Team Leader | Corporate Services in Hong Kong
Evelina Kail
Civil Law | International Private Law | Civil Litigation | Contract Law | Commercial Law | Commercial Litigation | International Investment Disputes
Evelina is Team Leader of Corporate Services in Hong Kong at White Square.
She specialises in advising leading companies and private clients on a full range of legal and corporate matters in the UAE. She passed July 2025 New York bar exam, soon to be admitted to practice
Prior to joining White Square, Evelina worked as an associate attorney in private practice in New York City and practiced civil litigation primarily in the judicial districts of New York City and Brooklyn.
Selected experience and clients
International companies and private clients in connection with:
- company in corporation and corporate administration in the UAE and Hong Kong;
- assistance with obtaining regulatory approvals and licenses from UAE government authorities, including the Security Industry Regulatory Agency, Dubai Healthcare Authority, Dubai Maritime Authority, VARA, and other competent authorities;
- opening corporate and personal bank accounts in the UAE and Hong Kong;
- tax registration of companies in the UAE, as well as accounting and audit support in the UAE and Hong Kong;
- employment and labor matters, including hiring, transfer, and termination of employees, processing of visas and work permits, arrangement of individual and group medical insurance plans, and support with other employment-related matters in the UAE and Hong Kong.
Assistance with company liquidations in the UAE, including voluntary and creditors’ liquidations; ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements in the UAE and Hong Kong and supporting clients during AML reviews and inspections
Leading Russian energy company in connection with structuring and ongoing support of a group of companies in Hong Kong
Major infrastructure construction company in connection with corporate support of the group’s operations in mainland Dubai, UAE
Assistance to a group of proprietary trading companies in ADGM and Hong Kong
Corporate support of a venture capital fund in DWTC
Support of personal matters of top executives of the largest Russian oil and gas companies, banks, industrial and infrastructure holdings
Russian law firm representing clients in commercial matters, in connection with representing a client before the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
Leading Russian enterprise engaged in the development and production of high-efficiency boiler equipment under its own brand, doing business with companies such as Gazprom, Lukoil, NIPIGAZ, Surgutneftegaz, Russian Railways, and other enterprises in Russia and worldwide, in connection with commercial litigation, contract practice, and regulatory compliance
New York–based law office providing legal support for civil litigation matters, from the pre-trial stage through final resolution by court proceedings or alternative dispute resolution, including extensive practice in international private law
Market Recognition
Education
Higher School of Economics
University of Maine School of Law
Languages
russian - native
english - fluent
