Leonid Bandorin

Leonid Evgenyevich Bandorin (Леонид Евгеньевич Бандорин; 4 January 1975) is a candidate of Juridical Science, Teaching Assistant in the Department of Environmental and Land Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Law. He was born on January 4, 1975 in Moscow.

Education
He entered the Faculty of Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1992 and successfully graduated in 1997.

He studied at the graduate school part-time in the Department of Environmental and Land Law of the abovementioned faculty from 1997 to 2001.

He defended the candidate’s dissertation on “Permitted Use of Land Plots” (thesis supervisor – Professor A.K. Golichenkov) on December 14, 2011. The defense took place at the Faculty of Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Career
He worked in the Department of Moscow Government Minister on the issues of natural resource management and environmental protection as principal specialist, chief specialist, and advisor from 1997 to 2000. He was in a post as a consulting expert for the state institution Center for Execution of Works and Provision of Services on Environmental Protection from 2000 to 2002.

He served as leading legal counsel and deputy director of the Reforms in Real Estate Industry activities at the Institute for Urban Economics Foundation from December 2002 to January 2010. He dealt with issues of town-planning legislation, land law, and real estate market development.

Mr. Bandorin has been Director of the Department of Normative Maintenance and Development of Self-regulation, National Association of Constructors (hourly job), since January 2010.

He worked at the Russian Federation Financial Academy in the capacity of senior academic (hourly job), where he lectured on Russian Law Basics and the Legal Regulation of Entrepreneurship from 1998 to 2001.

He worked at the Faculty of Law of the National Research University Higher School of Economics from 2002 to 2006, where he lectured on Environmental Law. He has been working for the Department of Environmental and Land Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Law since September 1, 2006. He gives practical courses on land law and environmental law.

Scientific activity
Leonid Bandorin has been a regular participant at academic conferences on issues of environmental and land law since 1997 (“Sofrinskie” conferences, schools of young academic lawyers, etc.).

He served as a specialist group manager within the framework of carrying out administrative reform in 2002.

He is a Contribution to the Development of Russia nomination winner (the Gold Tower Award) for elaborating legal foundation in delimitation of matters of authority and power between federal agencies, state government bodies of the Russian Federation constituent entities, and self-governing authorities (2002).

He has substantial experience in law-drafting activities on the federal level.

He was a member of teams preparing the Russian Federation Water Code projects (2002) and the Russian Federation Forestry Code projects (2002–2003).

He was a member of the team developing the so-called “package of federal laws on formation of the affordable housing market” (25 bills altogether, including the Russian Federation Urban Planning Code and Housing Code) from September 2003 to December 2004.

Mr. Bandorin is a regular participant of methodological, practical, and educational seminars in the field of land-property and urban relations.

He provided legal support for implementation of the Affordable and Comfortable Housing for Citizens of Russia national project in 2005 and 2006, including preparation of the federal law “On Making Amendments to the Russian Federation Urban Planning Code and Several Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” of 18.12.06 #232–FL.

He took part in forming the normative legal base in the field of urban development regulation in the Russian Federation constituent entities (Samara region and Republic of Tatarstan) and municipal formations, including land use and construction rules preparation (in Perm and Ekaterinburg).

He was awarded a diploma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly State Duma for active participation in preparation of federal laws on the formation of the affordable housing market in 2005.

He was awarded a diploma of the Industrial Business and Trade Association of the Russian Federation for his substantial contribution to the development of the construction system in Russia in 2011.

At present time, Leonid Bandorin is a member of the Council of Experts on Land Relations under the Committee on Land Relations and Construction of the State Duma and a member of the Council of Experts on Urban Development Activities under the Committee on Land Relations and Construction of the State Duma.

Publications
He has been a member of the Russia’s Lawyers Association since 2008, as well as the author of more than 60 publications in academic periodicals and journals (including commentaries to legislation and study guides), for instance:
 * “Problems of Choosing the Type of Permitted Use of a Land Plot from Zoned Territories” // Environmental law. 2011. # 3. P.12–18;
 * A commentary to Chapter 6.1 of the Russian Federation Urban Planning Code // L.E. Bandorin, D.B. Katkov, E.L. Kovaleva, and others. М.: 2011. – 332 с.;
 * “Self-regulation in the Field of Construction: Questions and Answers: Study Guide” // L.E. Bandorin, D.B. Katkov, E.V. Korchigo, S.V. Pugachev. М.: 2010. – 80 p.;
 * “Self-regulation as an Element of Security in Construction” // Bulletin of the National Association of Constructors. # 4. 2010. P. 56–66;
 * A commentary to the Russian Federation Urban Planning Code. “Answers to Complicated Questions Related to Urban Planning Activities” // E.K. Trutnev, L.E. Bandorin; Urban Economics Institute Fund. М.: Publisher Prospect, 2010. – 744 p.;
 * “Land Use and Building ABC. Luminous Exposition of Land Use and Building Rules in Perm” // L. Bandorin, E. Trutnev. – «Verno» RC, 2009. – 51 p.;
 * “Improving the Russian Federation Legislation in the Field of Regulation and Protection of Indigenous Ethnic Groups’ Land Rights” // Environmental law. 2008. # 5. P. 23–28;
 * “Directions and Objectives of the Environmental Legislation Development in Moscow” // Environmental law. 2008. # 2. P. 20–23;
 * “Municipal Administration in the Field of Environmental Protection (Legislation and Application Practice)” // edited by M.I. Vasilieva. – М.: Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, 2007. – 152 p. (Chapter 3);
 * “Indigenous Ethnic Groups’ Native Habitat, Environment, and Challenges of Protection of Environmental Rights” // Environmental law. 2007. # 5. С. 19–23;
 * “Legal Issues of Demarcation and Transforming Residential Areas” – М.: «Urban Economics Institute» Fund, 2006. – 124 p.;
 * “Central Link of the Housing Reform” // Law. # 6. 2005. P.76–82;
 * “Conflict Issues of Built-up Land Plots Privatization” // Conflict Negotiation in Economics. М.: «Tisso» Publisher. 2003. P. 184–190;
 * “Topical Issues of Legal Regulation of the Environmental Pollution Fee” // Environmental law. # 4. 2003. P.47–50;
 * “Formation of the Environmental Legislation of Moscow” // Ecological Herald of Moscow. 1999. # 3. P. 5.

Leonid Bandorin, Candidate of Juridical Sciences and Teaching Assistant, is mentioned by 42 sources in databases of the ConsultantPlus reference system and in 34 sources of Garant. He is a member of the First International Interactive Juridical Portal URISTI.TV.