Dr. Zakharov graduated from the International Law School of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (aka MGIMO) in 2000 (cum laude) and from the Institute of European Law at MGIMO in 2002 (Master Degree). In 2010 he obtained PhD in Jurisprudence (Candidate of Sciences) in MGIMO.

Worked in the Ministry of Property Relations of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Taxation of the Russian Federation, JSC Stankoimport, JSC NTV Broadcasting Company, Twentieth Century Fox CIS, Nordic Yards, Paragon Advice Group

Main Areas of Practice:

• Governmental Relations
• Litigation
• Arbitration
• Contracts & Corporations
• Transborder aspects of taxation

An independent columnist of Forbes Russia since 2012.