Maria's main focus is large and complex M&As, both public and private. She has extensive private capital advisory experience and funds expertise.
Since 2002 she has successfully led the teams assisting clients with a number of high-profile mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in a variety of sectors from energy to retail, from tech to development and construction. She has extensive experience advising private equity investors and consortiums.
Maria excels in structuring the most complex deals, and is a good negotiator. Her broad caseload also includes corporate restructurings, carve-outs, representing clients in corporate disputes, advising clients on option programmes and significant commercial contracts.Having been ro secondment to VISA International, she gained expertise in fintech and payments space.
Maria speaks Russian and English and has a basic knowledge of German.