MAXIM BOBIN
Legal Director, General Counsel, Head of Legal
Date of birth: November 25, 1975
Marital status: Married
Children: Son (date of birth: Sept.
19, 1994)
Phone: +7-916-992-92-10 (mobile)
e-mail: maxim.bobin@gmail.com
Skype: mbobin
General Counsel
LLK-International (LUKOIL Lubricants)
Deputy Head of the Legal Department
LUKOIL-Centernefteproduct
November 2013 - present
Specialization,
brief job description: legal department
management; corporate law, including, but not
limited to: various types of commercial agreements in different jurisdictions
prepared; intellectual property, including, but not limited to: trademarks registration
and protection; supervision of the work of outside legal counsel, fiduciary
services and financial (together with financial department) consultants;
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); legal research on wide
range of topics in Russian, English, EU and other law systems (more detailed
information is available upon request).
Achievements: supervision (and direct
participation) in the preparation and closing of the deal on purchase of
lubricants blending plant in Austria. Reorganization of the marine lubricants
business was performed.
Global Chief Legal Officer
CARLO PAZOLINI Group
(worldwide
footwear and accessories retail)
January 2011 - September
2013 (2 years 9 months)
Specialization,
brief job description: legal department
management (12 employees under my direct
supervision); corporate law, including, but not limited to: organization of
corporate management (corporate governance); sale-purchase, pledge, credit,
commercial and office space lease, services, bank accounts operation
agreements, etc.; intellectual property, including, but not limited to:
trademarks registration and protection; preparation of the company for
strategic sale and/or IPO; supervision of the work of outside legal counsel,
fiduciary services and financial (together with CFO) consultants;
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); legal research on wide range of topics in Russian, English and EU
Law systems (more detailed information is available upon request).
Achievements: supervision (and direct
participation) in the due diligence as part of the preparation for the
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.
Vice-President (Legal
& Government Relations)
MAIL.RU Group (major Russian Internet company)
June 2006 - December
2010 (4 years 7 months)
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:
trademarks 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) (leading
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 represented Mail.Ru on the Board 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 (3 years).
Head of Legal Department
NCH Advisors, Inc. (Moscow Representative Office of New York Investment Consulting
& Asset Management company)
May 1998 - October 2005
(7 years 6 months)
Member of the Board of
Directors
VolgaTelecom (Open Joint Stock
Company, Nizhny Novgorod, major telecommunications company in Povolzhyie region (capitalization over USD 1 billion)).
Deputy Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Staff & Remunerations Committee,
Member of the Corporate Governance Committee)
Sibirtelecom (Open Joint Stock
Company, Novosibirsk, major
telecommunications company in Sibir region
(capitalization over USD 1 billion)). Member of the Audit Committee, Member of
the Strategic Development Committee.
March 2003
- June 2006 (3 years 4 months).
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.
November 2002 - October 2005 (3 years).
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, 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.
Achievements: the largest transaction
prepared and closed (no outside counsel was employed for that transaction on
our part) sale of 20% stake of shares in major Russian oil company for USD 77
million.
Lecturer in Public
International Law
Moscow State Institute
of International Relations (MGIMO University)
September 1999 - May
2002 (2 years 9 months) (was combining this job with the position of the Head
of Legal at NCH).
Staff Attorney (Lawyer),
Compliance Officer
Pioneer Securities Financial Brokerage
& Investment Consultant corporation (at present PIOGlobal)
July 1996 - May 1998 (1
year 10 months)
Legal Assistant to
Regional Legal Counsel
The Coca-Cola Export
Corporation
November 1995 - May 1996
Legal Assistant to
Executive Director
Russin & Vechi (International Law Firm)
Limited Liability Partnership (Moscow office)
July 1995 - November
1995.
Paralegal
McKenna & Co
International (at present CMS
Cameron McKenna) International Law Firm (Moscow Representative office)
November 1994 - July
1995.
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
November 1998 - November 2001
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
September 1997 - June
1998
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
September 1993 - June
1997
Publications
April, 2001 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
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
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)
Interests & hobbies
PADI Master SCUBA Diver
(OWD, AOWD, Deep, Drift, Nitrox,
Night, Wreck, EFR, Rescue, Diver Propulsion Vehicle)