Maria Vinokurova
St Petersburg
Volynsky pereulok, 1/36
Maria advises global and Russian clients on corporate and commercial law. A significant part of Maria’s practice is focused on advising companies of a Russian nuclear corporation in connection with the implementation of various projects around the world.
Maria has a wealth of experience in assisting clients in public courts with commercial, antitrust and intellectual property disputes as well as investment arbitrations.
Maria is recommended in the area of energy and natural resources by Legal 500.
Maria has a wealth of experience in assisting clients in public courts with commercial, antitrust and intellectual property disputes as well as investment arbitrations.
Maria is recommended in the area of energy and natural resources by Legal 500.
Education
Academy for Arbitrators of the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration, Graduate, 2024
St Petersburg University, Master of Civil Law, 2018
St Petersburg University, Bachelor of Jurisprudence, 2016
St Petersburg University, Master of Civil Law, 2018
St Petersburg University, Bachelor of Jurisprudence, 2016
Languages
English
Russian
Russian
Summary profile
Experience
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Assisting sellers with a transaction relating to the sale of a group of retail companies to a strategic investor at a price not exceeding USD150 million
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Representing the purchaser, a major Russian industrial company, in a transaction governed by English law involving the acquisition of 100% shareholding in a joint-stock company from American and Polish sellers
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Advising a Russian mining company in connection with the implementation of a complex transaction involving the acquisition of stakes in a Russian mining company from Cypriot shareholders
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Advising a company managing alternative investment funds in connection with the scheduled sale of a portion of its business in Russia and the redomiciliation of the group companies
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Conducting comprehensive due diligence of the operations of Russian manufacturing companies and companies operating in the field of retail, advertising and online marketing within the framework of contemplated M&A transactions
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Successful support of an investment dispute worth over USD500 million for the benefit of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania considered by the International Arbitration Court at the Permanent Court of Arbitration upon the claim of the Russian Fund for the Protection of Investors’ Rights in Foreign Countries on the basis of the Bilateral Investment Treaty between Lithuania and the Russian Federation
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Advising a client on the defence strategy in a cross-border multijurisdictional dispute with former business partners
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Advising an international industrial company and assessing the prospects for a potential dispute under bilateral investment treaties concluded by Russia with Switzerland and the Netherlands
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Representing a household product manufacturer in disputes regarding the protection of exclusive rights initiated by a competitor company in several courts all over Russia
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Advising a company of the largest Russian energy holding company on a broad range of issues arising in connection with the implementation of projects in Hungary, Finland, Kazakhstan, Egypt, India, Bolivia and China; assisting with opening branches of the Rosatom Group companies abroad, including in Europe and the Middle East, as well as legal analysis of contracts concluded by nuclear companies with foreign suppliers, including on nuclear liability issues
Publications
- An article entitled “Formulating Arbitration Clauses in M&A Transactions: What to Consider in the Current Russian Reality?” in a collection of articles entitled “New Horizons of Arbitration. Issue 8” (2025)
- An article entitled “Notarial Certificaton of Resolutions of a General Shareholders Meeting and those of a Sole Shareholder: Before and After 25 December 2019” in the EZh-Yurist newspaper (2025)
- Co-auther of Overviews of Judicial Practice on Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation Issues released by the working group of the Russian Arbitration Association on a regular basis
- Participating in the drafting of the Women, Business and the Law 2022 report
Presentations
- Russian Arbitration Day conference, subject of the speech: Formulating Arbitration Clauses in M&A Transactions: What to Consider in the Current Russian Reality, 2025
- “Legal Results 2023” conference, St Petersburg International Business Association, subject of the speech: Exit of Foreign Investors from Russian Assets: Trends and Key Terms of Transactions, 15 February 2024
- 9th Corporate Session of Legal, Corporate and Property Service Units of Organisations of Rosatom’s Machine-Building Division, subject of the speech: International Sanctions: General Overview and their Impact on the Performance of Contracts, 13 October 2022
Career
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2023-present
Senior Associate, Denuo (St Petersburg) -
2022-23
Associate, Denuo (St Petersburg) -
2016-22
Associate, DLA Piper (St Petersburg) -
2015-16
Associate, CLC, (St Petersburg)
Professional memberships
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St Petersburg International Business Association
Co-Head of the Legal Committee -
Russian Arbitration Association
Member of a Working Group
Teaching experience
St Petersburg University
Guest lecturer in an M&A course, master’s degree programme on Transnational Legal Practice (in English)
St Petersburg University
Students’ research adviser for the master’s degree programme on Transnational Legal Practice (in English)
