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ANNA GONCHAROVA

ANNA GONCHAROVA

Legal Counsel
San Jose,United States of America

Summary

Results-driven lawyer with more than 20 years of experience advising clients in various fields of law. Proficient in drafting legal documents, negotiating settlements, case management, and litigation. Poised and dedicated professional with proven to thrive in complex and detail-oriented industry.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Director General, Owner

Intensive Development Technology, LLC
Moscow, Russia
06.2010 - Current

The company was formed as a result of splitting the above-mentioned Investment Development Technology, LLC and offers legal and accounting services to external clients, including mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolutions, litigation, taxation counseling, home-office legal services, legal support of construction and development.

  • Trained and developed team members to build human capital.
  • Created a team that is able to effectively and zealously represent clients, while saving client's resources.
  • Manages the company that provides the broad spectrum legal services to the organizations of various forms from foundation to dissolution.

Since 2014 the company additionally provides full spectrum of property management.

Legal Counsel, Chief of Legal Department, Partner

Investment And Development Technology, LLC
Moscow, Russia
06.2005 - 06.2010
  • Managed the legal and financial departments (up to 12 people)
  • Oversaw firm's day-to-day administrative operations, provided guidance to support staff and enforced compliance with state, federal and local regulations across organization.
  • Chaired partner meetings to drive discussion of matters important to firm operations, keeping discourse on-topic and moving at efficient pace.
  • Provided full range of legal support services to the legal entities of various forms of ownership (over 10 companies) at all stages from incorporation to winding-up, including issue of shares, distributions; building the safe and healthy ownership structure, contract law counseling, securing licenses;
  • Advised on all types of commercial property' real estate transactions, property title registration, tax burden mitigation with regard to commercial real property;
  • Ensured legal support for redevelopment of real estate including contract and claim activities, execution of municipal services contracts, obtaining approvals for construction and reconstruction
  • Risk assessment with regard to purchase of real property unites, development and implementation of assets protection plans (3 to 5 property complexes under administration concurrently)
  • Represented clients at all stages of litigation and in port-judgement proceedings including contract and' tax disputes, protection of property rights, appeals against act of state authorities, debt and damages recovery.
  • Developed strategies to resolve cases in client's best interest.

Deputy Director

Investment Company "VIZAVI"
Moscow, Russia
04.2003 - 02.2006
  • Developed general guidelines for Legal Departments (setting up rules of procedures, drafting action plans).
  • Developed and implemented procedures for purchases of large commercial properties, carrying out acquisition transactions with regard to real estate facilities (aggregate acquisition amount exceeded 1.7 billion USD).
  • Provided advice for protection against hostile takeovers.
  • Developed and implemented hedging programs designed to mitigate loss of property, that included judicial proceedings, filling and supporting claims with law-enforcement authorities, designing, and carrying out corporate procedures and protocols that prevented potential abuse of power by the managers of the corporations. .
  • Directed judicial defense from hostile takeovers and provided successful defense from several attempts of hostile takeovers.


Legal Counsel

Self-employed
Moscow, Russia
01.1997 - 04.2003
  • Assessed cases for probable outcomes by researching black letter law and other legal authority, comparing fact patterns to those of precedential cases.
  • Advocated for clients before civil and commercial court in oral argument by presenting facts and evidence in most favorable light.
  • Developed strategies to resolve cases in client's best interest.
  • Filed timely case pleadings to meet firm deadlines.
  • Represented interests of clients in negotiations with regulators, external counsel and public authorities.
  • Drafted readable and enforceable agreements, contracts and other legal documents to protect client's full legal rights.
  • legal counseling on contract law and taxation.

Education

Specialist - Law

Moscow State Law Academy
Moscow, Russia
1994.09 - 1999.06

Specialist in Multicultural Communication - Simultaneous Interpreter

Moscow State Linguistic University
Moscow, Russia
09.1997 - 06.1999

Master of Laws - Law

Gould School of Law, USC
Los Angeles, CA
05.2020 - 08.2021

Skills

Staff Management

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Accomplishments

  • The Moscow State Law Academy, Diploma cum Laude
  • Member of the the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society, that was established in 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study, and to promote the "unity and democracy of education"

Interests

My priority is to protect my client not only from actual and potential business risks but also from arbitrary, unconstitutional, and anti-democratic state actions

Work Availability

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Timeline

Master of Laws - Law

Gould School of Law, USC
05.2020 - 08.2021

Director General, Owner

Intensive Development Technology, LLC
06.2010 - Current

Legal Counsel, Chief of Legal Department, Partner

Investment And Development Technology, LLC
06.2005 - 06.2010

Deputy Director

Investment Company "VIZAVI"
04.2003 - 02.2006

Specialist in Multicultural Communication - Simultaneous Interpreter

Moscow State Linguistic University
09.1997 - 06.1999

Legal Counsel

Self-employed
01.1997 - 04.2003

Specialist - Law

Moscow State Law Academy
1994.09 - 1999.06
ANNA GONCHAROVALegal Counsel