Alexander is an Associate at the Corporate law practice of Orion.

He specializes in cross-border and Russian M&A transactions, private equity transactions, joint ventures and investment partnerships, and also focuses on general corporate governance issues. Alexander advises both private investors and large Russian and international companies operating in mining, finance and TMT.

Prior to joining Orion, Alexander worked for the Russian law firm Alrud and for the international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.

Advocate, member of the Moscow Region Bar Association.

Work experience includes advising:

the largest Russian sovereign wealth fund as part of the structuring and creation of a Fund of Funds, an investment partnership agreement, with the aim of making collective public and private investments in promising technology industries in Russia;

the largest Russian oil company on the establishment of a joint venture with a Russian O&G company to develop an offshore field;

T1 Group in relation to the acquisition of a share in the authorized capital of ADS-Holding LLC, a developer of the Arenadata corporate platform for storing and processing big data;

Sberbank Investments in relation to the execution of transaction documents with a major developer of luxury real estate and a timber processing company;

one of the largest international manufacturers of heavy and agricultural machinery on the issues of potential localization of production in Russia by concluding a special investment contract (SPIC);

Asia Cement in relation to the restructuring of group companies; and

VimpelCom PJSC in relation to the acquisition of a 20% stake in Dybys Tech, an innovative start-up in the field of audio technologies and the developer of the Voca Tech audio system, as well as in relation to a number of other venture transactions.

Alexander graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University, and he received a Master of Laws degree with honours.