Anton Ivanov (lawyer)

Anton Alexandrovich Ivanov (Анто́н Алекса́ндрович Ивано́в; born 6 July 1965 in Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian lawyer, businessman, and official.

Graduated from the Law Faculty of the Leningrad State University (1987, studied in the same group with Dmitry Medvedev), postgraduate studies at the same faculty (1990), MPhil in Law (1991, thesis title: "Ownership and commodity-money relations").

Engaged in scientific activities since 1987.

Has a number of scientific works.

The widow of Anatoly Sobchak, Lyudmila Narusova, recalled: ''"I remember how in 1989, when Sobchak ran for MP mandate, this team, which included Ivanov, Medvedev, Kropachev, helped him, for example, glued leaflets and announcements on the pillars. Sobchak went against the nomenklatura, so it was a dangerous business."

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Member of the Council for the Codification and Improvement of Civil Legislation under the President of Russia.

In 1994, together with fellow students Dmitry Medvedev and Ilya Eliseev, established the consulting firm Balfort.

Since 1998 - Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Citizens Legal Education.

He was a member of the St. Petersburg City Bar.

Co-author of one of the most famous Russian textbooks on civil law (edited by A. P. Sergeev and Iu. K. Tolstoy; among co-authors are Nikolai Egorov, Ilya Eliseev, Mikhail Krotov, Dmitry Medvedev, and others), and in 2001 was awarded the prize of the Russian government in Education.

He was awarded the medal of Anatoly Koni.

He is also the academic supervisor of the Higher School of Economics Law Faculty since 2006 and the tenured professor since 2011.