Sergey is Of Counsel, Co-Head of ALRUD Asia-Pacific Desk. His two core areas of focus are corporate M&A and financing.

Sergey has a vast experience, advising businesses from Japan, Korea and other Asian countries on their operations in Russia. Prior to joining ALRUD, Sergey spent 19 years in Japan, working as an associate, and then as a partner, at the Tokyo offices of international law firms.

Sergey has advised investors on their acquisitions in the Russian oil & gas, automotive, fin-tech, telecommunications, advertising, timber, fishery and other sectors.

In addition to his M&A experience, Sergey has advised on the implementation of large-scale PSA projects for the development of oil and gas deposits in the Russian Far East, including representation of the lenders to such projects, as well as some of their Japanese and US sponsors, focusing on both extraction facilities and export infrastructure, such as pipelines and sea terminals

Sergey is admitted to the Bar of New York, the Bar of Moscow City, as well as the Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association as a Gaikokuho jimu bengoshi (Authorized Consultant in Foreign Law), for the laws of New York State and the Russian Federation. He is currently the only foreign lawyer authorized in Japan to advise on Russian law there.

Sergey is a graduate of the Law Faculty of the Law and State Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LL.M., 2000), Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1992) and University of Sofia Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1988). He speaks English, Japanese, Russian and French.