Litigation

Successfully defended owners of a California based newspaper, against Federal and State trademark infringement claims in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The claims were dismissed after the Court granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (USA);

Protected U.S. small businesses' property rights in the European Court of Human Rights (France);

Successfully defended the Central Bank of the Russian Federation property rights in the Arbitration Courts of the Russian Federation (Russia).

Transactional matters

Counseled a large Chinese telecommunication company in it backbone network construction negotiations with a Russian telecommunication giant (Russia);

Advised a California alcohol beverage importer on the US applicable laws; secured product formula and label approvals from TTAB for alcohol beverage product (USA);

Counseled individuals,families and family-owned businesses in connection with wealth preservation, wealth transfer, charitable giving, and multi-generational and succession planning (USA).