Practice
Regulatory and compliance
Securities regulation as outside counsel and in-house: advice to international banks and issuers on Russian securities law, prospectus and regulatory documentation, and in-house legal work at an investment bank. Regulatory approvals in M&A, regulatory compliance for oil and gas clients, and licensing and jurisdictional advice for crypto ventures. Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.
Capital markets
IPOs from preparation to closing, including a $400M+ London listing: due diligence, underwriting agreements and prospectuses. Regulation S and Rule 144A offerings, pre-IPO placements and Eurobonds.
Virtual assets
Token offerings end to end: structuring, company formation, offering and subscription documents, investor documentation and roadshow preparation. A joint venture within the TRON ecosystem, and platform terms and compliance frameworks for digital-asset businesses.
M&A
Deals run from structuring through due diligence and negotiation. Management buyouts and buyouts of exiting shareholders, distressed restructurings and acquisitions of European real estate, and the shareholder agreements, options and governance that follow.
Venture and private capital
Seed to Series B financings, convertibles, exits and wind-downs, with the IP and early-stage paperwork founders need. On the investor side, venture programs for family offices, including leading seed investments, and trust and holding structures for UHNW families, built from design to an operating investment platform.
Writing and speaking
- September 2026
Pros, Cons, and Fools (or, a Slot Machine that Talks Back)
Article, LinkedIn. The SEC’s proposed Regulation Crypto Assets: who it lets in, and who it keeps out.
- August 2026
The Inquisition You Didn’t Expect
Article, LinkedIn. The UAE’s new AML law, and the three changes that matter.
- January 2026
The Popcorn Tin That Wasn’t Bulletproof
Article with Lurye Legal Consulting, also on LinkedIn. Landmark crypto enforcement cases, and what they changed.
- September 2023
Sanctions and counter-sanctions in M&A
Talk, Lemchik, Krupsky & Partners conference at Noôdome, Moscow. Why deals that bypass Russia’s foreign-investment approvals end in nullity or confiscation.
- April 2023
Stablecoins as settlement in cross-border M&A
Talk, XIII Russian M&A Congress (Cbonds), Moscow. Whether stablecoins can settle a cross-border deal when bank channels close: technically yes, legally uncertain.
- May 2023
Pearl Divers: how the UAE became a relocation hub for Russian business
Article, RBC Pro (in Russian). Why Russian business moved to the UAE, and what it found there.
- April 2022
The Merry Jesters
Article, Medium. The gaps in the SAFE agreement, and a one-page fix.
- January 2020
Buena Vista Bitcoin Club
Article, Medium. What a crypto-fraud victim can recover, and how.
Credentials
State of New York
Admitted to practice (Appellate Division, First Department)
ACAMS
Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
Northwestern Pritzker
LL.M. in Business Law (honors), 2003
Kellogg School of Management
Certificate in Business Administration, 2004
MGIMO University
Bachelor of International Law
DIFC Academy of Law
DIFC Laws Certificate Programme
FINRA
Securities Industry Essentials
Languages
Russian, native. English and French, fluent. German, basic.
Other pursuits
- 2026
Algorithmic trading
Built and tested trading bots in Python (Jupyter) and MQL5 (MetaTrader 5). Code on GitHub.
- 2018 to 2025
Volunteer, soup kitchens
Pelmeshki na Pleshke (now the Lyudi-Dobrye foundation) and Eda Dnes, Moscow (video).
Contact
Kirill Ryurikov · Private counsel (New York Bar)
Open to regulatory and compliance counsel roles in the UAE, and to advisory engagements. Email is the fastest way to reach me.
kirill@ryurikov.com