Ekaterina Sorokina specializes in the areas of technology, media, communications, privacy as well as corporate law and mergers & acquisitions.
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.
