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Elena Stepanova

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Land Law
Real Estate and Construction
Contract Law

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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

Publications

12.03.2018
Capital Legal Services Advises on Supermarket Transaction in Russia
25.01.2017
Capital Legal Services Advises on ADG Group Lease to Lenta
27.03.2012
Purchasing Public Land to Build Commercial Properties

Legal overviews

09.04.2018
Another state cadastral valuation of real estate to take place in Moscow and St. Petersburg in 2018
23.03.2017
Construction of linear facilities: when is area planning documentation not required?
13.03.2017
Measure thrice and cut once
01.04.2016
Position of appeals court on notorious lease dispute: no surprises
03.03.2016
Sanctions for not using agricultural land can be toughened
08.02.2016
Gaining an advantage based on drop of the ruble is recognized as grounds for revising a lease agreement
14.01.2016
Weak ruble is grounds for amending a lease agreement
20.11.2015
Amendments to procedure for issuing construction and commissioning permits in Moscow
01.09.2015
Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) proposes to ban rent in foreign currency
27.08.2015
Far East to give away hectares
24.08.2015
The “unified law” in state registration of real estate: will it improve the state registration system?
24.06.2015
Procedure approved for establishing size of payment under servitude agreements for land in Moscow
20.03.2015
Payment by installments for changing permitted use of land in Moscow possible
21.03.2014
Court practice overview on issues connected with unauthorized construction is approved
22.01.2014
No registration in the Unified Register of Rights to Real Estate and Transactions Therewith – perhaps you are not the owner?
03.10.2013
Amendments in laws on state registration of title and cadastral registration of real estate
10.07.2013
State system of registration of title and cadastral registration of real estate will undergo changes
07.06.2012
Termination of lease agreements for state and municipally owned land parcels in Moscow and St. Petersburg
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