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Dr Maria Brakalova
Work Department
Competition and Antitrust
Position
Dr. Maria Brakalova is a partner in Dentons’ Berlin office and a member of the Competition, Antitrust and Regulatory Practice and of the Public Procurement Practice. She focuses mainly on foreign trade law and public procurement law.
Maria advises on export control matters, appearing before regulatory authorities in Germany. She supports clients in setting up or improving their internal export control compliance organization. She also advises clients on the practical implications of EU/German as well as US sanctions on transactions relating to Russia, Venezuela, Iran and other sanctioned countries. Another major area of Maria’s expertise in foreign trade law relates to German foreign direct investment control (FDI control). She supports foreign investors and German targets on the implications of FDI control on M&A transactions and prepares the clearance process, closely interacting with the Federal Ministry for Economics and Energy.
Maria is chairwoman of the working committee “Foreign Trade/Export Control” of the German Institute for Compliance (DICO).
Apart from her foreign trade law expertise, Maria has substantial expertise in public procurement law. She advises bidders in public procurement procedures, in particular in the IT, healthcare and energy sectors and supports contracting authorities and sector contracting entities regarding the preparation and the execution of public procurement procedures, as well as with regard to specific procurement law issues.
In addition, Maria advises national and international companies and trade associations on anti-corruption law compliance issues.
Career
- Partner, Dentons, Berlin, 2021 to date
- Counsel, Dentons, Berlin, 2016-2021
- Senior associate, Dentons, Berlin, 2013-2016
- Associate, Dentons (formerly Salans), Berlin, 2007-2013
- Research assistant at the office of a Member of the German Bundestag, 2004-2006
- Research assistant, WilmerHale, 2000-2004
Memberships
- Chairwoman of the working committee „Foreign Trade/Export Control” of the German Institute for Compliance (DICO).
- Member, DVNW Deutsches Vergabenetzwerk
- Member, Forum Vergabe e. V.
Education
Admitted to the bar, Germany, 2007
Freie Universität Berlin, 2007, Dr. iur.
Legal clerkship, 2005-2007, Berlin and Geneva
Freie Universität Berlin, 2002, Legal studies
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
Dentons‘ team impresses with expertise in investment and merger control, which is regularly requested by large corporations in international M&A transactions and joint ventures. Here, FDI expert Maria Brakalova advises clients on German and international foreign trade law matters; she is also experienced in related proceedings and investigations. Other mainstays are export control and sanctions law, where Julia Pfeil is a key contact for economic relations between China, Russia, Europe and the US. Pfeil is the sole practice head, former co-head and compliance expert Andreas Haak joined Pinsent Masons Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Solicitors Partnerschaft mbB in late 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Compliance > Compliance
- Industry focus > Energy
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Antitrust
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Public sector > State aid
- Capital markets > Structured finance and securitisation
- Industry focus > Telecoms
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Tax
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Information technology > Data protection
- Employment
- Private equity > Transactions