Expertise

  • Asset Recovery
  • Commercial Litigation
  • International Arbitration 
  • International Insolvencies
  • Interim Remedies
  • Succession Disputes

Anna is a senior dispute resolution lawyer qualified in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), England and Wales, and Russia, focusing on complex cross-border disputes.

She has more than a decade of experience acting on cross-border commercial litigation, international arbitration, and matters related to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and other emerging markets. 

In this role, she has acted on a number of litigation proceedings in the BVI, as well as international arbitration proceedings under the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Chambers of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rules and High Court litigation proceedings in England and Wales.

Anna began her legal career in 2007 as a corporate lawyer in the Moscow office of Berwin Leighton Paisner, Goltsblat BLP (previously Pepeliaev, Goltsblat and Partners), where she represented major domestic and international clients in M&A transactions. 

After obtaining her LLM degree from Queen Mary, University of London, in 2011, she joined Stephenson Harwood as a litigation lawyer in London. She was then seconded to the London Court of International Arbitration, where she worked as Counsel. 

In this capacity, she oversaw a number of international commercial arbitrations in a wide range of industry sectors, including construction, engineering, commodities, finance, mining and energy. 

Anna went on to work in international arbitration teams at Debevoise & Plimpton and Simmons & Simmons in London. Before joining MKS Law, she was part of BVI Dispute Resolution teams at Ogier and Agon Litigation. 

Anna is regularly being appointed as an arbitrator on the London seated arbitrations.

Practice

  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
  • Higher Courts (Civil Advocacy) Qualification, England and Wales
  • Roll of Solicitors, England and Wales 
  • Solicitor Advocate, British Virgin Islands
  • Admitted in Russian Federation