angelina.fitoz@lawitthamilton.com

Angelina Fitoz has 17 years of experience in advising corporate and private clients on international public and private law, international taxation, and equity law, as well as experience in supporting major transactions and representing clients in international arbitration disputes.

She specializes in supporting the construction of holding structures with a foreign element, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), the establishment of trusts and funds, conducting a comprehensive legal audit (legal due diligence) and asset protection. In particular, Angelina provided comprehensive legal support for obtaining financial, banking and Forex licenses for major international financial-market participants in the Republic of Cyprus, New Zealand, Great Britain, the Republic of Vanuatu, the British Virgin Islands, Labuan, Estonia, Luxembourg, etc.

Angelina is also an expert in the field of international arbitration. Her experience includes a high-profile case to protect athletes at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne over doping allegations. She represented clients in the international arbitration court of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in the United States in cases of expropriation from illegal domain name ownership.

Before becoming a co-founder and managing partner of Lawitt Hamilton, Angelina held the position of managing partner of the law firm Staub Prinzip, where she was also a co-owner. Previously, she was a legal adviser to the President and the main shareholder of the Alpari group of companies, as well as a partner and head of the international service of the English law firm Tax Consulting.

Angelina graduated with honors from the International University with a Master's Degree in Law. She speaks English, Turkish and Italian.

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Julia has 13 years of experience in large international companies in Cyprus, Switzerland, France and Latvia. Thoroughly familiar with AML, Know Your Client (KYC) and Due Diligence procedures. An expert in corporate administration of companies, including interactions with government agencies, banks and auditors, holder of the Certificate of "Corporate Administration Forms and Procedures".

Julia graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Latvia. She is fluent in Russian, English, Latvian and Italian at the spoken level.

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Ovanes Israelyan specializes in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private client services and asset management. He has extensive experience in supporting foreign trade transactions, as well as unique expertise in the field of international public law.

Previously, he was a consultant to the corporate law and M&A practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Moscow Office. His experience includes conducting comprehensive legal due diligence of a number of major international and Russian companies operating in the FMCG and IT sectors, participating in the development of shareholder agreements, supporting mergers and acquisitions (M&A), as well as advising on corporate governance and joint ventures.

As a corporate lawyer, Ovanes has experience in legal support of Russian and foreign companies operating in the commodity markets and advertising. He provided legal support on corporate, commercial and financial issues. In particular, he was responsible for the implementation of major foreign trade commercial transactions, including drawing under a letter of credit from major Swiss Banks.

Ovanes is the co-founder and managing partner of Lawitt Hamilton. He is responsible for strategic development, asset management and other management issues of the company's operations in Russia, Cyprus and the UK.

He graduated with honors from Moscow State Law University named after O.E. Kutafina (MSLU), having received a Master's Degree in International Law. Fluent in English.

Svetlana.Remezova@lawitthamilton.com

Svetlana has 13 years of experience and has been providing legal consulting services since 2007. The main activity is corporate and banking law of foreign states.

Svetlana has extensive experience in creating business tools on a "turnkey basis". Svetlana's experience includes such projects as incorporation of companies, trusts, funds, partnerships, structuring of holding entities around the world with elaboration of their constitutional and shareholder documents, accreditation of foreign representative offices and subsidiaries of foreign companies, opening of Bank brokerage, investment, corporate and personal accounts in banks around the world (Royal Scotland Bank (England), HSBC (Hong Kong), Credit Swiss (Switzerland, Singapore), ING (Holland), LGT (Austria), Standard Bank (Africa), Deltec Bank (Bahamas), etc.).

In addition, Svetlana specializes in conducting transactions on alienation, acquisition and pledge of shares in LLC, drafting and developing all kind of contracts, agreements, incorporation documents, protocols, resolutions and establishing funds in low-tax jurisdictions.

Svetlana graduated with honors in 2006 from Stavropol State University (SSU), Russia, specializing in Civil Law. In 2010, she completed the professional education program "Corporate Law: Current Issues and Judicial Practice" at the State Academy of Professional Retraining and Further Training of Executive Officers and Investment Professionals.

Svetlana is fluent in English, as well as German (elementary).

liliana.sencu@lawitthamilton.com

Liliana has more than 15 years of experience in major international financial companies in Cyprus. She headed the Sales, Risk Management and Compliance departments; also, she is thoroughly familiar with AML procedures, Know Your Client (KYC) and Due Diligence. She was responsible for identifying and implementing potential business opportunities and entering new markets, and held senior positions from a key account Manager to a member of the Board of Directors.

Liliana previously successfully headed the Family Office, has excellent analytical skills and knowledge in the field of business and personnel management.

Liliana is an expert in corporate administration of companies, starting from the registration of the chosen jurisdiction, up to further support and services, including interaction with government authorities, banks and auditors.

Liliana specializes in obtaining financial licenses with the right to carry out Forex activities on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Vanuatu and other jurisdictions.

Liliana graduated from Chernivtsi State University with a degree in linguist-translator.
She also holds a Paralegal diploma and is a member of the National Association of Licensed Paraligals Great Britain (NALP).

She is licensed by the financial Regulator of Cyprus to conduct all types of investment activities.
She is fluent in English, German, Italian and Romanian.

iryna.protas@lawitthamilton.com

Irina has 10 years of experience, specializing in financial and legal advice in the field of corporate management.

Irina's professional activities included working as a:

- corporate administrator;
- manager for legal and financial consulting in a Cyprus holding company;
- head of a trading investment department;
- financial controller and
- Executive Director in a Cyprus fiduciary services provider.

Prior to relocating to Cyprus, Irina lived in the UAE and has extensive experience in corporate management of companies registered in the UAE.

Besides, Irina is a certified expert in the international market of AML procedures, holder of the advanced certificate of CySEC and the Ministry of Finance of Cyprus. In 2018 Irina received a diploma in the field Paralegal from the National British Association Licensed Paralegal.

Irina's main area of professional interests today is the creation and management of Family Office Providing fiduciary and corporate services to Cyprus companies.

anna.syedina@lawitthamilton.com

Anna has 14 years of experience in Corporate Law, Property and Liability Law. Anna's professional portfolio includes experience as head of the legal Department of a trading company and 10 years of private practice as a personal legal adviser to the HNWI Board of Directors of Gazprom.

Her professional area of interest is Russian Civil Law – Anna specializes in providing services in the field of Russian Civil and Business Law, as well as in the field of bankruptcy.

In addition, Anna specializes in comprehensive support of the activities of Russian and international companies. Her expertise is based on rich experience, both as a legal adviser in well-known companies, and in consulting.

Among the services provided, it is worth noting the legal due diligence, drafting and analysis of business purchase and sale agreements, agreements between shareholders, business owners, founders and other documents related to the implementation of transactions, the creation and structuring of business and investments, the creation of joint ventures, SPV (special-purpose vehicle), an explanation of the legal requirements established by law for regulated areas of business and advising on other issues of Russian Law.

In 2006 Anna graduated with honors from Stavropol State University (SSU), Russian Federation, specializing in Civil Law. In 2019, Anna took an education extension course at the Russian University of Economics named after Plekhanov in the field of blockchain technologies ("Blockchain Lawyers").

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Anton Aleshin is a court-appointed trustee and a specialist in Law with more than 16 years of experience. His experience and status allow him to solve the most difficult tasks for clients both in the field of debt collection and in the field of protecting the client's assets. Anton's portfolio includes conducting and supporting bankruptcy procedures for lending agencies, property developers, major leasing companies, oil traders and individuals, as well as experience in legal consulting and the Federal Tax Service. Since the work of a court-appointed trustee is directly related to the conduct of the entire business process, Anton's additional skill is the ability to offer clients proven and relevant solutions in the field of tax planning, disputes and consulting.

Anton specializes in bankruptcy law, in particular, debt collection through bankruptcy, liquidation of companies through bankruptcy proceedings, as well as debt collection, losses, sanctions, protection from collection, reduction of fines, penalties and other losses.

Among Anton's clients are many companies, in particular, the largest oil producing and refining holding, subsidiaries and associates of a mining and smelting holding, food retailer, manufacturers of precious metals and jewelry, the top-of-the-range of the air transportation market, interregional distribution network companies, regional distribution network companies and the base regional air transportation. Anton has participated in more than 150 trials in courts of various authorities, including successful representation at the Supervisory stage, disputes at a cost of several billion, and several hundred million rubles.

EkaterinaMikulich@lawitthamilton.com

Higher education - National Research University Higher School of Economics, specialty - Law, 2019.
Her theme of the final research project was "The building leasehold of another person's land plot". GPA - 8.6 out of 10.

Participant of the V Student Legal Forum, 2018, of the Kutafin Moscow State University, participant of the official meeting on equal terms on "Modern Technologies and Intellectual Right: influence and interaction".

Winner of the Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics on the Global Legal Market essay competition in October - November 2018.

The Article "Again about lawful use of citation on the Internet" in the journal "Copyright and related rights", no. 2, February 2020
English – C1, French-B2.