Export Compliance/Legal Assistant

NATALIE USOVA

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Cliffside Park, NJ 07010

Tel/fax: 201- 945-7385 Mobile: 917-***-****

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SUMMARY: My objective is to find a position as an Export Compliance

Coordinator/Legal Assistant in New

York City that will allow me to combine my extensive working experience in

international business, export

compliance, translation skills with the knowledge and experience in the

legal field and advance in my career.

EDUCATION:

BERKELEY COLLEGE, New York, New York (2013) - completed a course in

Business Law and

Accounting for Managers and Paralegals

Upon completion of the program, obtained the knowledge and understanding of

the following concepts and procedures:

Corporate Law:

. Evaluating various types of business entities; Partnerships, LLCs,

Corporations- formation, corporate finances, management, dividends,

Securities Act of 1933, 1934, EDGAR, compliance of proxy, Forms 10-K,

10-Q, 8-K.

Contract Law:

. Uniform Commercial Code, Statute of Frauds, contract formation, breach

and remedies, drafting contracts, sponsorship agreements

Accounting :

. Compliance with Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002, its impact on internal

controls and financial reporting

. Identifying forms of business organizations (Sole Proprietorships,

Partnerships and Corporations) and types of businesses (service,

merchandising and manufacturing).

. Preparation of Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Statement of Cash

Flows

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY, Teaneck, New Jersey. Paralegal (2010)

A.B.A. Approved Paralegal Studies Program. Certificate of Completion

2011.GPA 3.926 (Civil Litigation, Tort, Personal Injury, Family Law,

Ethics, Criminal Law, Estates, Wills, Trusts; Real Estate and Mortgages,

Corporate Law, Advanced Contracts, Civil Practice Law and Rules, New York

Practices, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Electronic Discovery )

MOSCOW PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Foreign

Language

Teaching (English and German), Moscow, Russia

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

PETRO-CHEM DEVELOPMENT, New York, New York.

Project Coordinator/ Corporate Compliance Legal Assistant (2011- present)

Assisting the company's management and legal department in drafting,

reviewing, completing and filing the legal documents for execution between

the petrochemical trading company, vendors, suppliers and freight

forwarders for domestic and international shipments including as follows:

. Powers of Attorney, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Purchase Orders, Legal

Terms and Condition

. Certificates of Insurance Liability, Marine and Inland Transport

Insurance, Contracts of Carriage

. Class Action Settlement complaint, transportation insurance complaint

. (EAR) Export Administration Regulations, U.S. anti-boycott

regulations

. ISO _9001 Compliance documentation

. Inco-terms 2010, Uniform Commercial Code, Article 2 - Sale of Goods.

Shipment and destination contracts, international shipping

transactions

. Uniform Commercial Code, Article 5 - reviewing Letters of Credit,

ensuring that the export shipping documents are in compliance with

Letters of Credit, Article 7 - working with Documents of Title (Bills

of Lading, Commercial Invoices, Packing Lists, etc.)

. Expediting and coordinating international shipments of equipment to

oil refineries job sites

. Corporate filing, preparation of legal folders, processing revised and

renewed documents

WORLDCARGO TRANSPORT, Woodbridge, New Jersey.

Export/Import Compliance Coordinator/Legal Assistant (2008- September 2011)

Provided legal support and ensured export compliance of shipments working

with U.S. Customs Border and Protection (CBP), Automated Export System

(AES), Customs - Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), Export

Administration Regulations (EAR), U.S. anti - boycott regulations

. Uniform Commercial Code, Article 2- Sale of Goods. Article 7-

preparation and review of Bills of Lading, Warehouse Receipts,

Commercial Invoices, Bills of Sale, Titles, Certificates of Origin,

Article 5- reviewing Letters of Credit, ensuring compliance of export

documentation and submission to shipping carriers, clients, banks and

worldwide agents.

. Invoicing, Payables and Receivables, Debit and Credit Notes, Rates and

Contracts negotiation, Marine and Inland Insurance

. Expediting and coordinating export/ import shipments of cargo worldwide

working with shipping carriers, customs brokers, U.S. exports and

agents

ZUST BACHMEIER OF SWITZERLAND, NY. Acted as Corporate Executive Assistant

to President of international freight forwarding company (2000-2005)

. Provided organization and coordination with execution offices in USA

and Europe

. Calendar planning, coping, faxing documents, preparation of manuals,

bid packages, marketing presentations

. Drafting, reviewing and completing the legal documents for the

company's management

. Travel arrangements, assisted as Russian interpreter in business trips

TRANSLATION EXPERIENCE:

World Class Translation - opened a translation services company. Russian

translator, paralegal, (2000- present)

. Providing translation and interpretation services including

translation of legal documents such as Powers of Attorney, Bylaws,

Articles of Association, bank agreements, business contracts to

corporate law firms

. Assisting Russian businessmen with registering and establishing

corporations, sole proprietorships, partnerships and LLCs, translation

of corporate documents

Supervision and training- supervised and trained a staff of 2-3 employees

CORPORATE CLIENTS: GoldStar, Johnson &Johnson, Mannai Telecom, Exim-Bank,

BBC Radio & Television, ABB Lummus Global, Weitz and Luxenberg, Law Offices

of Ashok Menon, Law Offices of Sergei Orel, ADF Investigation Services

COMPUTER SKILLS: working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Adobe,

Excel, Power Point, Lexis-Nexis, Concordance, West Law

LICENSES: New Jersey Notary Public

LANGUAGES: English, German, native Russian

PERSONAL SKILLS: self-motivated, self-starter, diligent, strong

organizational and interpersonal skills, proofreading skills, sense of

confidentiality, professionalism, ability to multi-task, balance workload

and work under pressure, exercise sound judgment; courteous and can-do

attitude, flexibility with overtime.

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