Mrs. Natalia Kuznetsova has been appointed as the law firm’s partner

Natalia has over 15 years of legal and tax consulting experience. During her time at O2 Consulting, Natalia has advised on a number of landmark M&A transactions and has accomplished a significant number of projects of different complexity in due diligence, tax planning and business reorganisations.

Natalia joined the O2 Consulting team in 2008. In 2015 she was appointed as vice president of the firm and as head of the Corporate Law and Tax practices. In 2018 Natalia was elected as partner of the law firm, remaining the head of both practices.

Led by Natalia the Corporate Law and Tax teams accomplished a number of projects of different complexity which were repeatedly recognised by Russian and international legal ranking agencies (Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, The Pravo.ru-300, Kommersant, PREQVECA and Mergers.ru).

Natalia graduated from the law school of The State University - The Higher School of Economics (currently The National Research University - The Higher School of Economics in Russia). Natalia is fluent in English and Italian. She is a regular speaker at professional conferences and is an author of various publications in industry specific legal journals.

"We all know Natalia as a great leader with a strong life position, who is also a perfectionist at work and in a daily life. The vast majority of our clients appreciate Natalia’s work because they know that if their projects are in her hands, the results will be second to none," comments on the appointment Mrs. Olga Sorokina, managing partner.

O2 Consulting is a legal boutique that provides legal services in Russian and international laws, tax and corporate finance. One of the major practices at the law firm is advising on the M&A and private equity deals in Russia and abroad. Also, the law firm has a vast expertise in providing legal support for the digital technology, cryptocurrency, blockchain and ICO related deals.