Founder · Managing Partner
Durmishkhan Afkhazava
Founder and Managing Partner, Cross-Border Law
Partner and Head of International Practice, Yalilov & Partners · Associate Professor, Kazan Federal University
Durmishkhan Afkhazava is an international lawyer advising businesses and private clients on matters that cross jurisdictions. His work focuses on international transactions, sanctions and compliance, ownership structures, market entry and commercial disputes.
As Managing Partner, he oversees client matters and works with local counsel on questions that require advice in another country.
Focus
What Durmishkhan works on
- Cross-border business and market entry
- International contracts and transaction structures
- Sanctions, compliance, banking and payment routes
- Corporate, ownership and asset structures
- Commercial disputes and arbitration strategy
- Coordination of multi-jurisdiction legal teams
Profile
Transactions, ownership and disputes
Durmishkhan advises on international contracts and business structures, including the payment, ownership and sanctions questions that arise when a transaction involves several countries.
His work includes contract negotiations, the assessment of commercial claims and coordination with lawyers in the countries concerned.
Background
Leadership, academic work and international experience
Professional roles
- Founder and Managing Partner, Cross-Border Law
- Partner and Head of International Practice, Yalilov & Partners
- Associate Professor, Department of International and European Law, Kazan Federal University
- Member, Russian Association of International Law
Education and languages
Kazan Federal University — Law; postgraduate study in international and European law. Erasmus+ doctoral exchange at the University of Bologna and a programme on the United States judicial system in Virginia.
PhD in Law. Works in Russian, Georgian, English and Italian.
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