Anna is a dispute resolution lawyer qualified in British Virgin Islands (BVI), England and Wales and Russia. She has more than 10 years’ experience acting on cross-border commercial litigation, international arbitration, matters related to Commonwealth of Independent States and other emerging markets. Anna recently passed her exam for Higher Rights of Audience and is qualified as a Solicitor Advocate.

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Anna’s practice focuses on complex cross-border disputes. She acted on a number of litigation proceedings in BVI, international arbitration proceedings under the LCIA, the ICC, the UNCITRAL, ICSID rules and High Court litigation proceedings in England and Wales.

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Anna started 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 LL.M degree with Queen Mary, University of London in 2011, she joined Stephenson Harwood as a litigation lawyer in London. Anna was seconded by Stephenson Harwood to 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 Agon Litigation, she was part of BVI Dispute Resolution team at Ogier.