Igor Smirnov
Senior partner. Head of Tax Practice
Education
- Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation, specialisation in «Banking & Finance»
Raitings
- Recommended by the international rating agency The Legal 500
- Recommended among the leading experts in Taxation in Russia by Kommersant
- Recommended by Pravo.ru 300 in Tax consulting category
- Recognized as the Expert of the Year by Global Advisory Experts
- Recognized as an outstanding expert in the field of taxation 2021 by Financier Worldwide
- Recognized by ITR World Tax among Highly regarded practitioners in General Corporate Tax category
- Highly recommended in Corporate Tax category by Leaders League
Key competencies
- Tax, legal and accounting advisory for Russian companies and foreign companies working in Russia
- Advisory for Russian companies with respect to operating within foreign jurisdictions
- Restructuring of major assets in Russia and abroad in order to improve tax efficiency; M&A transaction servicing
- Managing tax units and their cooperation with business units
- Tax advisory with respect to fund raising
- Developing a transfer pricing methodology
- Tax M&A work including due diligence, SPA and transaction documentation review, structuring and PMI
- Tax review audit within the IFRS audit
- Managing financial accounting for a group of companies
- Building finance services (budgeting, treasury, financial and management accounting and reporting, and financial and tax planning)
- Government relations (GR)
Industry specialization: oil & gas industry, energy & utilities industry, mining industry, metallurgical and chemical industry, infrastructure and oilfield services
Experience
- Has over 11 year’s experience in executive positions at the Big Four companies.
- Has considerable professional experience as a CFO for commercial companies, including an infrastructure holding company
- Has been working in tax consulting for more than 21 years