Anastasia Makhneva

Practice areas

• Copyright and associated rights, advertising, media, defamation, franchises, knowhow and trade secrets.
• Advisory support for publishing and advertising businesses.
• Representation in arbitrazh courts and before antimonopoly authorities.
  
  

Education

• 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 – «Legal Business in USA. Law Firm Management»: Training for Partners and Top Executives of Law Firms. Lincoln Law School of San Jose, California, USA.
• 2010-2012 – «Philosophy of human rights»: Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching, Higher Education Support Program, Central European University.
• 2009, 2010 – «Legal Business in USA. Law Firm Management»: Training for Partners and Top Executives of Law Firms. Lincoln Law School of San Jose, San Jose State University, California, USA.
• 2007-2009 – «Contemporary legal theory»: Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching, Higher Education Support Program, Central European University.
• 1998-2003 – Ural State Law Academy.
• 1996-2003 – Bachelor's program of Philosophy Faculty, Ural State University named after A.M. Gorky, Yekaterinburg.
  
  

Professional achievements

Anastasia has been personally recommended by:

• The Legal 500 EMEA – TMT, 2016-2020.
• Best Lawyers – Entertainment Law, Franchise Law, 2019-2020.
• Pravo.ru-300 – TMT, 2019.

TMT/Digital Economy Regulation Practice led by Anastasia is notes as one of Russia's best by:

• The Legal 500 EMEA – TMT, 2016-2020.
• Pravo.ru-300 – TMT, 2017-2020; Digital Economy Regulation, 20192020.
  
  

Professional activity

Anastasia joined INTELLECT in 2007 and is responsible for contracting and consultancy in the key areas of the firm's IP practice, copyright, advertising and franchises, which includes ongoing hands-on client case management. In 2014 she became a INTELLECT partner. 

Anastasia's key copyright and advertizing clients are glossy and business magazines, publishers, advertisers, designer firms, art market operators (such as galleries and arts funds), software developers and IT companies.

Her key franchise clients are largely mass media, retailers and restaurateurs.

Anastasia's top list of successes includes:

• legal support of franchise projects (including multilevel franchise systems) in different economic sectors (manufacture and sale of clothes, sale of consumer goods, production and sale of food);
• legal support of large publishing projects, including support during establishment and development of inter-regional network publishing houses (business and entertainment magazines);
• legal support of IT-companies on a regular basis, including support of large foreign trade transactions with intellectual rights to use software;
• number of successful cases on protection of business reputation ( according to the clarification by the Russian Higher Arbitrazh Court cases on protection of business reputation were assigned a top complexity rating).

In 2016-2019 Anastasia Makhneva was listed among Russian leading lawyers in intellectual property sphere (TMT) by such international rating as the Legal 500 EMEA.

In 2019 Anastasia was personally recommended by international rating Best Lawyers in two categories: Entertainment Law and Franchise Law.

INTELLECT advises on laws governing mass media along with personal data protection and product due diligence, and regularly represents clients before Roskomnadzor. Anastasia Makhneva heads the department. 

– The Legal 500 EMEA 2018

Anastasia Makhneva advises on transactional matters, e-commerce issues and mass media laws.

— The Legal 500 EMEA 2017

The 'group of highly qualified specialists' at INTELLECT is led by Anastasia Makhneva, who advises TMT companies on transactional matters, e-commerce issues and mass media laws.

— The Legal 500 EMEA 2016

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