Anastasia specializes in international trade and commercial issues, including export-import regulations, customs legislation, export control, local (domestic) licensing, regulatory requirements (certification, state registration, etc.), as well as international trade restrictions, sanctions, various compliance issues, marking/labelling.
Advised on structuring and implementing a series of transactions for a major restructuring of a leading energy group in response to sanctions, including supporting the process of obtaining necessary foreign approvals and drafting transactional documents.
Provided legal support for a major asset sale by a leading market research company, including analysis of existing contractual relationships and potential restructuring strategies from the perspective of sanctions, countersanctions and regulatory risks.
Provided comprehensive support to the world's largest supplier of crop protection products and seeds in developing a strategy for an asset swap transaction with a Russian bank, including advising on potentially applicable sanctions regulations, the execution of the transaction, obtaining approval from the Governmental Commission.
Advised a major investment group on various aspects of conducting business in Russia, including sanctions status analysis, submission to Belgian regulatory authorities (including judicial bodies), including a detailed justification of the authority's lack of competence/jurisdiction to block funds, and providing ongoing project support.
Successfully defended a contractual sanctions compliance clause in a precedent-setting court case, in which our team represented a Russian subsidiary of a well-known Swedish manufacturer of mining equipment in a claim brought by one of the companies of the UMMC group. The dispute was over the collection of a contractual penalty charged for the non-delivery of certain equipment manufactured in Europe. The defense developed by our team was based on a sanction’s compliance clause in the parties’ contract, according to which the supplier cannot be held liable for breach of the contact and can exit the deal in the event of sanctions-related restrictions impeding delivery.
On behalf of a French manufacturer of electrical products and solutions for electrical and information networks, analyzed the supply chains of goods to Russia for violations of US and EU sanctions and export control laws.
Structured loan and set-off transactions for a number of international companies (a major Swiss car manufacturer and a Finnish rubber products manufacturer), with regard to foreign sanctions compliance risks, Russian countermeasures and currency control restrictions.
Supported a Russian subsidiary of the global heavy lifting and transportation company in a criminal case related to alleged violation by the company of the temporary import regime while supplying and using equipment for construction projects in Russia.
Education
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Completion of a Doctoral Program, 2023.
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Master of Laws with Honours, 2020.
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Bachelor of Law with Honours, 2018.
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