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Roman Buzko

Partner

Roman is one of the original founders of the firm. He focuses on corporate law, intellectual property, and financial technologies, working with both corporate clients and startups.

Areas of Expertise

Transactions
Corporate
FinTech
Intellectual Property
Business in Russia
M&A and JVs
Frontier Technologies
VC & Startups

Client Testimonials

“Roman is a valuable member of our team. As we work in a rapidly changing industry, we need a lawyer who will be our forward-looking fiduciary willing and able to work with uncertainty. And that's exactly who Roman is.”

Mike Brusov
CEO, Founder
Cindicator

"Roman helped us a lot with our business efforts in Russia. We relied on his advice from day one and can certainly recommend him as a go-to counsel when it comes to joint ventures and acquisitions in Russia."

Bram van Noordenne
Legal Counsel
Damen Shipyards Group

“We are more than comfortable working with Roman knowing that our clients are in the best hands in Russia.”

Cagatay Yilmaz
Managing Partner
Yilmaz Law Offices (Turkey)

“Evgeny did great work for Ambronite regarding our US trademark registration. Always promptly completed agreed tasks on time. Evgeny also demonstrated ability explaining complicated topics in an easily understandable manner. Highly recommended!”

Mikko Ikola
Co-founder
Ambronite

“Evgeny was phenomenal in assisting my business in trademarking our name. He answered every question I had and demonstrated great knowledge and attention to detail. He is definitely a master at his craft. My trademark got approved thanks to him, thank you Evgeny!”

Edwin Soyfer
CEO, Founder
The Car Guys

More about Roman

Attention, you are about to start reading a section where lawyers usually brag about their education, clients and multi-million dollar deals. Here is my account.

My passion is to help entrepreneurs trying to make the world a better place with navigating the legal challenges they face along the way. This has translated into our firm’s focus on emerging technologies and investment deals. As such, we love working with startups and early-stage investors, but also with corporations and governments embracing the winds of change.

I graduated from law school with honors and received a business degree from a leading Dutch university. No less valuable were short online courses on game theory and computer science that I accidentally completed in between.

When not practicing law and reading about tech, I enjoy snowboarding and surfing.

Select Experience

  • Advise several US and European startups on regulatotory aspects of the Russian market.
  • Counsel to one of the largest Dutch shipbuilding companies in several joint ventures and asset deals in Russia.
  • Counsel to an ICO issuer in an investigation by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
  • Represent investors in early-stage investment deals in Russia and abroad.
  • Legal support to numerous startups expanding abroad.

Recent Publications

Education

  • Rotterdam School of Management (Netherlands) ‘15
  • University of Arkansas (USA) ‘11
  • Herzen State University (Russia) ‘14