Maria specializes in securities legislation and corporate governance matters. She has significant experience in capital markets and corporate work, having advised clients on equity and debt financing transactions, M&A deals and general corporate matters in domestic and cross-border projects. Maria also advised major international banks on Russian law implications of derivative and repo transactions based on the standard ISDA and GMRA documentation.
Maria is a graduate of the law school of the Higher School of Economics University. Before joining the firm in 2007 she worked in the Russian Federal Service for Financial Markets, the Russian securities and financial markets regulator. Maria speaks Russian
and English.