Managing partner

Durmishkhan Afkhazava

Founder and Managing Partner of Cross-Border Law, advising on cross-border business, sanctions, corporate structures, transactions, disputes and technology matters.

Areas of focus

He leads complex cross-border matters and coordinates the legal work around the client's commercial decision.

01

Transactions

International contracts, transaction structures, negotiation strategy, liability and enforceability.

02

Sanctions

Counterparties, ownership and control, payments, banks, restrictions and contractual safeguards.

03

Structures

Ownership, governance, assets, corporate groups and restructuring.

04

Disputes

Claims, evidence, arbitration provisions, negotiation and settlement strategy.

Connecting the legal position with the decision

Durmishkhan leads complex matters, sets the legal framework and coordinates the team around the client's commercial or personal objective.

  • Founder and Managing Partner of Cross-Border Law.
  • Candidate of Sciences in Law and Associate Professor at the Department of International and European Law, Kazan Federal University.
  • Academic placement at the University of Bologna under the Erasmus+ programme.
  • Works in Russian, Georgian, English and Italian.

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