Management and control over daily routine tax issues, development of strategy tax solutions and strategy tax planning in the following areas:– corporate structuring in Russia, including development of tax efficient holding structures for acquisition/holding/disposal of commercial and personal residential real estate, including elaboration of financial models (structures with holding companies, investment funds in Russia, including those with offshore elements), profit repatriation and reinvestment solutions;– tax assessment of cross-border (Russia-abroad) transactions from the standpoint of the Russian currency control rules and current (developing) restrictions, development of solutions preventing from governmental approval;– tax assessment of anticipated investments abroad - acquisition of commercial real estate, share and asset deal (EU, Switzerland);– development of tax efficient financing structures in Russia and abroad (EU, offshore), including reassessment and restructuring of historic financing due to changes in international tax environment;– CFC reporting in Russia, review of financial reporting and proper representation of financial results;– control over personal taxation of family members in Russia, Cyprus, Switzerland. Application for tax rulings, tax residency issues, lump-sum taxation control.Cooperation with accounting, financial and legal departments, development of complex solutions and their representation to beneficial owner followed by practical implementation.

– Tax advisory for HNWI in the area of personal taxation in Russia and EU. Tax planning in the area of personal wealth structuring including:− Succession planning (family funds in Liechtenstein, trusts).− Portfolio companies in Cyprus, Luxembourg, offshore.− Shift of personal tax residence to jurisdictions with favorabletax regimes for “new tax residents”, including: Cyprus,Monaco, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Switzerland and Greece.− Inheritance tax matters analysis for the clients with dualcitizenship or residence permit abroad.– Tax review and optimization of international structures,including historical risks assessment and mitigation, debts restructuring, control over transactions representation in financial reporting in the course of financial audit.– Tax structuring of commercial real estate acquisition in Russia and EU, planning for further tax efficient profits repatriation within next 3-5 years and project exit (real estate transfer tax and VAT, capital gain taxation, withholding tax, etc.).– Control over tax compliance, including: Controlled Foreign Companies (CFC) reporting, calculation and optimization of CFC profits, Personal Income tax returns and foreign bank accounts.– Tax efficient corporate restructurings following foreign holding companies set-up, business disposal, change of beneficiaries, intercompany and third party debt restructuring.– Cooperation with Russian and foreign tax advisors, application for tax ruling in Cyprus, tax residence certificates.Marketing experience– Preparation of articles and tax hot topics commentaries for Vedomosti, Forbes, Kommersant.– Participation in tax events, webinars.– Annual tax department revenue increase of 60%, development of newtax products, developing relationships with current clients in the area of tax advisory.

Project experience:- Advisory projects on different on-going corporate tax and industrial matters, including pricing regulation, for large and medium size Russian and international companies operating in retail, pharmaceutical, consumer markets and automotive industries.- Tax review.- Pre-acquisition tax due diligence.- Review of the companies’ tax function, including analysis of effective corporate profits tax rate and ways of its reduction.- Structuring of the Russian operations for the Russian companies and multinationals, in particular: development effective holding and financing structures, profit repatriation issues, transfer of assets and property rights, procurement function, formalization of intercompany services and preparation of corresponding defense files for tax purposes.- International tax planning, including: CFC rules, beneficial ownership concept, WHT matters.- Elaboration of financing models, financial forecasts for the companies starting business in Russia including analysis of tax burden, modeling of separate accounting for VAT purposes and its impact on corporate taxes (VAT leakage).- Preparation of the companies’ internal policies regulating tax accounting.- Supervision over tax compliance process.- Preparation of transfer pricing documentation.Managerial experience:- Management over cross-function projects involving corporate tax, international tax, transfer pricing and legal departments.- Collaboration with audit and advisory departments on tax matters.- Provided tax technical meetings to team members and auditors.- Elaborated demanding tax products and participated in service line development.- Developed relations with the current and prospective clients.- Participated in various external marketing events.

Tax trek program - Tax manager in transfer pricing group