Yana Dianova
GRATA International Law Firm
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Biography
Yana Dianova graduated from the International Law faculty of the Moscow State Institute of the International Relations (University) with the specialist degree in International Law and EU Law.
Yana also holds MBA degree in Management and Business Law from the Moscow International Higher School of Business (MIRBIS) and
LL.M Corporate Finance Law degree from the University of Westminster.
Yana is a counsel with GRATA International Law Firm, Corporate and Commercial Law practice, since 2013 and prior to joining it she worked as an associate with Squire Sanders international law firm’s Moscow office, an associate at the Tax and Legal Department of Mazars and an in-house counsel at Nissan Motor Rus.
Practices:
Commercial Law
Corporate Law
Data Privacy
Intellectual Property
Mergers and Acquisitions
Practice Areas
- Communications & Internet Law
- Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Intellectual Property
Additional Practice Areas
- Corporate Law
- Data Privacy
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Russian Federation
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Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
- French: Spoken, Written
- Russian: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Counsel, Corporate and Commercial Law practice
- GRATA International Law Firm
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- Corporate Law, M&A and financing transactions: • establishment and reorganization of legal entities, opening of branches and representative offices; • due diligence of Russian legal entities; • full legal support of M&A transactions, including review of a transaction structuring, drafting and negotiating sale and purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements and other transaction documents; • review of financial transaction documents in terms of compliance with Russian law, issuing legal opinions. Commercial Law and Compliance: • advising on antitrust and personal data protection compliance; • advising on state registration and confirmation of conformity in Russia of various goods; • advising on compliance of advertising and marketing materials and events; • development/reviewing of distribution, sale and purchase, agency, works, services and other agreements, as well as commercial policies with a view of antitrust law and tax authorities requirements
- Associate
- Squire Sanders (Moscow) LLC
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- Corporate and Finance practice, with the focus on mergers&acquisitions, private equity, life science and commercial law. Representative experience: M&A and investments projects: • represented a major investment fund in connection with acquisition of a minority stake in a Russian broadcasting company; • represented a Russian state corporation in connection with its investment projects (i.e. drafting investment, shareholders’ and security agreements, conducting and supervising due diligence); • represented a private equity fund in connection with acquisition of shares of a Russian bank (i.e. drafting the shares sale purchase and shares pledge agreements); • represented an investment fund in connection with its joint venture with a Russian construction holding (drafting shareholders’ and financing agreements, preparing corporate approvals); • advised a private equity fund in connection with sale of participatory interests in a Russian LLC (review and negotiating the sale purchase agreement); • due diligence of Russia-based companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions and joint venture projects of Russian and non-Russian investors; Finance: • represented a Czech bank in connection with granting EUR 141 million facility to a Russian company; • represented a private equity fund in connection with mezzanine financing of a group of companies (i.e. drafting security agreements); • represented a Russian bank in connection with assignments of the rights of claim under loan agreements (review of the assignment agreements and drafting legal opinions). Regulatory and commercial: • Advised a Russian subsidiary of a major international pharmaceutical company in connection with its commercial contracts and other business operations in Russia (secondment); • Advised a major international sportswear manufacturer on regulatory compliance in connection with import of its products in Russia; • Advised an international provider of design, production and support of innovative solutions services in aerospace and defense on anticorruption compliance under Russia law; • Advised the world leading manufacturer in grooved and plain-end mechanical pipe joining systems on distribution and other contractual issues.
- Lawyer (Tax and Legal department)
- Mazars
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- Representative experience: • due diligence of Russian FMCG group of companies, subsidiaries of foreign manufacturing companies; • advised a major international automotive group of companies on structuring of contractual relations; • advised a medical equipment manufacturer on legal and tax aspects of import of its products in Russia; • advised a European tourist operator on legal and tax aspects of its activity in Russia.
- Legal Officer
- Nissan Motor Rus LLC
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- Representative experience: • developed model agreements (e.g. supply, services and marketing research) and internal regulations (e.g. Commercial Secret, Personal Data Processing); • due diligence of Russian companies - candidates for dealership; • advised on marketing and advertising issues (i.e. reviewed draft advertisements); • drafted, reviewed and negotiated agreements under Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh law.
Education
- University of Westminster
- LL.M. (2013) | Corporate Finance Law
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- Moscow International Higher School of Business (MIRBIS)
- MBA | Management and Business Law
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- Moscow State Institute of the International Relations (MGIMO)
- Specialist in International Law and the EU Law (2002)
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- International Comparative Legal Guide to Data Protection 2017: Russia
- International Comparative Legal Guides
- International Comparative Legal Guide to Franchise 2017: Russia
- The International Comparative Legal Guides
- International Comparative Legal Guide to Data Protection 2016: Russia
- International Comparative Legal Guides
Speaking Engagements
- The novelties in the Federal Law 'On the Fundamentals of State Regulation of Trade Activities in the Russian Federation' (the Trading Activities Law) and the Code of the Russian Federation on the Administrative Offenses, as well as to the courts’ practice, Safeguarding Competition in the Domain of Trade Activities in Russia, Kazan city, Russia
- the Federal Antitrust Service of the Russian Federation (FAS Russia)
- http://www.gratanet.com/en/news/details/fas_event_russia_sep2016
Certifications
- DELF B2 certificate
- Chamber of Commerce of France
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