Experts

Managing partners
Alexander Lemchik
Managing partner
Legal work experience
20+ years
Education
  • Faculty of Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU).
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University, "Sodruzhestvo" Association of Accountants and Auditors, Course: "Accounting and Tax Accounting";

Specialization
  • Tax disputes;
  • Diagnostics and development of corporate and legal structures;
  • Business structuring;
  • Advising on the reduction of tax risks of business;
  • Support of transactions for the acquisition of liquid assets;
  • Transaction structuring;
  • Support for oil and gas and energy companies;
  • Asset securitisation.

He has experience in implementing over 800 projects for rebuilding large trading and manufacturing companies' legal structures, in which corporate management structures within a group of companies were organized, liquid assets were consolidated in order to reduce the risk of their loss, franchise structures of business organization were implemented, legal construction of financial and economic activity of companies was performed, and tax planning issues were considered both in Russia and with the use of companies from other countries.

  • Head of the working group on tax risk management under the expert council of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation on the improvement of tax legislation and law enforcement practice

  • Member of the Tax Policy Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
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    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Taxation practice area according to Kommersant's rating in 2017
    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Tax Consulting practice area according to Kommersant's rating in 2018
    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Tax Consulting practice area according to Kommersant's rating in 2020
    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Tax Disputes sphere according to Kommersant's rating in 2021.
    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Tax Consulting sphere according to Kommersant's rating in 2021.
    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Retail & trade, FMCG sphere according to Kommersant's rating in 2021.
    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions sphere according to Kommersant's rating in 2021.

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    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Tax Law category according to the Best Lawyers 2020 international rating
    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Tax Law category according to the Best Lawyers 2021 international rating
    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Tax Law category according to the Best Lawyers 2022 international rating


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    • Included in the list of Russia's recommended lawyers in the Tax Consulting and Disputes (Tax Disputes) category according to the Pravo.ru-300 rating in 2020.
    Andrey Krupskiy
    Managing partner
    Legal work experience
    20+ years
    Education
    • Higher legal education (graduated from Moscow State Industrial University, qualified as a lawyer), diploma with honors;
    • Certificate of Completion in Accounting and Tax Accounting (completed courses at Lomonosov Moscow State University);
    • Tax Advisor Certificate (trained at the Chamber of Tax Advisors with the qualification "Tax Advisor").

    Specialization

    • Support of bankruptcy procedures;
    • Dispute Resolution;
    • Business structuring;
    • International law and taxes;
    • Transaction structuring;
    • Diagnostics and development of corporate and legal structures.

      He has provided support for investment transactions (acquisition of assets in Russia and abroad, attraction of financing, M&A) and has extensive experience in tax consulting (including risk analysis in tax planning and development of methods in this area). Current activities also include the development and establishment of legal structures for businesses in Russia and with foreign instruments and due diligence in the purchase of retail and wholesale trade businesses, telecommunications business, construction, and operation of real estate.

        Andrey Krupskiy heads the Committee for Protection in Judicial Disputes and Bankruptcy Proceedings of the Moscow City Branch of OPORA RUSSIA

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    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Bankruptcy sphere according to Kommersant's rating in 2020
    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Bankruptcy sphere according to Kommersant's rating in 2021.

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    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Insolvency and Reorganization Law category according to the Best Lawyers 2021 international rating
    • Included in the list of Russia's leading lawyers in the Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Tax Law categories according to the Best Lawyers 2022 international rating