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LEGAL EXPERIENCE
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Generally
 Lead counsel in commercial services, international investments, mergers and acquisitions in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe; extensive experience coordinating with local counsel and understanding different legal systems and explaining these differences to clients; keen cross-cultural awareness
 Eight years legal experience it top law firms in the United States, 14 years living around the world in Luxembourg, Russian Federation, Slovakia, France, Argentina and Republic of
China)
Commercial Services (Regional coordinator for CEE)
 Advising on and drafting commercial and trade agreements (customs, employment, purchase and sale agreements, etc.), providing regulatory, general business and strategic advice
 Coordination with local counsel in all European jurisdictions for cross-border commercial issues; solid experience negotiating with governmental agencies
 Advising on corporate holding structures and corporate governance issues (including avoidance of corrupt practices)
Mergers & Acquisitions/Finance & Securities
 Lead counsel planning, drafting, and negotiating mergers and acquisitions (English and US law) for public and private companies, both in the United States and abroad, managing due diligence, assuring timely transaction execution
 Strong experience in commercial lending transactions and restructuring; strong securities experience for debt and equity offerings, preparing private placements (Reg. D; Reg. S) and advising on re-sales of publicly traded securities
Real Estate/Energy
 Substantial experience advising on real estate acquisitions in Slovakia and Russia, infrastructure and construction agreements for factories and housing developments, commercial leases; experience with power purchase agreements and energy regulatory matters
L EGAL E MPLOYMENT
Feb. 2010 to pres. General Counsel, SPI Group s.à r.l., Luxembourg
 Nature of practice: Head of legal department of international corporation active in the production, marketing and sale of vodka as well as the manufacture and distribution of other spirits and non-spirits drinks. Responsible for all legal issues of group companies, including intellectual property and litigation matters.

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Feb. 2004 to Jan. 2010. Of Counsel, White & Case, Moscow, Russia; Bratislava, Slovakia
 Nature of practice: Coordinator of commercial services practice in Central and Eastern
Europe; mergers and acquisitions, general corporate.
 Representative transactions: o Led Moscow office commercial services practice for clients such as Boeing; lead counsel for M&A and joint venture transactions o Lead counsel for investment in Slovakia for Peugeot Citroen, Visteon, Unomedical and other large international corporations (land acquisition, leasing and developer agreements, corporate structuring, energy connections, construction issues, labor and employment, state aid)
 Primary working languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian and Slovak
2001- Feb. 2004 Of Counsel, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P, Bratislava, Slovakia
 Nature of practice: Construction and cross-border investment, cross-border finance, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate
 Representative transactions: o Lead counsel for investment by Peugeot Citroën in Slovakia o Lead counsel for multiple lending transactions for Slovak national electricity producer
(commercial lending; financial and corporate restructuring) o Privatization and corporate restructuring for electricity distribution company o Acquisition of Slovak banking software company by Austrian bank
 Primary working languages: French, English and Slovak
1999-2001 Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1996-1999 Senior Associate, Holland & Knight LLP, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida
1992-1996 Associate, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Miami, Florida; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
O THER R ELEVANT E XPERIENCE
1986-1987 Teacher, Taichung, Republic of China (followed intense program of study of Mandarin
Chinese)
1980-1981 Student, La Côte St. André, France (followed intense program of study of French)
LANGUAGES
 Native English
 Fluent French, Spanish and Russian
 Functional German, Slovak and Mandarin Chinese
EDUCATION
J.D. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1992) o GPA: 96/100 (top 4%) o Order of the Coif; Managing Editor, The Ohio State Law Journal Undergraduate B.A., cum laude o Judicial extern for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court o Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship in Russian (1990-1991) and Mandarin
Chinese (1991-1992)
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (1986), B.A. cum laude, Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs; Russian language