Svetlana Lebedeva

Practice areas

• Arbitration and civil litigation.
• Business and civil law.
• Bankruptcy.
• Corporate law.
• Antitrust/competition law.
• Intellectual property law.
• Information technology.
• Franchising.

Education

• 2012: Professional development course "Special Aspects of HR Documentation and Record-Keeping"
• 2006-2011: Law Faculty, Kemerovo State University

Regular participant in legal seminars and webinars

Professional achievements

Featured in international legal rankings:

• Best Lawyers (USA): "Insolvency and Reorganization" (2020-2021), "Commercial Law" (2021)
• Legal 500 (UK): "TMT" (2021)
• Rossiyskaya Gazeta (Russia): "Corporate Law" (2023-2024)
• Pravo-300 (Russia): "Corporate Law/M&A" (2024)
• PRObankrotstvo (Russia): "Bankruptcy" (2024)

Svetlana's Corporate Law practice (M&A and transactions) has been ranked among Russia's best:

• Kommersant: "Corporate Law. Mid-Market M&A" (2023-2024)
• Pravo-300: "Corporate Law/M&A" (2023-2024)
• RAA Legal Guide: "Corporate Practice/M&A" (2024)

Professional activity

Began legal career in 2011 as in-house counsel at a logistics company, handling: transportation/forwarding contracts, supply agreements, arbitration disputes, government relations, HR documentation.

Joined INTELLECT in 2013:

• 2015: Promoted to Senior Associate
• 2016-2024: Consistently ranked among firm's "Golden Ten" top performers
• 2023: Elevated to Senior Lawyer
• 2025: Elected Partner

Publications

Svetlana is an author of articles on corporate and civil law and curates the popular Telegram channel 'Corporate Law Made Simple'.

Key projects & notable cases

• Obtained FAS Russia approval for a Russian entity's acquisition of foreign assets (transaction value: RUB 7B+)
• Successfully challenged tax authority's refusal to register a company relocation (won based on procedural violations in inspection reports)
• Overturned tax authority's rejection of a major media company's reorganization (upheld through cassation)
• Defended against RUB 32M creditor claim in bankruptcy (court refusal affirmed on appeal)
• Won appeal against tax authority's denial of foreign company branch accreditation (saved client RUB 120K in fees)
• Advised on secondary share issuance for hotel business with foreign shareholder

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