Mr. Andrey Medvedev is Visiting Assistant Professor of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences and legal counsel of a foreign trade company. He teaches courses on comparative law. Mr. Medvedev started his career as a civil servant, working in the legal department of an energy company during the reorganization of RAO UES. Mr. Medvedev was also a Certified Tax Consultant.

In 2008 he completed his postgraduate studies at the Russian School for Private Law under the President of the Russian Federation. Mr. Medvedev also held a judicial clerkship in the Supreme Arbitrazh (Commercial) Court of the Russian Federation and was a Visiting Scholar at UNIDROIT (Rome), MGIMO (Moscow) and CEURUS (Tartu).

He plans to conduct research on the history and doctrinal foundations of American corporate law and on issues relevant to reforming corporate legislation in developing countries. While in the United States, he will work with Dr. William Pomeranz, Deputy Director of the Kennan Institute.