MAXIM
BOBIN
General
Counsel, Legal Director, Chief Legal Officer
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Legal
Director
Amway
Central Asia (Almaty, Kazakhstan) October 2022
- present
Amway
Russia/Ukraine/Central Asia (Moscow, Russia)
(Russia,
Ukraine (December 2021 - April 2022), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia) November
2016 - October 2022
Optimization and management of the Legal
Department including three main functions: Legal, Business Conduct & Rules,
Government affairs (until January 2022)
- 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;
- 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);
- Legal support of top-management during
various crisis events: tax audits, situation of conflict between Russia and
Ukraine, liquidation of Amway Russia, etc.
- Best Legal Department 2020, Legal Insight
legal magazine, 3rd place in the category <Legal support of business
units>
- Legal500.com 2017, 2019 GC Powerlist Russia (top-100 Russian general counsels)
Chief
Legal Officer
CTC Media
November 2014 - August 2016
- Sale of 75% in CTC Russian business in order
to comply with the new requirements of the Mass Media Law. Structuring, preparation,
supervision and signing 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.
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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 Company)
Deputy
Head of the Legal Department
LUKOIL-Centernefteproduct
November 2013 - November 2014
- 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)
- 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)
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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
- Full legal support of capital market
operations and general legal support of day-to-day business activities of the
company
- Drafting, amending, signing and clients
legal support on more than 100 client services agreements
- 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