Focuses on corporate and securities transactions, cross-border deals, and the Russian legislative and regulatory system.
Extensive experience in representing leading Russian companies in high-profile and complex cross-border projects, as well as in major joint ventures in the energy sector.
Member of the firm’s compensation committee.

Natalia focuses on corporate and securities transactions, cross-border deals in Russia, and the Russian legislative and regulatory system. She represents clients on a broad range of corporate, finance and capital markets matters.

She advises both Russian and international companies regarding their investments in Commonwealth of Independent States countries and in Central and Eastern Europe.

Representative Work

Advised LUKOIL on a wide range of matters, including:

The first listing of the Russian shares on the London Stock Exchange including sale of an interest owned by the federal government.
The first initial public offering (IPO) of American Depository Receipts (ADRs) on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
Joint venture with ConocoPhillips to develop oil and gas assets in the northern territories of Russia valued in excess of $10 billion.
$71-million acquisition of Getty Petroleum Marketing, the first acquisition of a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)-listed company by a Russian company
$1.45-billion sale of 100 percent of the shares in JSC Arkhangelskgeoldobycha Diamond Mining Company, one of Russia’s largest diamond miners.

$2.05-billion acquisition of 100 percent interest in oil company Samara-Nafta from Hess Corporation.
Up to $1-billion project financing to finance further development of the Shah Deniz gas field (Phase 2) in the South Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan.
$1.1-billion sale of its 50 percent stake in Caspian Investments Resources Ltd. to China-based Sinopec.
$500-million financing for the Gissar gas fields in Uzbekistan. The financing made possible a project that led to production levels of five billion cubic meters of gas per year, generated by 37 producing wells.
A Rule 144/Regulation S offering of $1-billion, 10-year 4.750 percent notes by LUKOIL International Finance B.V. and guaranteed by PJSC “LUKOIL.”

"She knows how to meet the company's expectations."

Chambers Global, 2021

Languages
Russian
English
French

Education
LL.M., University of Illinois College of Law
D.L., Moscow University, summa cum laude, 1983

Bar Admissions
Registered Legal Consultant in New York

Recognitions

Euromoney’s Expert Guide: Women in Business Law, Leading Practitioner: Energy and Natural Resources, Russia, 2017 to 2021.
IFLR1000 Women Leaders, Leading Female Transactional Lawyer in the World, 2017 to 2021.
The Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year for Energy and Natural Resources Law, 2021.
The Best Lawyers in Russia, Energy and Natural Resources, M&A, Corporate Law, Investment, Government Relations, 2009 to 2021.
Chambers Global, Chambers Europe and The Legal 500 EMEA, Leading Lawyer in Corporate and Energy Sectors, Russia.
Who’s Who Legal, Energy, 2017 - 2021.
Acritas, Acritas Star, 2019.