Valeria Obukhova

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Valeria Obukhova
Senior Associate
Valeria Obukhova
Valeria Obukhova Senior Associate valeria.obukhova@denuo.legal
Moscow
Leontievsky pereulok, 25
Valeria Obukhova advises on matters related to the exercise of supervisory powers and the provision of public services by government authorities, as well as on the development, review and adoption of regulatory legal acts at both the legislative and departmental levels.

Valeria’s experience includes advising private investors and state-owned companies in the transport, aviation and healthcare sectors.

Valeria has been ranked by Pravo-300 in the “PPP/Infrastructure Projects” category (2024).
Education
Russian School of Private Law, Master’s Degree in Jurisprudence, 2019

HSE University, Bachelor’s Degree in Jurisprudence, 2017

Westphalian Wilhelm University (now University of Münster), student exchange programme, 2016

Languages
English
German
Russian

Experience

  • Advising a Russian leasing company on a federal concession for the financing, design, construction and operation of Russia’s first high-speed railroad on the Moscow – St Petersburg route
  • Advising a lender on the project financing of the creation and operation of a streetcar network along the “Kupchino metro station – Shushary settlement – Slavyanka” route in St Petersburg on the basis of a concession agreement
  • Advising a concessionaire on the approval by the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District of a concession agreement for the design, creation and operation of an airport complex in the city of Salekhard, Russia
  • Advising a concessionaire on the financing, construction and operation of public railway infrastructure from Cape Lazarev to Cape Pogibi in Russia
  • Advising a concessionaire on the project for the construction and operation of a section of the Europe – Western China international road transportation corridor
  • Advising a private investor on structuring a project for the financing, construction and operation of the Lavna coal transshipment complex at the Murmansk seaport in Russia
  • Advising a lender on a project to finance the creation, reconstruction, modernisation and operation of infrastructure facilities at Russia’s Blagoveshchensk International Airport (Ignatievo) for servicing international and domestic airlines on the basis of a concession agreement
  • Advising a lender on a private concession initiative for the design, construction and toll-based operation of the Omsk Northern Bypass motorway
  • Advising a client on the preparation of amendments to Federal Law No. 44-FZ in relation to life-cycle contracts

Publications

  • Author of the article “Volition-substituting judicial decision: key provisions” published in Tsivilistika (2022)

Career

  • 2025-present

    Senior Associate, Denuo (Moscow)
  • 2022-25

    Associate, Nikolskaya Consulting (Moscow)
  • 2020-22

    Private Practice Lawyer (Moscow)
  • 2019-20

    Associate, EPAM (Moscow)
  • 2019

    Paralegal, Vegas Lex (Moscow)