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Alex Shinkarenko

ALEX SHINKARENKO

Co-Founder & Partner

PROFILE

Alex is a lawyer by initial background with a mixture of both professional consulting and in-house experience. He worked at Hogan & Hartson multinational law firm (currently Hogan Lovells), then was a Partner at PwC in charge of professional legal and tax services, and thereafter a Chief Legal & Compliance for a number of private investment firms and family offices in multiple jurisdictions.

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Over the last 20 years, Alex focuses on all aspects of wealth structuring, succession planning, cross-border compliance, risk management, fraud prevention / investigation and strategic family governance. Having substantial M&A experience from his prior roles, Alex is often engaged as lead counsel in investment projects for private clients and family-owned businesses, focusing on real estate investment and property development projects across Europe.​​​​

NOTEWORTHY

During his professional career, Alex was ranked by Legal 500 among recommended corporate lawyers and named in the General Counsel Powerlist highlighting the most influential in-house counsels. Since 2015, Alex has been running his own advisory practice that went on to founding Kuts & Co. Among the clients Alex serves, many have been working with him from the outset of his professional career.

EDUCATION

Alex holds a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) and was trained in English law during secondment to a UK law firm. He also studied Family Enterprises and Wealth at Columbia Business School and Real Estate Economics and Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

  • ​Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)

  • Advanced Certified AML Specialist – Risk Management (CAMS-RM)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • International Compliance Association (ICA)

  • Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)

  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

  • Fraud Advisory Panel (FAP)

  • Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS)

  • Association of Luxembourg Compliance Officers (Association Luxembourgeoise des Compliance Officers, ALCO)

  • International Tax Planning Association (ITPA)

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