Alexander is our head of Asia sanctions. He specialises in white-collar defence, investigations, sanctions and international arbitration, with a particular emphasis on the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
He also has an extensive experience in both litigation and cross-border transactions involving Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and other CIS and eastern European jurisdictions.
Alexander has represented clients in various industries, including energy, telecoms, trading, transportation, retail and construction.
He speaks English, French, Japanese, Russian and Ukrainian.
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Sanctions:
- Advising major telecommunications providers across Asia with respect to ZTE- and Huawei-related issues, including compliance, contractual protections and potential disputes.
- Conducting an investigation and reporting to the OFAC on a potential US sanctions violation and related compliance system build-up for a multinational client.
- Advising JBIC on the JPY 65+ billion “Samurai Bond” offering by Gazprom to Japanese institutional investors.
- Assisting multiple Japanese and Asian companies in establishing and/or upgrading sanctions compliance policies and procedures with respect to the US, EU, UN and Japan sanctions regimes.
Compliance/FCPA:
- Conducting an internal compliance and ethics investigation of a leading accounting and audit service provider in the Republic of Korea affiliated with an international services provider.
- Representing a major Russian company in a US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation related to its Central Asian operations and related enhancements to the compliance system.
- Advising a number of major Japanese companies and financial institutions on establishing and/or upgrading their domestic and global compliance system, including internal rules, policies, procedures and trainings.
Russia/CIS:
- Conducting negotiations and drafted documentation for a consortium of Japanese investors related to the development of the Khabarovsk airport complex.
- Advising a major international company on risks and implemented mitigating steps related to its joint ventures with Russian partners subject to US sanctions.
- Conducting legal due diligence, negotiations and document drafting related to fertilizer plant projects in Russia and Turkmenistan.
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Education
- New York University, US (LLM)
- University of Toronto, Canada (LLM)
- Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (LLM)
- Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Professional qualifications
- Law Society of England & Wales
- New York State, US
- Russian Federation
- Registered as a Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi with the Daini Tokyo Bar Association
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