Anastasia Kachanova, Ll.M. Email & Phone Number

• Negotiating, drafting and reviewing agreements for Yandex’s Media Services (including Yandex.Music and Kinopoisk HD), such as license agreements, films and TV shows production agreements, talent agreements.
• Providing legal support on issues related to production and distribution of original content for Yandex and Kinopoisk services;
• Structuring, drafting and reviewing documentation for complex deals in the media field, such as film financing arrangements and M&A transactions in the media sector;
• Managing IP claims in a pre-litigation context and collaborating with litigation team on IP litigation matters;
• Collaborating with legal teams specializing in content protection, anti-piracy and content monetization to provide coordinated legal advice to Yandex’s Media Services;
• Conducting IP due diligence and chain of title review;

• Negotiated, drafted and reviewed different IP-related agreements, such as assignment agreements, license agreements, services agreements (including SAAS), outsource development agreements (including those related to.
• Provided legal support on a variety of issues related to acquisition of intellectual property and data, technologies development and exploitation;
• Reviewed and advised on open source licensing matters;
• Participated in IP due diligence, as well as drafted and reviewed documentation in the course of M&A projects;
• Managed IP claims in a pre-litigation context and collaborated with litigation team on IP litigation matters;
• Identified IP-related risks and communicated them along with suggestions on their mitigation to the relevant stakeholders.

• Was responsible for the OCSiAl Group of companies’ confidentiality policies and procedures, including execution of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs);
• Was responsible for execution of assignment and licensing of trademarks, patents, and know-how;
• Was overseeing international trademarks and patents registration;
• Negotiated, drafted and reviewed R&D agreements, assignment agreements, license agreements, memorandums of understanding (MOUs), sale agreements, service agreements, loan agreements, etc., mostly governed by English law;
• Drafted and reviewed equity and debt financing documents, including subscription agreements and option agreements;
• Drafted and reviewed corporate approvals and relevant minutes, ballots, resolutions for companies of the OCSiAl Group incorporated in Europe, Asia and the US;

• Was negotiating, drafting and reviewing R&D agreements, assignment agreements, license agreements, NDAs, MOUs, sale agreements, service agreements, loan agreements, etc., mostly governed by English law, as well as.
• Was responsible for receipt of required corporate approvals and drafting relevant minutes, ballots, resolutions for companies of the OCSiAl Group incorporated in Europe, Asia and the US;
• Was assisting in preparation of equity and debt financing documents, including shareholders’ agreements, deeds of subscription and option agreements;
• Was responsible for execution of employment contracts with employees of the foreign offices of the OCSiAl Group;
• Participated in execution of assignment and licensing of trademarks, patents, and know-how.

• Was responsible for overseeing all legal aspects of business and operations of the group of companies specializing in open-pit mining and building materials production;
• Managed corporate matters of more than 10 companies (corporate transactions and changes, liquidation, drafting corporate documents, etc.);
• Negotiated, reviewed and drafted agreements, including lease, sale, R&D, services, employment agreements;
• Organized companies’ participation in auctions and tenders;
• Advised on real estate, land use and environmental issues (lease and use of land, forest plots, land re-categorization);
• Represented companies in regulatory matters before governmental bodies.

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