foreign borrowers; regulation of foreign sovereign borrowers’ accounts and management of Russian sovereign wealth funds.) In 2006 Shumkov together with Oleg Kutafin, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, initiated the establishment of centers of pro bono legal assistance. As of 1 July 2015, 756 standing centers have been founded in Russia, where during 2011-2015 free qualified legal assistance was provided to more than 400 000 people. Within the framework of the project Shumkov sponsored the construction and instrumentation of two situation centers of legal initiatives at Lomonosov Moscow State and Kutafin Moscow State Law universities, by means of his charity fund. The fund also sponsored the legal clinic of Saint Petersburg State University. From 2012 until his death in late 2015, Shumkov was the Chairperson of the Council of the Centre of Legal Initiatives (CLI). In accordance with the Russian Federation Presidential Decree of 17 July 2012 №1796, the functions prescribed to the CLI include the collection and generalization of suggestions for improvement of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation together with presenting monthly reports on their achievability to the President. Shumkov initiated the project of Opening centers for studying Russian law abroad. From the early 2000's Shumkov invested in various development projects. One of such projects was reconstruction of a number of buildings in Kitaigorodsky proezd and Varvarka street. They constitute a significant part of the unique park Zaryadye, which is being constructed on the site of the former hotel Rossiya. Shumkov was a co-owner of the Moscow Olympic Stadium (Olimpiyskiy). He was also a hi-tech industry investor. He owned a block of shares in the Moscow Internet Exchange (MSK-IX) and the Content Delivery Network (CDN) at NGINX. Mr. Shumkov was a co-owner of the deposit Norilsk-1 (Russian Platinum). Professional engagement From 1992 to 1999, Shumkov worked for the prosecution authorities of the Russian Federation. In 1999, he founded the legal firm Pravokom, which provided legal services to leading companies in the fuel and energy sector. From 1999 until his death in late 2015 he was a professor at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) in the department of Public Administration and Legal Coverage of Civil and Municipal Services. In 2005 the legal firms Pravokom and Yurakademia: Kutafin & Partners merged into the law firm known as "Law Group", wherein Shumkov became the Chairman of the Partnership Committee. Law Group was