Basic American Law and comparative analysis of Russian and American legal systems for Russian-speaking lawyers and law students


Subject Instructor
American Legal System
  • Three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial
  • Sources of law: Federal and State constitutions, common law and judicial precedent, statutory law, administrative law, and principles of equity
Emil Buchman, Esq.
Business Law
  • Formation and selection of a business entity
  • Corporations and other business organizations
  • Not-for-profit organizations
Natalie A. Barenboim, Esq.
Commercial Law. Bankruptcy.
  • Uniform Commercial code (UCC)
  • Contracts, sale of goods, financing transactions
  • Bankruptcy law
Emil Buchman, Esq.
Securities Regulation, including investment companies
  • Federal Securities laws and regulations
  • Private Equity and Hedge Fund Formation
Igor Fert, Esq.
Olga Gutman, Esq.
Mergers and Acquisitions
  • The art of the M&A Deal
  • Techniques and Terms
Igor Kirman, Esq.
Private Equity Transactions
  • PE Financings at Various Stages of Company Life Cycle
  • Issues in PE Deals
Jane Greyf, Esq.
Taxation
  • Taxation of Individuals (income tax, property tax)
  • Corporate taxes
  • Federal, State and Local taxes
Lana Koifman, C.P.A.
Accounting
  • Audit in Corporate Governance and Statutory Reporting.
  • Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) vs International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Igor Goldenberg
Property Law
  • Types of ownership of real and personal property
  • Title to property
  • Zoning regulations
  • Buying, selling, and renting real property (real estate contracts
  • Comparison to the civil law system - division between movable and immovable property
  • Individual property and public property
  • Intellectual property
Roman Grutman, Esq.
Civil Law and Procedure
  • Open court proceedings
  • Right to a jury trial
  • Real-World Jurisprudence- observing a civil case trial in the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Julie Buchman, Esq.
Immigration Law
  • Basic immigration laws
  • Nonimmigrant visas (tourists, business, student, employment, religious)
  • Immigrant visas
  • Family based immigration
Irina Matiychenko, Esq.
Tatiata Pahman, Esq.
Alla Kazakina, Esq.
Criminal Law and Procedure
  • Presumption of innocence
  • Open court proceedings
  • Right to a jury trial
  • Right against self-incrimination
  • Real-World Jurisprudence - observing a criminal case trial in the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Alex Lipman, Esq.
Torts
  • Intentional, Negligence, Personal Injury
Alternative dispute Resolutions
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation
Julie Buchman, Esq.