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Interview with Anna A. Efimova, Deputy Managing Director, Director for Legal Issues of Mosenergo, PJSC, Lecturer of the Energy Law Department of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
 
PIIS231243500021990-7-1
Publication type Miscellaneous
Status Published
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Energy Law Forum. Editors. 
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Address: Russian Federation
Journal nameEnergy law forum
EditionIssue 2
Pages60-63
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Received06.05.2018
Publication date30.06.2018
Number of characters12724
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1 Anna, you are the head of the legal sec- tion of Mosenergo, PJSC, the largest generat- ing company, and became a lecturer of the Energy Law Department from the moment of establish- ment of the department. First of all, let me con- gratulate you with the first small anniversary of the department. In your opinion, how have the first five years passed, what plans have you managed to implement?
2 Five years flew by unnoticed. It is obvi- ous for practicing lawyers that the energy law in the Russian Federation needs to be developed. I am referring to the branch of law, the norms of which regulate legal relations in the key branch of the economy. The department has a lot of tasks since the establishment: building of the team, preparation of the first educational publications which did not exist at all, arrangements for prac- tical training of specialized lawyers for the ener- gy industry, performance of scientific research, and holding of scientific and practical events. At this point, we can say that we have managed to do many things. The department employs well- known practicing lawyers — heads of legal sec- tions of the major energy companies, textbooks on energy law have been prepared and pub- lished, both in Russian and in English, Energy Law Forum scientific journal is published, mono- graphs have been published, scientific events are held with the participation of well-known scien- tists and practitioners, competitions are held for students and young lawyers in the energy sector. It is very important that we managed to build a good team. And, of course, I would like to note the great merit of Viktoriya V. Romanova, the head of our department, Doctor of Law, her great organi- zational skills, amazing performance, sociability, kind-heartedness. She bears the main scientific burden, works on systematization, and interacts with millions of people from different companies, state bodies, representatives of the scientific com- munity since the department deals with problems of legal regulation in various branches of energy: electric power, heat supply, nuclear power, gas, oil, and coal industry. In this work, it is very im- portant to closely interact with the legal sections of core companies and regulating authorities, and to constantly “keep one’s eye on the ball”.
3 The first five years were quite successful, but a lot still needs to be done. Anna, could you please tell us about the legal section of Mosenergo, PJSC, its tasks and func- tions, whether the personnel policy of the company has changed after the establishment of the Energy Law Department at the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)?
4 Mosenergo, PJSC (hereinafter referred to as the Company) is the largest territorial generating company of Russia and the major heat supplier in the world. The Company pays special attention to selection of qualified personnel including the staff for the legal section ensur- ing legal support for the activities of Mosenergo, PJSC. As a part of its functions, the legal section of
5 Mosenergo, PJSC solves the following main tasks:
6 Active use of legal means to ensure efficient conduct of business by the Company, use of the Company’s competitive advantages, and improve- ment of economic performance indicators.
7 Legal support of activities including those re- lated to preparation, conclusion, performance and control of the proper performance of various kinds of transactions settled by the company including agree- ments (contracts, arrangements), and settlement of claims and lawsuits, legal support for inspections performed by state regulatory authorities, etc.
8 Assistance in active introduction and use of legal methods and means to achieve the Company’s statutory goals, and ensuring legality of the Company’s activities.
9 Active participation in improvement of the le- gal awareness of the Company’s employees.
10 Legal support for the activities of Mosenergo, PJSC is ensured in the following areas:
11 Contractual work;
12 Settlement of claims and lawsuits;
13 General legal support;
14 Corporate work;
15 Property management.
16 The dynamic development of legislation in the energy sector places most companies in a dilem- ma of a difficult choice of solutions for the recruit- ment issues.
17 While settling issues related to recruitment, most energy companies give preference to job seekers who have experience of work with energy companies in the prejudice of graduates of the higher educational institutions who often have stronger theoretical base. Until recently, this trend was also traced in Mosenergo, PJSC.
18 For Mosenergo, PJSC as for the majority of large energy companies, the problem of shortage of quali- fied lawyers with special knowledge in the field of en- ergy law is acute. The Company considers engage- ment of specialized, promising, purposeful and at the same time ambitious graduates of specialized law schools as one of the factors that makes the legal sec- tion more efficient.
19 Mosenergo, PJSC, undoubtedly, welcomes the establishment of the Department of Energy Law at the Kutafin Moscow State Law University training unique qualified specialists in this field.

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