Alexey has over 10 years of professional experience in tax consulting. He graduated from Kutafin Moscow State Law University with a bachelor's and master's degree in law, specialising in tax consulting. Before joining Tax Compliance, he worked for Russian consulting companies.
He specialises in tax risk analysis and management, supporting companies in pre-audit analysis and tax audits, as well as representing clients in pre-trial and court settlements of disputes with tax authorities. He has represented companies in such industries as catering, retail, healthcare, construction, and jewellery.
Alexey develops strategies in complex multi-episode disputes, develops methodologies for calculating reconstruction or assessing damage to the budget, assesses "gaps" and performs VAT calculations, including using the VAT automated control system. He currently oversees the development of the pharmaceutical and IT sectors.
Among Alexey's significant completed projects are:
• Presentation of the calculation of actual tax liabilities of a large construction company, not based on standard approaches of the Federal Tax Service of Russia, allowed to avoid additional charges in the amount of 2. 5 billion roubles at the pre-trial stage.
• Defending the interests of a large pharmacy chain in challenging the tax authority's claims regarding "business fragmentation. " Thanks to a strategy developed to prove the business purpose of the pharmacy acquisitions, it was possible to reduce additional tax assessments by RUB 510 million at the appeal stage.
• Mitigation of tax risks related to bonus payments and payments to a foreign parent company for a major distributor in the pharmaceutical sector as part of an on-site tax audit.
• The development of a defence strategy made it possible to reduce the tax authority's claims against the master franchisee of a global fast food chain in relation to its dealings with "technical companies" providing outsourcing services and performing construction work from RUB 2 billion to RUB 800 million.
Alexey has been recognised by Russian legal ratings (Pravo-300, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Kommersant) as one of the best tax lawyers in the country.
He is a regular participant and speaker at tax and industry conferences. He is a regular author of expert articles and commentaries for business and professional media.