is a partner in the largest independent foreign-owned Russian-based law firm, Hellevig, Klein & Usov. He is also a Director at the Independent Directors Association, and co-owner of Avenir Accounting company & Avenir Recruitment, as well as acting Legal Editor for Passport Magazine. Professor Klein has also worked as an investment officer for an Austrian-based Siemen's owned adventure capital company that was going public and other corporate and legal roles in various companies and countries including New York's IP law firm, Pennie & Edmonds. He has a law degree from NYLS, an MBA from London Business School and a mechanical engineering degree from Washington Univeristy. Professor Klein also speaks, Russian, French, Spanish and Czech. He teaches Securities Regulation and other courses at Pericles.