Lidia Gorshkova, Head of Pepeliaev Group’s Banking and Finance Practice, has been elected a partner of the firm.
For more than 22 years, Lidia has been advising credit and other financial institutions as well as investors on matters connected with the legal regulation of banking activities and other operations on financial markets. Her professional expertise covers such fields as financial institutions being founded, acquired and reorganised. She specialises in providing legal support for their operations and transactions on financial markets, while also advising on how authorised state agencies regulate these operations.
Lidia has been acclaimed by the largest international and Russian rating agencies including Best Lawyers, The Legal 500, Pravo 300, and the lawyers' ranking of Rossiiskaya Gazeta in the areas of banking and finance, private capital and investments, corporate law, M&A, sanctions law, digital assets, currency regulation and currency control, and compliance.
“We have been supporting key Russian and foreign banks and financial institutions on the most complex and ambiguous legal matters. Lidia is a renowned expert in the sector who either knows or understands where to find answers to questions of concern for business. Lidia being elected a partner is a natural and logical step that will benefit both the firm and our clients.”
“It is an honour for me to become a partner in our firm, which brings together a team of high-level professionals with a reputation that is acknowledged across the industry. I am deeply grateful for the trust placed in me and for this opportunity to contribute in my new position to the company’s further development and to consolidating its position on the market.”
