MOSCOW

SENIOR ASSOCIATE, CORPORATE PRACTICE

You will work on:

• Advising clients on various corporate law issues, including drafting corporate documents and shareholders' agreements, support of M&A transactions, support of share sale and purchase transactions, obtaining regulatory approvals, corporate reorganization: analysis of the business structure, development of new and improved schemes for holding structures and groups;
• Creation, reorganization and liquidation of legal entities;
• Comprehensive due diligence of companies, including overall analysis of the client's main structures, identification of primary risk zones and work on recommendations to minimize and/or eliminate them;
• Maintaining and developing relationships with clients;
• Team management: organization of work on projects, development and training of the group's lawyers;
• Efforts to market the practice's services.

You are our ideal candidate if:

• You have at least 6 years of practice in corporate law;
• You have experience in leading projects independently, including experience in coordinating and closing M&A transactions and preparing due diligence reports;
• You have experience mentoring and developing junior lawyers;
• You have experience of working in business consulting;
• You are fluent in written and spoken English;
• You aspire to work and grow in legal consulting;
• You have a positive and friendly attitude, you are stress resistant and an independent thinker

ST. PETERSBURG

ASSOCIATE, TAX PRACTICE (INTERNATIONAL)

You are our ideal candidate if:

• You have a degree in law;
• You are familiar with tax laws and interested in international tax planning;
• You have at least 3 years of practice in international tax law;
• Your advantage will be experience in one of the following areas:
  • Participation in projects on structuring Russian and foreign assets of individuals and legal entities (residents and non-residents);
  • Consulting high net worth individuals on personal finances and assets, including international assets;
  • Advising on elimination of double taxation;
  • Work with tax laws in foreign jurisdictions;
  • Work with currency and "anti-sanctions" restrictions;
  • Advising on issues of family and inheritance relations associated with structuring of the asset ownership;
• You have experience of working in a law firm;
• You are fluent in English (mandatory);
• You are positive, pro-active, stress-resistant and development-oriented.

You will work on:

• Consulting client companies on the application of tax laws;
• Drafting legal memos, recommendations on issues tied to international tax structuring, taxation of cross-border transactions, elimination of double taxation;
• Projects involving drafting transfer pricing documentation and notifications of controlled transactions;
• Independent litigation of disputes on application of tax laws in commercial arbitration courts (preparation of legal position, representation);
• Participating in developing the company's tax practice, assisting in implementing the company's plans to increase practice visibility and attracting clients and projects.

PARALEGAL, TAX PRACTICE

You will work on:

• Drafting documents: legal opinions, memos, responses to queries from state authorities (including tax and customs bodies), statements, reviewing documents as to risks and making amendments.
• Search for and analysis of court practice and law enforcement issues. Based on your conclusions, we will work together to find solutions to business problems.
• Interaction with contracting parties and representatives of state authorities: Federal Tax Service, Federal Customs Service, Social Fund, etc. You will learn how to properly interact with state authorities so that your client gets what is needed.
• Drafting legal briefs and newsletters.
• Personal brand and company development: participating in client meetings, drafting presentations and articles. We give you an opportunity to not just be a good lawyer, but also an expert in business.

You are our ideal candidate if:

• You have a degree in law;
• You know the basics of tax law and want to become a pro in this field;
• You are fluent in written and spoken English;
• You have work/internship experience in a law firm (preferably);
• You aspire to work and grow in legal consulting;
• You are friendly, responsible and proactive.

PARELEGAL, PPP PRACTICE

Your tasks:

• Monitoring and analyzing Russian laws, judicial and antitrust practice in the field of public-private partnership;
• Assistance in preparing legal memos on issues related to preparation, entering into and performance of concession agreements and PPP agreements, as well as related issues, such as lease relations, land allocation issues, construction contracts, supply contracts, antitrust regulation, organization and participation in procurement;
• Development of draft legal documents, including forms of proposals for entering into concession agreements, project implementation proposals, draft letters of compliance of the initiator and other documents required for preparation and submission of PPP initiatives;
• Liaising with representatives of state authorities, including on collection and drawing up of a set of documents for initiating PPP projects, interaction with organizers of tenders in preparation of bids, preparation of requests for clarification of tender documentation, etc.;
• Drafting legal briefs and newsletters;
• Participation in practice development: preparation of presentations, articles, participation in preparing client events.

You are our ideal candidate if:

• You have a degree in law;
• You are familiar with PPP laws;
• You have practiced law in areas of project finance / PPP (desirable);
• You are fluent in written and spoken English;
• You aspire to grow in legal consulting;
• You are scrupulous and pay attention to details;
• You are positive, pro-active, stress-resistant, hardworking and development-oriented.

PARALEGAL, CORPORATE PRACTICE

Your future tasks

• Participation in team work on projects with large, mainly international clients
• Developing draft legal documents
• Search for, analysis and systematization of information
• Participation in marketing: writing articles, preparation of presentations, etc.

Our ideal candidate

• You have a degree in law
• You have knowledge of the basics of corporate law and want to develop in this sphere
• You are fluent in English (oral and written)
• You have a desire to work and develop in legal consulting
• You are friendly, responsible and proactive

TRAINEE, IP PRACTICE

Your tasks:

• Analysis of legislation (both Russian and international) and court practice on intellectual property issues;
• Drafting legal documents (contracts, statements of claim, letters and other documents);
• Work with public intellectual property registries, participation in preliminary searches and updating case files for ongoing projects;
• Participation in trademark registration process, including assessment of protectability;
• Interaction with representatives of state authorities, including Rospatent and judicial authorities;
• Drafting legal briefs and newsletters;
• Participation in practice development: preparation of presentations, articles, participation in preparing client events.

You are our ideal candidate if:

• You have or are working on a degree in law;
• You know the basics of intellectual property law and want to become a pro in this field;
• You are fluent in written and spoken English;
• You are positive, pro-active, hardworking and development-oriented.

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Email: cv@cls.ru

Telephone: +7 495 970-10-90, +7 812 346-79-90, ext.. 142

Contact person: Yana Chepovetskaya, Head of HR Department