Khristofor Ivanyan
Attorney-at-law
Managing Partner
Practice areas
- Public Policy and Law
- Real Estate
- Dispute Resolution
Khristofor Ivanyan advises clients on managing crisis issues with federal and regional state authorities and provides a sound legal counsel and practical political advice on entry to the regional Russian markets, negotiating state contracts and participating in public tenders.
Khristofor Ivanyan has profound knowledge in legislative and regulatory matters involving urban and land development, natural resources, food industry, state disputes.
As a litigator Khristofor Ivanyan has on numerous occasions participated as strategist or chief trial counsel in transborder commercial litigations involving issues of corporate fraud, asset tracing, insolvency, freezing of assets, white-collar crime. Khristofor Ivanyan on several occasions represented federal state bodies in disputes in the Russian Federation, the UK, the USA and Arab countries.
Work experience
January 2006-present
Ivanyan & Partners
Managing Partner
2000-2005
Egorov, Puginskiy, Afanasiev & Partners
Associate, Senior Associate, then Partner
1997-2000
Head of Legal Department of an Insurance Company based in Saint-Petersburg
Legal advisor for a Saint-Petersburg-based regional oil company
Education
1999 – LLM PIL program at Leiden University, Netherlands.
1998 - Saint-Petersburg State University. Cum laude degree
Professional Associations
Since 1998 – member of Saint-Petersburg Bar Association. Attorney-at-law
Since 2006 - Association of lawyers of Russia. Head of the PPP sub-commission of the Commission on Economic Legislation
Awards and Honours
In 2005 Mr. Ivanyan received a token of gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation for the achievements in protection of interests and rights of the citizens.