Evgeny Maslennikov, Founder and CEO

Born and raised in Moscow, Russia, Evgeny obtained his first law degree from Lomonosov Moscow State University where he concentrated on English and American law and Legal History. This degree culminated in a thesis on the origins of the precedent system in common law researched and written at Oxford University and the London School of Economics between 2004 and 2008. Evgeny started his professional career in 2007 as a lawyer at Noerr LLP, a top 10 European law firm and the 2nd largest German law firm with headquarters in Munich, Germany. Evgeny’s practice included domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, antitrust (competition) law, corporate and regulatory law. He advised Daimler, Siemens, Google, AMD, Motorola, Alcoa, Flextronics, Komatsu, McDonalds, Siemens, Alcoa, Beam Global, among other American and European corporations and investment groups on numerous transactional and compliance matters in Russia, Europe, and around the world. While at Noerr, Evgeny has published articles and book chapters on corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, antitrust law, and other business subjects. In 2013 Evgeny obtained a Master of Laws from the University of Chicago Law School, where he concentrated on business and finance and received an outstanding service award. In addition, he completed 2 more years of graduate studies at the University of Chicago in the fields of business, finance, management, and American culture. Evgeny continued his career in Chicago with several private equity groups where he analyzed hundreds and contributed to tens of investment mandates. After founding HPIS in 2015, Evgeny moved to New York City and studied accounting before dedicating himself fully to the role at the company. His time is now spent between running HPIS and several other business and research ventures.