IVJ Business Partners delivers tailored support for each customer/ project in the following areas:- European gas and global LNG: origination of short- and medium-term structured gas (European wholesale gas markets) and LNG trades, negotiation of gas and LNG supply contracts, support for contractual price reviews, contract renegotiation and arbitrations, strategic consulting and establishment of operational frameworks for gas and LNG trading (including internal policies, controls and practices, regulatory compliance and reporting), portfolio management and optimization (including definition of risk policies, implementation of physical and financial hedging);- Corporate Finance: advising on investment strategies, supporting investment decisions and implementing business development strategies and investment projects towards maximizing shareholder value;- Cross-industry mid-market M&A: coordination of M&A projects from strategic rationale, comprehensive due diligence and valuation through transaction structuring, drafting of legal documentation, post-closing integration planning, approvals, managing completion and settlements, post-completion follow-up;- General Transaction Support: commercial negotiations support, deal structuring, drafting of legal documentation and overall coordination from inception through closing.

In charge of Gas and Power Desk since its establishment in 2011, with scope of responsibilities encompassing setting up and subsequent development of a new business stream for NOVATEK Group – European natural gas wholesale and trading operations with the focus on physical and financial gas trading in the North West and Central European markets, including (i) strategic planning and development of Gas Desk business concept; (ii) building up market liquidity access and managing liquidity and credit issues (including initiation and negotiation of EFET(G) and ISDA contracts, broker contracts, implementing gas hub access and energy exchange memberships, clearing and CSA arrangements); (iii) negotiation of structured gas sale and sourcing products; (iv) negotiation of LNG purchase and sale contracts and LNG infrastructure access terms and conditions; (v) implementing risk management to manage portfolio exposures (including development of risk management policies and procedures, deployment of ETRM system and its integration with corporate ERP system, hedging operations); (vi) building up professional team; and (vii) developing and implementing front-to-end operational procedures.

Scope of responsibilities encompassing identifying business development opportunities and setting M&A and JV targets (in cooperation with Strategic Development Department), leading M&A and JV projects, including (i) due diligence and valuation; (ii) transaction structuring; (iii) drafting and negotiating SSPAs, JOAs, Shareholder Agreements and other transactional documentation.

Investment and Corporate Finance consultant, stock market broker/dealer (www.vip-invest.ru)

A boutique law firm with a focus on mid-market M&A (domestic and cross-border), also advising on Project Finance, Commercial/ Contracts and General Corporate matters.Scope of responsibilities encompassing leading the firm’s M&A practice (both, buy and sell side) in a number of domestic and cross-border M&A and JV transactions spanning across various areas of business (including, inter alia, oil and gas, coal mining, transport and infrastructure, construction and engineering, timber and pulp industry, dairy industry, travel industry, telecommunications, chemical (plastics, construction materials, glass) industry, pharmaceuticals, retail trade, etc.) including (i) due diligence and valuation; (ii) corporate restructuring and ownership optimization, drafting and negotiating Shareholder Agreements; (iii) transaction structuring; (iv) drafting and negotiating SSPAs, JOAs and other transactional documentation; (v) managing transaction closing; and (vi) post-closing follow-up, as well as advising the firm's customers on Commercial/Contracts matters including, in particular, fund raising, EPC contractor services, upstream exploration services, hotel management services, consumer goods supply, etc.

Position with Sistema-Invest, a former holding company for AFK Sistema (www.sistema.ru)

(www.linklaters.com)

(www.rosatom.ru)