Arsenii Zaikin

Education and Academic Activity

Arsenii Zaikin graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law of Saint Petersburg State University with a bachelor's degree.

He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Civil Procedure and Arbitration Procedure at Saint Petersburg State University, where, under the supervision of Professor M.Z. Schwartz, Arsenii focuses on settlement agreements and complex issues of procedural law.

Arsenii is a recipient of the scholarship named after A. Sobchak and a presidential grant of the Russian Federation in the field of science and education. He is also a prize-winner of various student competitions and academic olympiads.

Beyond procedural law, Arseniy's academic interests include civil law, corporate law, and real estate law. He is the author of numerous articles and digests for the project "Petersburg Civilistics", a co-author of a compendium of case law from the Supreme Сourt Instances on matters of special parts of civil law, and a co-author of a collection of decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation prepared by the Constitutional Law Research Group at the Faculty of Law of Saint Petersburg State University. Arsenii has also been officially commended by the Arbitration Court of the North-Western District for his contributions to the journal "Arbitration Disputes".

Professional Experience

Before joining the Bureau, Arsenii worked at an IT company, where he provided full legal support for its activities, including conducting corporate procedures and drafting and negotiating contracts and other legal documents.

He managed the legal support for an investment transaction in which a third party invested over RUB 150 million into the company's capital, preparing the full set of required documents, which included, inter alia: a shareholders’ agreement between the existing participants and the investor, a new edition of the company's charter, regulations for the board of directors, and option agreements designed to the best protection of interests of the existing participants.

At the Bureau Arsenii advises clients and represents them in litigation related to civil, corporate, antitrust, real estate, and intellectual property law.

Among Arsenii Zaikin’s notable projects are the following:

• advising a major Russian food production company on risk assessment related to potential violations of antitrust regulations regarding abuse of dominant market position when entering new adjacent markets;
• successfully supporting the sale of shares in a Russian company owned by a Cypriot entity during counter-sanctions, without applying to the Government Commission on Foreign Investments. The two-stage transaction plan developed by Arsenii enabled the sale of an “unfriendly” investor’s asset without following the special approval procedures otherwise required;
• advising a major Russian wood processing company with a complex corporate structure on compliance with current control regulations amid counter-sanctions, particularly concerning dividend payments to foreign shareholders;
• leading a project to formalize intangible assets for an IT company, including developing a strategy for intellectual property management, establishing an efficient registration process, and preparing a full set of required documentation;
• defending a construction company against the spread of false and reputation-damaging information about its beneficiary;
• successfully representing a client in an inheritance dispute involving an amount exceeding RUB 40 million.