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Sergey Glandin

Partner, attorney, PhD in Law — Compliance and Sanctions Law
sergey.glandin@bgplaw.com
Since 2014, Sergey has focused on sanctions law, compliance, and sanctions relief. He advises Russian and foreign investors on sanctions compliance and due diligence, assesses potential legal issues, and creates sanctions and regulatory risk assessment checklists for major holdings, banks, their beneficiaries, and senior executives. He also facilitates removal from the EU, US, Ukraine, and Canada's sanctions lists. Another area of law that Sergey specializes in is reputation management.

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Kommersant
Forbes Club Legal Ranking
Past Experience
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Prior to his time at BGP Litigation, Sergey led sanctions law departments at NSP and Pen&Paper. Before transitioning to consulting, he spent 7 years working in two family offices catering to prominent Russian businessmen.
Legislative, Scientific Activities and Membership in Associations
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  • International Law Association Russia
  • Russian Business Ethics Network (RBEN)
  • A legal expert in the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
  • A guest lecturer on sanctions compliance at HSE University, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, and MGIMO University
Education
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  • The Faculty of Law of Moscow State University
  • PhD in International Law and European law at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Languages
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Russian, English, German

Sergey advised:

three Russian business leaders on the Forbes

list on mitigating US, UK, and EU personal sanction risks

a leading Russian oil and gas company

and its foreign subsidiaries included in the SDN list on getting an extension of OFAC General Licenses, and obtaining OFAC Specific Licenses; facilitated the sanctions removal process, and oversaw the coordination of the terms of removal

the Republic of Uzbekistan's leading diversified holding company

on the development and implementation of a turnkey sanctions compliance solution to manage all sanctions, regulatory, and reputational risks

a large holding company partially owned by the government

on sanction risks associated with equipment supplies to Iran

an online education business owner

subjected to Ukrainian blocking sanctions, on how to avoid being included in other sanctions lists and to reduce negative implications for the company

a former vice president of a TOP 5 Russian bank

on US sanctions relief, including the identification of possible reasons and grounds for the imposition of US sanctions; and the development of a successful sanctions delisting strategy. The client was eventually removed from the US sanctions list

a businessman, a citizen of Russia and France

on the development and implementation of a strategy for Ukrainian sanctions relief

a holding company owned by a Russian businessman

subjected to EU sanctions, including the development of a roadmap for restructuring the business processes of the group's Swiss trader, and the preparation of a due diligence report for Western partners and counterparties in connection with the beneficiary's ceding ownership of the group

the owner and CEO of a transportation and logistics company

with its headquarters in Russia on the lifting of US sanctions

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