Oleg Lesnichi

Oleg Lesnichi is a Contract Administrator of the Firm. Oleg worked as an independent legal consultant providing advice on corporate law matters and various contracts and as a document review attorney on a number of international projects (7 years). Prior to that, he was a Senior Lawyer at the Russian law firm Sameta in Moscow, Russia (2 years). Previous to that, he worked for 9 years as an Associate and then Counsel in the Moscow office of the global law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in its telecom and energy sectors. Previous to that, he was an Associate at the international law firm Baker & McKenzie in New York and Moscow focusing on corporate law matters and M&A transactions. Before becoming an Associate at Baker & MkKenzie, Oleg studied at the University of Virginia School of Law where he earned his LL.M degree. Prior to that, he worked at the Moscow office of the law firm Skadden Arps focusing on anti-trust matters and international M&A transactions. Along with the LL.M degree from the UVA law school, Oleg holds J.D. degree from the Moscow State University law faculty and M.A. degree in linguistics from the Moscow Linguistic University.