International
Law. With
Honors.
Diploma Paper – “Legal Aspects of Founding and Operation of International
Regional Financial Organizations”
3. September 1993 – June 1997
Moscow
State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Moscow, Russia. Basic Legal studies
– 4 years program.
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
1. April, 2001 – Intergovernmental
Financial and Economic Organizations in Europe. Legal Aspects of Founding and
Operation – book, Moscow, 2001, Elex-KM,
176 pages, ISBN 5-93815-009-04, hard cover
2. August, 1998 – European
Integration Process: Legal
Aspects of Operation of the European Union and the Council of Europe. Role of the High
Court Establishments. (The European Court of Human Rights, the European
Commission of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union) – article
in the “Pravozastchitnik” (“Human Rights Defender”)
quarterly magazine for non-governmental organizations No. 3 – 1998
3. August, 1996 – International
Control on Observation of Human Rights by the Council of Europe – article in the “Pravozastchitnik” (“Human Rights Defender”) quarterly
magazine for non-governmental organizations No. 2 – 1996
Russian - mother tongue
English - fluent (reading,
writing, speaking including legal, financial and economic terminology)
Coordination Center for top-level domain
RU
Member of the Council. Elected on December 17, 2009 for the period since January 01, 2010
until December 31, 2012.
Member
of the Legal Working Group
The
Chairman of the Committee for the improvement of the domain names registration
rules
Interests
& hobbies
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Nitrox 1006UM6274, Night 1101EM9924, Wreck
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