Maksim Salahub

After relocating from my home jurisdiction, Belarus, to Lithuania, I am continuing with Sorainen as Senior Counsel focusing on advising international business in the area of M&A, cross-border investment, intellectual property protection, dispute resolution, and others. Capitalizing on my experience and vast international network, I am providing support to companies expanding globally and facing legal and other challenges in various parts of the world.

I founded Sorainen's 4th office in Minsk, Belarus, together with my partner Kiryl Apanasevich and with support from several dedicated Baltic partners of the firm. First 4 years of operations I served as director and office managing partner. I had been a partner responsible for local M&A / Corporate, Intellectual Property practice groups, also advising on Competition, Dispute Resolution, Tech, and other matters. At various points of time, I had also assumed responsibilities in the area of marketing, client relations management, business development, compliance, internal trainings. Since 2018, I have been heading the firm's Intellectual Property practice group. In 2024, I relocated to Lithuania.

During few months at Sorainen's Vilnius Office, I was jointly with my partners preparing Sorainen's entry to the market of Belarus.

I was involved in the firm's M&A projects, and also got a good insight into the Banking & Finance, Capital Markets practices. Besides, I attended hearings at commercial courts together with associates and partners of the firm.

I practiced in the fields of M&A, Corporate Law, Litigation & Arbitration, ADR, Contracts. Besides, I advised foreign clients on legal aspects of investing in Belarus, provided complex support of investment projects, recovered debts, drew contracts, and provided other legal services.

I started my career first as a trainee, and then as an inhouse counsel at legal department of a wholesale trade company in Minsk, Belarus.

Executive MBA Program at BMI consisted of over 10 modules taken mostly during 2016. The modules I found most useful were Leadership, Management Accounting & Control, Corporate Finance, Financial Performance & Company Valuation, Strategic & Operational Marketing, Strategy, and of course the overseas modules - India (Bangalore-Mysore-New Delhi - spring 2016), International Week at Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana - January 2017), and China (Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Antai College, May 2017). Overall, a great experience with great people.

At Tulane, I completed such courses as International Business Transactions, International Commercial Arbitration, M&A, Secured Transactions, Negotiations and Mediation Advocacy. My LLM research was devoted to European regulations on mergers.

I focused on international business law, as well as Belarusian corporate and business law, securities law, and investments laws. My working languages are English and German.