Born in 1972 in Ukraine, graduated from the Kiev National Economic University in 2001, where he studied Ukrainian and international law. As a practicing lawyer, he specializes in tax planning, corporate structuring mainly for Russian, Ukrainian and CIS clients. In 2002 he started working as a lawyer at Cliff Law Firm (Moscow, Russia) and developed his direction to the department. Since 2005 - Director of the Department of International Tax Planning. Author of a number of publications in the Russian and Ukrainian press on the topic of tax planning.