MAXIM BOBIN
Marital status: Married
Children: Son
(date of birth: Sept. 19, 1994)
Phone: +7-916-992-92-10
(cellular)
e-mail: mbobin@mail.ru
mbobin@mbobin.com
www: www.mbobin.com
1. June 2006 – present
MAIL.RU
Vice-President
(Legal)
Specialization, brief job description:
corporate law, including, but not limited to: organization of corporate
management (corporate governance); legal aspects of Internet advertising,
trading, etc.; sale-purchase, pledge, credit, office space lease, services,
bank accounts operation agreements, etc.; preparation of the company for
strategic sale and/or IPO; supervision of legal services outsourcing; powers of
attorney (mainly issued by
Achievements: supervision
(and direct participation) in the due diligence as part of the strategic sale
transaction, drafting of the contracts (Stock Purchase Agreement, Shareholders
Agreement) (30% of shares, US$165 mln); streamlining
of the corporate structure of the group of companies; preparation and
implementation of the internal legal and corporate governance procedures. Direct supervision of and
participation in the IPO preparation process (up to road-show) (investment bank
– Goldman Sachs).
2. March 2003 –
June 2006
VolgaTelecom (
Member
of the Board of Directors
(Deputy Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Staff & Remunerations
Committee, Member of the Corporate Governance Committee);
Sibirtelecom (
Member
of the Board of Directors (Member
of the Audit Committee, Member of the Strategic Development Committee).
3. May 1998 – October 2005
NCH
Advisors, Inc. US (
Head
of Legal Department of
Moscow Representative Office (supervise the work of 1 lawyer and 2 assistants)
While working for NCH Advisors, Inc. I represented
NCH’s clients’ interests serving as a member
of the Boards of Directors of several major Russian companies, such as: VolgaTelecom, Sibirtelecom,
TGC-6, Kirovenergo, Saratovelectrosvyaz,
Rosneft-Stavropolneftegaz, ONACO (upon the Power of
Attorney from Mr. Mikhail Vinchel), others.
November 2002 – October 2005 – member of
the Board of Directors of the Association
for Protection of Investors’ Rights (API). Activities of
this non-governmental, non-commercial organization are aimed mainly at the
development of corporate governance in
Specialization, brief job description:
corporate law, including, but not limited to: legal aspects of general
shareholders meetings and boards of directors, protection of shareholders and
investors rights (including trials – participated in preparation of documents
for trials against AvtoVAZ, GAZ and other Russian
companies); legal regulation of the securities market; offshore business
(mainly Cyprus companies); contracts (wide range: sale-purchase (the largest
transaction prepared and closed – sale of 20% stake of shares in major Russian
oil company for USD 77 million), pledge, credit, office space lease, services
agreements, etc.; powers of attorney (mainly issued by Cyprus and US
companies); administration and legal issues of the day-to-day activities of the
representative office; legal research on wide range of topics in Russian law.
4. September 1999 – May 2002
Moscow
State Institute of International Relations (
Lecturer
in Public International Law
5. July 1996 – May 1998
Pioneer
Securities, Closed Joint
Stock Company – 100% subsidiary of
Staff
Attorney (Lawyer), Compliance Officer
6. November 1995 – May 1996
The
Coca-Cola Export Corporation (Moscow
Representative office).
Legal
Assistant to Regional Legal Counsel
7. July 1995 – November 1995
Russin & Vechi (International Law Firm) Limited Liability
Partnership (
Legal
Assistant to Executive Director
8. November 1994 – July 1995
McKenna
& Co International (at
present – CMS Cameron McKenna) –
International Law Firm (Moscow Representative office).
Paralegal
1. November 1998 – November 2001
Moscow
State Institute of International Relations (
Degree
of Candidate of Juridical Sciences (Ph.D. equivalent) was awarded in November, 2001.
Dissertation – “Legal Aspects
of Founding and Operation of European Intergovernmental Financial and Economic
Organizations”.
2. September 1997 – June 1998
Moscow
State Institute of International Relations (
Diploma
of Lawyer, major in
International Law. With
Honors.
Diploma Paper – “Legal Aspects of Founding and Operation of International
Regional Financial Organizations”
3. September 1993 – June 1997
Moscow
State Institute of International Relations (
Diploma
of Bachelor of Laws. With Honors.
Diploma Paper – “European Integration Process: Legal Aspects of Operation of the
European Union and the Council of
Publications
1. April, 2001 – Intergovernmental Financial and Economic Organizations in
2. August, 1998 – European Integration Process: Legal
Aspects of Operation of the European Union and the Council of
3. August, 1996 – International Control on Observation of Human Rights by the Council of
Russian - mother tongue
English - fluent
(reading, writing, speaking including legal, financial and economic
terminology)
Advanced user
(office applications: extensive experience since 1994,
internet active user: since 1996)