Elena Stepanova is a Partner and Head of the Real Estate and Construction Practice at Capital Legal Services.

Elena joined Capital Legal Services in 2005.

Elena has broad experience in conducting due diligence of land plots in various Russian regions, for purposes of building trade, manufacturing, warehouse, industrial production and other types of facilities.

Under Elena’s guidance, the company has over many years represented interests of a number of major international companies in the course of their acquiring land plots for subsequent construction of real estate facilities as part of their regional expansion in Russia.

Elena has experience in providing support for large-scale projects on construction of different types of real estate facilities – from greenfield to turnkey – in different Russian regions, as well as construction projects based on FIDIC forms.

Elena has unique experience in implementing projects tied to providing legal support in filling multifunctional shopping and entertainment centers with tenants, including anchor tenants, all done on a “turnkey basis.” Overall, the team of associates under Elena’s guidance has negotiated and signed several hundred leases within tight project timeframes.

The Real Estate and Construction Practice under Elena Stepanova’s guidance has been noted a number of times by Chambers & Partners (Band 3) and Legal 500 (Band 4).

Elena has also been commended in the individual ranking by Chambers & Partners (Band 4) as an expert in real estate and construction. Clients highly appreciate Elena’s ability to combine deep legal expertise and understanding of the business particulars. “She stays personally involved in the file, has deep knowledge and understands how companies work” (Chambers Europe).

Areas of Law:

• Land Law
• Real Estate
• Construction
• Litigation
• Contract Law

Education:

• Russian State Tax Academy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation (2005, law degree with highest honors)

Languages:

• Russian
• English