Expert in international corporate and commercial law, M&A, Private Equity. Has an exhaustive experience in tech including being chief legal officer at a global tech company and a VC firm that backs growth-stage tech companies. Shahen graduated from the Moscow State Law University and bears the postgraduate certificate of King’s College in the UK and the certificate of THNK School of Creative Leadership. He worked as an adviser for international clients on complex projects in M&A, joint ventures, arbitration. He has structured complex deals of investing in technology companies across Russia, the USA, the UK and Israel. Shahen started his career at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP where he worked on M&A and PE deals.