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Biography
Ekaterina Sorokina specializes in the areas of technology, media, communications, privacy as well as corporate law and mergers & acquisitions.
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Representative Legal Matters
  • Advised Kaspersky in a transaction to acquire Brain4Net, a company that develops solutions and services to help enterprises and service providers adapt modern technologies, such as Software-Defined Wide-Area Network (SD-WAN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), with existing network infrastructure.
  • Advised an American communications company on its cooperation with the leading Russian and CIS satellite operator and the Russian telecom provider.
  • Advised major multinational companies on a set of new Russian laws regulating business activities in Internet, including the regulations on "landing" of major IT multinationals in Russia.
  • Participated in preparation of whitepapers on the use of foreign clouds by oil & gas as well as FSI companies for a Russian subsidiary of one of the world largest software developers.
  • Advised an American multinational technology company in connection with the potential launch on the Russian market of the client's satellite network-based service, using which users of certain models of smartphones will be able to communicate with the emergency services, when such users are outside of cellular and Wi-Fi network coverage.
  • Advised an American multinational technology company in connection with the potential launch of the client-branded new internet privacy service, which is a VPN-like service that gives users an additional layer of privacy when browsing the web and using apps on the users' devices.
  • Provided telecom providers, OEMs, IT infrastructure operators with various legal advice on Connected Car regulation. In most cases the advice was quite complex and included analysis of IT requirements, telecom-related risks, eSim regulation as well as personal data issues.
  • Advised international IT companies on the regulatory regime applicable to the cloud-based communications services comprising voice, videoconferencing with screen-sharing, team chat, file-sharing and other communications capabilities.
  • Provided on-going support to а Chinese video-sharing social networking service and an American e-commerce company with regards to Roskomnadzor's takedown requests.
  • Advised a large investment bank on the acquisition of 100% of shares in an accredited certification center providing a range of services in the field of legally significant electronic document management, electronic reporting and accounting automation.
Professional membership
  • member of IT and Telecom Committee in the Association of European Businesses.
Education
  • Moscow State Law Academy, Law Degree, 2008
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