Anton Ivanov (lawyer)
Anton Ivanov | |
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| Born | July 6, 1965 Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation(s) | Legal expert, entrepreneur, public official, academic |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Known for | 2nd President of the High Court of Arbitration of Russia (2005–2014) |
Anton Alexandrovich Ivanov (; born 6 July 1965 in Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian legal expert, entrepreneur, and public official who held the position of the 2nd President of the High Court of Arbitration of Russia from 2005 until the court was dissolved in 2014.
Biography
Ivanov completed his studies at the Faculty of Law of Saint Petersburg State University in 1987, where he was a contemporary of Dmitry Medvedev. He pursued postgraduate education at the same institution, finishing in 1990, and obtained an MPhil in Law in 1991 with a dissertation titled "Ownership and commodity-money relations". In 1989, he joined Anatoly Sobchak’s election campaign, advocating for his challenge against the Soviet-era nomenklatura.
- Between 1990 and 1997, Ivanov served as Assistant and then Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Law at St. Petersburg State University, specializing in property rights, leasing, and insurance law.
- From 1991 to 1995, he was the Chief Editor of the legal periodical “Higher Education Institutions. Jurisprudence."
- During the mid-1990s, he led the Legal Department at Soyuzkontrakt-Services, a company supplying food products within Russia.
- From 1997 to 1999, Ivanov acted as the Head of the St. Petersburg Department of Justice under the Ministry of Justice of Russia.
- He returned to academia as an Associate Professor at St. Petersburg State University’s Civil Law Department from 1999 to 2004.
- Starting July 2004, he took on the role of First Deputy General Director at Gazprom Media, responsible for corporate legal affairs and governance.
- Since 2007, Ivanov has been leading the Civil Law Department at National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), serving as professor and scientific advisor; he was awarded tenure in 2011.
- From 2005 until its closure in 2014, he presided as President of the High Court of Arbitration of the Russian Federation.
Ivanov has contributed to the Council for Codification and Improvement of Civil Legislation under the Presidential administration and has been a member of the Board of Trustees for the Foundation for Citizens Legal Education since 1998. He also practiced law as part of the St. Petersburg City Bar Association.
A distinguished legal academic since 1987, Ivanov co-developed a prominent Russian civil law textbook with notable colleagues including Dmitry Medvedev. His achievements include receiving the Russian Government Prize in Education in 2001 and being awarded the Anatoly Koni medal. From 2006 onward, he has acted as an academic supervisor at HSE’s Law Faculty.
In 1994, together with Dmitry Medvedev and Ilya Eliseev, Ivanov co-established the consulting company Balfort.
External links
- Judicial Russia, a nationwide legal information portal. Profile: Anton Ivanov
- Lenta.Ru. Biography: Anton Ivanov
- Vedomosti. Илья Жегулев. Президентский курс
- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from Gatchina
- Gazprom people
- Politicians from Saint Petersburg
- Russian judges
- Academic staff of the Higher School of Economics
- Academic staff of Saint Petersburg State University
- Saint Petersburg State University alumni
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Honoured Lawyers of the Russian Federation