For more than 10 years, Julia has been working with PPP projects and has accumulated unique experience in supporting major investment projects implemented through public-private partnership and related mechanisms. Her portfolio includes projects in port and airport infrastructure, healthcare, environmental initiatives, sports and IT.

Over the course of her professional career, Julia has provided comprehensive legal support for infrastructure projects, including structuring project concepts, drafting concession agreements and PPP agreements, as well as preparing and negotiating financing and construction contracts. Julia also advises on the performance and implementation of existing concession and PPP agreements.

Julia has extensive experience representing private partners, public partners and financing institutions, which enables her to thoroughly understand and address the needs of each transaction participant, coordinate interaction among all stakeholders and support complex negotiations involving multiple interested parties.

Prior to joining CLS, Julia worked as a legal counsel in the executive authority of the Government of St. Petersburg responsible for PPP policy, as well as in a company acting as a private partner in one of the largest PPP projects in Russia.

At CLS, Julia progressed from Associate to Head of the PPP and Infrastructure Practice. Her professionalism is recognized by leading international and Russian rankings, and in 2020 the jury of the “Expert North-West” award named Julia Expert of the Year in the field of interaction with public authorities.

Julia actively monitors trends in the development of the PPP market and is an expert of the ROSINFRA infrastructure support platform.

Julia is recognized among the leading experts in the PPP / Infrastructure Projects category by Pravo-300, as well as by the international directories Chambers & Partners and IFLR 1000.

Education:

• St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Law (2010, Diploma with Honors);
• St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Law, Postgraduate Studies (2015).
• École des Ponts ParisTech, Advanced Master in Infrastructure Project Finance, (2022).

Languages:

• English
• French
• Russian

Selected Experience:

• Participation in comprehensive legal support of the reconstruction and operation project of an international airport in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, including financial close;
• Legal support of the concession agreement for the construction and operation of the “Khabarovsk Bypass” highway;
• Legal support of the tender process, execution of the concession agreement, financial close and implementation of the Ob River bridge construction project in Novosibirsk;
• Legal support of the project for the construction and operation of an outpatient clinic building and radiology unit of a leading medical institution in St. Petersburg;
• Legal support of the concession project for the development of a paid parking system in a region of the Russian Federation;
• Comprehensive legal support of a regional airport construction project, including development of the project structuring model and preparation of the investment agreement between regional authorities, the existing airport operator and a private investor;
• Development of the organizational and legal model and key agreements for the reconstruction of the airfield of an international airport in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation based on a concession agreement;
• Full legal support of the PPP project for the creation, reconstruction and operation of Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg;
• Legal support of the structuring of a PPP project for the construction and maintenance of primary healthcare facilities in Novosibirsk, including conclusion of a PPP agreement initiated by a private party;
• Legal support of the project for the creation and operation of a medical rehabilitation building of St. Petersburg City Hospital No. 40 (Kurortny District);
• Advising on various legal matters in the course of the Western High-Speed Diameter toll road project in St. Petersburg, including land title issues, real estate matters involved in the project and financial close procedures;
• Legal support of the preparation and implementation of a PPP project for the construction of social infrastructure facilities in the Pushkinsky District of St. Petersburg, including development of the legal model, preparation of documentation, support of the tender procedure and execution of the PPP agreement;
• Participation in legal support of the Orlovsky Tunnel project in St. Petersburg, including preparation of documentation for the transfer of real estate assets to the concessionaire and support of the termination procedure of the concession agreement.
• Development of a comprehensive organizational and legal model for the construction of the deep-water area of the seaport of Arkhangelsk using PPP mechanisms.