Natalia Shcherbakova ATTORNEY, PARTNER OF "DMITRY MATVEEV AND PARTNERS" ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. l BORN FEBRUARY 15, 1973. l IN 1998 SHE GRADUATED FROM THE FACULTY OF LAW OF LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY. l SPOKEN LANGUAGES: ENGLISH AND GERMAN. l PRACTICE OF LAW SINCE 1996: WORKED AS AN ASSOCIATE LAWYER AND TRAINEE IN "KLISHIN AND PARTNERS" ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. l PRACTICE AS AN ATTORNEY SINCE 1998 IN "KLISHIN AND PARTNERS" ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (ATTORNEY), "SIKAYLO, MATVEEV, GABBASOV AND PARTNERS" ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (ATTORNEY, PARTNER), AND "DMITRY MATVEEV AND PARTNERS" ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (ATTORNEY, PARTNER). l MRS. SHCHERBAKOVA EXECUTES PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE ISSUES OF CIVIL LAW, CORPORATE LAW (CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION, ACQUISITION OF ASSETS, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, OPPOSITION TO HOSTILE TAKEOVERS AND DEFENSE OF CORPORATE OWNERSHIP), ISSUES OF TAX AND CURRENCY REGULATION, BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURES AND LAWSUITS INCLUDING PRIVATE ARBITRATION. l DURING HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER, SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE FORMULATION OF BRIEFINGS FOR A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. l HER SUCCESSFUL CONDUCT OF LAWSUITS IN DEFENSE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HAVE EVOKED BROAD PUBLIC NOTICE. l MRS. SHCHERBAKOVA HAS UNIQUE EXPERIENCE IN EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION OF THE