Russia

Deloitte CIS

Business Center White Square

5 Lesnaya St.

Moscow 125047

Russia

Tel: + 7 495 787 0600

Email: oberezin@deloitte.ru

Website: www.deloitte.ru

Oleg Berezin, Deloitte CIS, is a tax partner assisting foreign investors in tax, customs and legal matters in entering Russian markets and expanding their activities in Russia.

Oleg is the head of the Chinese service group for Russia, advising Chinese businesses investing into Russia.

He also leads the life sciences and healthcare industry group for Russia, assisting pharmaceutical and healthcare companies on various tax and legal matters as well as supervising the work done for these businesses in other areas of expertise such as transaction support and audit.

Oleg has almost 20 years of experience in taxation and before joining Deloitte CIS in 2003, he worked for another accounting and consulting firm for six years specialising in indirect taxes. He graduated from the Moscow State University and has a master's degree in economics.

Oleg is a correspondent for Russia at International VAT Monitor, an IBFD periodical tax journal.

Deloitte CIS

Business Center "White Square" 5 Lesnaya St.

Moscow 125047

Russia

Tel: + 7 (495) 787 06 00

Email: asilantiev@deloitte.ru

Website: www.deloitte.ru

Andrey Silantiev, Deloitte CIS, is a partner in the tax and legal department in Moscow. Andrey started his career more than 17 years ago with another professional services firm, and joined Deloitte CIS in 2005.

Andrey has knowledge across many industries and provides indirect tax consulting services to clients doing business in the energy and resources, metals and mining, telecommunications and financial services industries, among others.

Andrey has led different projects, such as VAT health check reviews, preparation of acts of disagreement with the tax authorities, supporting clients in dispute with the tax authorities, and acceleration of input VAT recovery with regard to export supplies. He has worked on several projects designed to improve clients' cash positions and reduce costs and has been involved in the development and implementation of tax accounting policies and ERP systems.

Andrey has also led a number of significant customs projects related to the conclusion of agreements on the industrial assembly of spare parts with the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, support for applications to the Federal Customs Service to obtain preliminary classification decisions for different goods, and general consulting on various Russian customs issues.

Andrey has a degree in economics from Moscow State Industrial University.