BIRCH LEGAL announces Andrey Shpak joining the team as a Partner and the Head of private clients

Moscow, 01 July 2024. BIRCH LEGAL continues attracting the leading experts and welcomes Andrey Shpak to the team as a Partner and the Head of private clients.

Andrey is one of the most distinguished and well-renowned tax professionals in the Russian market with nearly 30 years’ experience of supporting major international and Russian corporate clients, as well as private clients on tax issues, helping with transaction and business structuring, as well as designing ownership structures for personal wealth and private assets.

Prior to joining BIRCH LEGAL Andrey worked at major international and Russian law firms, as well as Big Four companies.

Mikhail Timonov, Co-Managing Partner: “We are delighted to welcome Andrey into our team. His knowledge and experience will undoubtedly bolster our expertise in the field of tax planning and private clients as well as provide our clients with high quality and comprehensive support.”

Anton Sitnikov, Senior Partner: “We are proud of the growing demand we are seeing from our clients for legal and tax support of exceptional quality and aim to expand our services further in this regard. Bringing Andrey on board is a natural and logical step aimed at achieving our strategic growth and development goals. I am sincerely happy on a personal level that our professional paths have once again crossed with Andrey with whom I used to work at another firm.”

Andrey Shpak, Partner: “I am pleased to join the BIRCH LEGAL team and am confident that by blending together our interdisciplinary experience and expertise, we can strengthen the firm's position as a provider of effective and modern legal and tax solutions to leading companies and their owners.”

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