Gene M. Burd
1835 Market Street, 28th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel: +1 (215) 569-8901
Fax: +1 (215) 569-8912
gburd@mslegal.com
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Gene M. Burd
Managing Director, Kyiv office
Practice Description
Gene M. Burd is the Managing Director of the firm’s Kyiv, Ukraine Office. He is a native of the Ukraine and is fluent in Russian and English as well as understands Ukrainian.
For over 10 years, Gene has advised international and domestic companies on various aspects of doing business in the former Soviet Union. Gene also represented client in major international commercial litigations and arbitrations involving multimillion dollar contractual and fraud claims. His arbitration experience includes representations in arbitrations under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, International Chamber of Commerce, London Court of International Arbitration, and London Maritime Arbitration Association.
Mr. Burd served as an Adjunct Professor at the Rutgers School of Law in Camden, New Jersey where he taught a course in International Litigations. He is a past trustee of the Voorhees Environmental and Cultural Education Foundation. Mr. Burd has also served as a counsel for US-Russian Exchange an organization dedicated to developing business ties between Russian and the United States of America. Mr. Burd is a past co-chair of the International Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. He also represents the firm at the Board of Directors of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council, an organization dedicated to the development of business links between the United States and Ukraine.
A graduate of Rutgers Law School, Mr. Burd also holds a Certificate in International Legal Studies from Salzburg University in Austria. He is admitted to the Bars of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and to the United States Federal District Courts of New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Representative Engagements
- Participated in the international legal team successfully representing Tamir Sapir’s company Joy-Lud in the enforcement of the Stockholm arbitration award in the High Arbitrazh Court of the Russian Federation.
- The successful defense of a U.S. company against a $1.5 million contract claim by a Russian company in the ICC arbitration in Geneva Switzerland.
- The successful defense of an international commodity trader against a contract claim made by a Swiss company in LMAA arbitration in London.
- Advice to a real estate investor regarding acquisition of a commercial real estate in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Advice to an international ferro-alloy and steel manufacturer in the acquisition of a ferro-alloy plant in the United States through bankruptcy sale.
- Advice to an international ferro-alloy and steel manufacturer in the acquisition of a cold rolling facility in the United States through a receivership sale.
Publications
- Burd, Gene M., Comity in Cases Involving Russian Element. [view]
- Burd, Gene M., High Commercial Court Tramples International Agreements, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb 28 2008.
- Burd, Gene M., Obtaining Evidence in U.S. Courts for Use in Russian Proceedings, Russian—American Symposium on Private International Law, Moscow, June 2004.
- Burd, Gene M., Comity in Cases Involving Russian Element, Russian—American Symposium on Private International Law, Moscow, June 2004.
- Burd, Gene M., et al., Real Estate Investment in Russia, 14 Russia/Eurasia Executive Guide, No. 2, p. 3. (2004).
- Burd, Gene M., Burd, Gene M., Experts: Not to Become a Criminal in the USA, Vedomosti, Forum, October 21, 2003, №192 (992) (in Russian).
- Burd, Gene M., The Legal Ramifications of Correspondent Accounts in the United States, International Money Laundering Conference, Russian Bankers Association Moscow, September 2003.
- Burd, Gene M., et al., Recent Federal Case Refuses to Follow Russian Higher Arbitrazh Court Decision Obtained through Corruption, 12 Survey Of East European Law, Nos. 3-10, p. 24 (June, 2003).
- Burd, Gene M., Lawyers Can Be Targets of Advance Fee Fraud, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, January 2001, at 13.
Presentations
- Recent Developments in the Ukrainian Corporate Law, US-Ukraine Legal Workshop, Washington, DC 2008.
- International Options to Combat Corporate Raiders in Ukraine, International Legal Forum, Yalta, Ukraine 2007.
- Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards in the United States, International Legal Forum, Yalta, Ukraine 2006.
- International Legal Issues Facing Russian Sports Committee in the Context of Professional Sports, Presentation before the Sports Committee of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, October 14, 2003.
- Legal Implications of Correspondent Accounts in the US, Presentation at the Russian Bankers Association Money Laundering Conference, Moscow, Russia, September 16, 2003.
Selected Media Interviews
- UN Radio, interview on sovereign immunity August 7, 2007
- BBC interview regarding Russian banking on September 15, 2006
- Vedomosti, America Did Not Help, February 28, 2005, No. 34(1316)
- Vedomosti, Yukos Ows America, February 14, 2005, №25 (1307)
- Voice of America, Call-in Show on Yukos, December 10, 2004
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Education
- Rutgers University School of Law J.D., 1997
- Salzburg University, Certificate in International Legal Studies, 1995
Industries Served
- International Trade
- International Investment
- Real Estate
- Steel
- Ferro-alloys
Regions
- Ukraine
- United States
- Russia
Courts Admitted
Languages
- English
- Russian
- Ukrainian
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