What he specialises in
Evgeny specialises in tax law and tax compliance.
He has more than 15 years of professional experience which includes: providing support during pre-audit analysis and tax audits, and representing companies at the pre-trial stage of tax disputes; providing advice on tax law matters (tax planning, tax structuring, using tax benefits and so on); providing advice on tax compliance matters (including setting up the system of tax control); providing support when companies were switching to tax monitoring; providing legal support during tax audits; and representing companies before courts in tax litigations.
Evgeny has been involved in many projects in different business sectors: IT, telecommunications, media, banking, insurance, oil and gas, fertiliser manufacturing, coal production, tobacco products, power industry and so on.
Evgeny has a status of attorney-at-law.
He has an additional degree in risk management.
He is a visiting lecturer at the HSE University.
His main achievements
Among Evgeny's major projects are:
- successfully defended several companies that are among the largest in their industries during tax audits with billions of roubles of additional assessments;
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advised major companies on different matters including preserving the IT accreditation, proving that IT benefits had been used lawfully, how intangible assets should be booked and how expenses on R&D should be booked;
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built a system for working with contracting parties in order to minimise tax risks and set up joint work of different departments to ensure that the system of internal tax control was working efficiently and was being improved;
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detected whether companies were ready to switch to tax monitoring and successfully provided support during the process;
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participated in precedent-setting tax litigations.
Evgeny has authored around 50 publications on various civil and tax law matters.
What they say
“The team explains and offers an intelligible interpretation of Russian legislation as well as practical solutions to legal issues” (Chambers Europe).
Clients report that, “The firm has a great reputation in terms of both its analysis of governing law and the tenor of its advice.” (Chambers Europe).
