As well as being an increasingly respectable voice in the in-house industry, Elena Chelembeeva is known for strong managerial qualities that have allowed her to keep efficient work during the...

Maria Cardoso has made a substantial contribution to Decathlon’s expansion and development efforts in Russia. Upon joining the Moscow office in 2013, she was given the challenging task to structure...

Maria Breeva sees ‘her ability to negotiate’ as absolutely crucial to her professional victories. As head of legal at the TSVUM Trading House in Moscow, Maria almost always operates in...

UVZ-Logistic LLC, one of the largest operators of rail freight in Russia, has undergone a period of rapid growth in recent years. Since Natalia Bondareva joined the company, the staff...

An ambitious and experienced lawyer, Stanislav Bobkov currently runs the legal department of leading European agriculture-industrial group Agroinvest. Having headed legal functions and worked for leading law firms since 1999,...

Natalya Blokhina is a brilliant lawyer that has impressed colleagues both in Russia and abroad with her ability to navigate complex real estate deals. Three transactions at Radius Group supported...

After almost 10 years at Russia’s first online retailer, Ozon Group, Nadezhda Belova has built a well-organised, generalist legal department, where lawyers also have their own personal specialisms. Beginning as...

During her career at Pallada Asset management, Julia Baru has acquired rich transactional experience. She has closed four acquisitions of non-state pension funds; completed a specialised depositary’s purchase; helped restructure...

As head of legal and M&A, Sergey Baksheev manages 12 legal employees across two separate plants at NPRO Ural, one of Russia’s leading mining businesses. Centralising the activities of legal...

Since joining Sberbank Merchant Banking from its inception in early 2011, Ruben Babayan has had the chance to work on a range of new projects. As part of a Russian...