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Dmitry Semianovsky

Counsel, Attorney — White-Collar Criminal Defence
Dmitry centres on protecting the interests of public officials, management personnel of commercial organisations and other clients involved in criminal proceedings relating to finance, public service or other activities.
Dmitry’s clients include companies and executives of businesses that provide financial services or are engaged in manufacturing or trading, and public officials.

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Past Experience
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Before joining BGP Litigation, Dmitry excelled as an attorney at Moscow-based Romanov & Partners Law Firm. Previously, he served in the Russian Public Prosecutor's Office, where he was in charge of supervising the criminal procedural activities of the Russian Investigative Committee and supported prosecution in courts.
Education
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  • Institute of the Russian Public Prosecutor's Office, Saratov State Law Academy
Languages
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Russian, English

Dmitry advised:

a Russian National Guard officer

on charges of fraud, bribery and abuse of office when implementing a government contract in connection with alleged embezzlement of RUB 376 mln in public money allocated to the Russian National Guard for purchasing equipment to protect the Russian state border in the Arctic

the chairman of a consumer cooperative

set up to develop economic and social programmes on charges of fraud committed by an organised group and involving raising RUB 70+ mln from shareholders

the management of a company producing arrest systems

in connection with suspected infringement on patent and design rights of a competing organisation. Implementation of the defence strategy proved that no crime was committed and resulted in the criminal proceedings being terminated

the principal of an educational organisation

accused of abuse of office. The court issued an acquittal

a former head of an aviation company

suspected of embezzling a particularly big sum of public funds. The criminal proceedings were terminated on exonerative grounds

an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

accused of embezzling government property. The investigation into the criminal case resulted in the proceedings being terminated owing to the lack of evidence of the alleged crime