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Mr Oleg Kuts LLB/LPC/LLM

Job title: General Counsel
Country: United Kingdom

Membership type: Member membership
Primary branch: London
Secondary branches: Europe
Disciplines: Arbitration, Mediation, Adjudication

Personal bio

Since 2014, Oleg studied special 2-years GDL course at the University of Law in London, including Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) course. Graduated from UCL (LL.M) in 2011, Belarus State University in 1995 (LLB/LPC) and Moscow Academy by City Council in 1987 (Master’s). Joined KK & Partners (UK) ltd. in September 2012, he has been involved in a number of transactions in IPR, cross-border M&A, corporate restructuring, corporate finance law, equity/debt investments and international arbitration. Oleg’s primarily focus is the IPR and he specialising in copyrights (including NFT), patent, designs and trademark worldwide registration (UKIPO, WIPO and EUIPO), protection, development and litigation. Since January 2008 he acted for Kazakhmys PLC and specialised primarily in cross-border M&A, corporate reorganisation and restructuring, international investments and structured finance transactions in the energy sectors with the particular emphasis on the CIS. Oleg also worked for Deutsche Bank (DB) in London for two and half years, where he advised and assisted on legal aspects of international finance (including syndicated loans), compliance with the FSA, the UKLA and Russian banking law and directives, IPO (Prospectus and disclosure) regulation and was responsible for cooperation with the DB branch and UFG in Moscow. Prior to joining DB, from 1990 to 2003, Oleg worked as a Managing Partner at his own chambers Kuts & Sons ltd. and focused on private equity, cross-border M&A, investment structuring, banking law and security (e.g. asset financing, structured finance, leveraged buy-outs), debt restructuring and refinancing (including insolvency administration, receivership, voluntary arrangements, liquidation and bankruptcy), off-shore regulation, international arbitration and litigation. Oleg is a member and arbitrator at Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in London and has extensive experience (over 25 years) in international arbitration, Ad Hoc hearings and media