MAXIM BOBIN
Marital status: Married
Children: Son
(date of birth: Sept. 19, 1994)
Phone: +7-916-992-92-10
(cellular)
e-mail: maxim.bobin@gmail.com
1. June 2006 – present
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, etc.); preparation of the company
for strategic sale and/or IPO; M&A transactions; supervision of legal
services outsourcing; powers of attorney (mainly issued by
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); streamlining of the corporate structure of the
group of companies; preparation and implementation of the internal legal and
corporate governance procedures. Direct
supervision of and participation in the IPO preparation process (up to
road-show) (investment bank – Goldman Sachs); active participation in several
successful M&A transactions (including purchase by Mail.Ru of Astrum Online
Entertainment holding).
2. March 2003 –
June 2006
VolgaTelecom (
Member
of the Board of Directors
(Deputy Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Staff & Remunerations
Committee, Member of the Corporate Governance Committee);
Sibirtelecom (
Member
of the Board of Directors (Member
of the Audit Committee, Member of the Strategic Development Committee).
3. May 1998 – October 2005
NCH
Advisors, Inc. US (
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
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.
4. September 1999 – May 2002
Moscow
State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University).
Lecturer
in Public International Law
5. 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
6. November 1995 – May 1996
The
Coca-Cola Export Corporation (Moscow
Representative office).
Legal
Assistant to Regional Legal Counsel
7. July 1995 – November 1995
Russin
& Vechi (International
Law Firm) Limited Liability Partnership (
Legal
Assistant to Executive Director
8. 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
Publications
1. April, 2001 – Intergovernmental Financial and Economic Organizations in
2. August, 1998 – European Integration Process: Legal
Aspects of Operation of the European Union and the Council of
3. August, 1996 – International Control on Observation of Human Rights by the Council of
Russian - mother tongue
English - fluent
(reading, writing, speaking including legal, financial and economic
terminology)
Coordination Center for
top-level domain (TLD) 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