Anastasia Zaitseva

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Law (LL.B., LL.M.)

Tax structuring and M&A transaction support; restructuring of Russian and international corporate groups;
Pre-investment tax due diligence;
Enhancement of tax efficiency and optimisation of tax functions, including advice on the application of tax incentives;

Anastasia has extensive experience advising major Russian companies and corporate groups across TMT, industrial sectors (food, chemical, light industry, metallurgy, engineering), real estate, agriculture, and wholesale and retail trade.

Anastasia’s project experience includes:

• Over 70 M&A transaction support projects, including tax due diligence of companies and corporate groups for clients such as MTS, Avito, Gravion, PIK, Samolet, FSK, Altus Capital, Rostelecom, ER-Telecom, Rosatom, PBS, Selectel, AFK Sistema, Steppe Agroholding, Zarubezhneft, and NMG;

• Structuring of a transaction for the acquisition by a крупнейший Russian developer of an asset for the construction of a hotel complex with a deal value exceeding RUB 4 billion;

• Advising a major Russian automotive parts wholesale and retail group (vendor) in preparation for an M&A transaction, including vendor due diligence and tax risk mitigation;

• Improving the tax function efficiency of one of Russia’s largest food production groups, including identification of tax reserves and a tax overpayment of approximately RUB 2 billion;

• Analysis of available tax incentives for a major Russian capital markets group and development of a restructuring concept to ensure lawful application and improved tax efficiency;

• Over 10 “rapid tax diagnostics” projects for the Russian segments of крупнейших international holdings in the context of foreign exits from Russia (including Carlsberg, Danone, Sibylla, Heineken, Crocs, Aggreko);

• Development and comparative analysis of legal structures for long-term incentive plans (LTIP), including those involving digital financial assets (DFA).