Roman Vedernikov is a Senior Associate at Corporate/M&A and Economic Sanctions and Compliance Practices at ALRUD Law Firm with about 10 years of practical experience.

Roman is a dual qualified lawyer (Russia; England and Wales). Roman advises on a wide range of Russian and English law issues, including in Corporate/M&A area.

Roman has been involved in the most complex multi-practice projects for companies from such industries as telecommunications, financial, retail, oil and gas, electrical energy, luxury goods, etc.

Recently Roman has been actively advising foreign and Russian clients on complex sanctions (mainly UK and EU), transactional, corporate, and Russian countersanctions matters in corporate restructurings, sales of businesses to local management/third parties, and auction sales of assets of foreign investors in Russia. In 2023 Roman was on secondment with the leading Turkish law firm. Roman has a Bachelor of Laws degree from Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO University) and a Master of Laws degree from National Research University - Higher School of Economics (Moscow).

In 2023 Roman earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Law degree in English law from BPP University Law School (UK, with distinction). Roman was then qualified as a solicitor of England and Wales in March 2024.