Anastasia Simonova
Senior Associate
Anastasia specialises in complex legal support of large cross-border and domestic M&A transactions (high market), business and asset restructuring, as well as advising clients on corporate law and governance issues.
Anastasia also specialises in supporting complex commercial, corporate and investment disputes, including disputes in international commercial and investment arbitrations and state courts, specialises in projects requiring coordination of arbitration and litigation in several jurisdictions simultaneously, develops complex strategies at pre-trial or early stages of proceedings.
Anastasia has experience in supporting disputes under the rules of ICAC at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, RAC, Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, ICC, LCIA, SCC, SIAC, HKIAC, DIAC, UNCITRAL, etc., in support of recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in foreign countries.
Included in the list of arbitrators of the International Court of Arbitration ‘Chamber of Arbitrators at the Union of Lawyers’.
Anastasia also specialises in supporting complex commercial, corporate and investment disputes, including disputes in international commercial and investment arbitrations and state courts, specialises in projects requiring coordination of arbitration and litigation in several jurisdictions simultaneously, develops complex strategies at pre-trial or early stages of proceedings.
Anastasia has experience in supporting disputes under the rules of ICAC at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, RAC, Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, ICC, LCIA, SCC, SIAC, HKIAC, DIAC, UNCITRAL, etc., in support of recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in foreign countries.
Included in the list of arbitrators of the International Court of Arbitration ‘Chamber of Arbitrators at the Union of Lawyers’.
Education
Anastasia graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University with a Bachelor's degree with honours, obtained an LL.M with merit in International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London, and completed postgraduate studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.
She is also a graduate of the course ‘Negotiations in Action: A Practical Approach to Negotiations’ Davis Centre at Harvard University, Moscow School of Management, Skolkovo.
She is also a graduate of the course ‘Negotiations in Action: A Practical Approach to Negotiations’ Davis Centre at Harvard University, Moscow School of Management, Skolkovo.
Academic activities
Anastasia is a lecturer at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, supervisor of a number of research papers and author of scientific publications.
For two years in a row, students of the Corporate and Private International Law programme at the National Research University Higher School of Economics recognised Anastasia's course International Intellectual Property Law as the best in the category ‘Usefulness of the course for broadening of horizons and diversified development’
Anastasia is also an arbitrator and coach of teams participating in mootcourts. In 2024 this year, the final of the VII national V.P. Mozolin Corporate Dispute Arbitration Competition was won by a team from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, coached by Anastasia.
For two years in a row, students of the Corporate and Private International Law programme at the National Research University Higher School of Economics recognised Anastasia's course International Intellectual Property Law as the best in the category ‘Usefulness of the course for broadening of horizons and diversified development’
Anastasia is also an arbitrator and coach of teams participating in mootcourts. In 2024 this year, the final of the VII national V.P. Mozolin Corporate Dispute Arbitration Competition was won by a team from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, coached by Anastasia.
projects
Selected project experience
Проект
Corporate law
Клиент
Описание
Represented a minority shareholder in two corporate disputes in Seychelles.
Advised an oil company on structuring a holding company to combine control over assets in the Middle East and South America.
Advising an agricultural holding company on the selection of a jurisdiction for opening a company.
Advising a family office on the corporate and tax aspects of opening a fund with AIFC and ADGM.
Advising a family office on corporate and tax aspects of opening a multi family office in Qatar.
Advising a pharmaceutical company on corporate law issues for business development in Indonesia.
Advised an oil company on structuring a holding company to combine control over assets in the Middle East and South America.
Advising an agricultural holding company on the selection of a jurisdiction for opening a company.
Advising a family office on the corporate and tax aspects of opening a fund with AIFC and ADGM.
Advising a family office on corporate and tax aspects of opening a multi family office in Qatar.
Advising a pharmaceutical company on corporate law issues for business development in Indonesia.
Проект
International commercial arbitration
Клиент
Описание
Participation in the preparation of written submissions to represent an investor in an investment dispute under the Rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Additional Facility (ICSID AF).
Developing an enforcement strategy for the enforcement of the judgement in various jurisdictions in the investment dispute over expropriation of metallurgical assets under the UNICITRAL Rules.
Representing a client in a dispute under SCC rules in connection with the provision of equipment commissioning services
Representing a Russian contractor in a dispute in arbitration under ICC rules.
Developing an enforcement strategy for the enforcement of the judgement in various jurisdictions in the investment dispute over expropriation of metallurgical assets under the UNICITRAL Rules.
Representing a client in a dispute under SCC rules in connection with the provision of equipment commissioning services
Representing a Russian contractor in a dispute in arbitration under ICC rules.