Maria Klimenkova

Maria Klimenkova
Overview
Experience
Publications

Maria Klimenkova is an Associate in GRATA International St. Petersburg. Maria has extensive experience in advising on corporate, contract, tax law, and dispute resolution. Maria's practice area also includes providing legal assistance to clients on issues related to personal data legislation.

Maria advises clients in the areas of healthcare, industry, energy, construction, and trade.

Practice areas:

  • Tax Law;
  • Corporate Law;
  • Dispute Resolution;
  • Data Protection & Privacy.

Industry sectors:

  • Industry and Trade;
  • Energy;
  • Construction & Infrastructure;
  • Transport.

Education:

  • 2012 - Belarusian State University, Jurisprudence;

Languages:

  • English;
  • Belarusian;
  • Russian.
Experience

CORPORATE LAW:

  • Support of corporate activities of the regional operator of the GLONASS information and navigation system.
  • Corporate support for a large enterprise of the glass industry.
  • Full corporate support of the guaranteeing supplying organization in the sphere of water supply, wastewater disposal and heat supply.
  • Preparation of the package of documents for the acquisition of shares in a joint stock company in Finland for a Russian investor.
  • Development and implementation of reorganization within the group of companies in the glass industry.
  • Support of the investment project for the reconstruction and launch of an industrial enterprise in the Tver region, Russia.

TAX LAW:

  • Successfully representing the interests of the industrial enterprise in the tax authorities.
  • Drafting of interaction schemes for a group of industrial enterprises in order to optimize the tax burden in the reconstruction of the property complex in the Tver region, Russia.
  • Successfully representing the interests of resource-supplying organizations in the tax authorities.
  • Preparation of legal opinions on taxation issues in Finland, Switzerland, and Germany for Russian investors.
  • Successfully representing of the interests a major machine building company in the tax authorities during an on-site tax audit. The amount of initial additional tax assessments was over 150,000,000 rubles.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION:

  • Successfully representing the interests of the company in developing a CRM- system in the field of health care in the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region.
  • Successful defense of the interests of the top manager in the court of appeal and cassation on the issue of bringing to subsidiary responsibility in the bankruptcy of the company.
  • Representation of the Administration of the municipality in the case of contesting the right of ownership of the property of public utilities.
  • Recovery of unjust enrichment arising from the chain of contracts of assignment of the right of claim from a commercial organization to an individual entrepreneur. The claims were satisfied in full.
  • Representing the interests of the guaranteed supplying organization in a series of disputes in connection with non-contractual consumption. The claims were satisfied in full.
  • Recovery of accounts receivable under water supply and wastewater disposal contracts of the guaranteed supplying organization.
  • Collecting payment for the negative impact on the centralized wastewater disposal system from all subscribers of the guaranteeing resource supplying organization.
  • Represented a consulting company on the issue of contesting a non-legislative act of the Municipal Administration. Claims are satisfied in full.

DATA PROTECTION & PRIVACY

  • Drafting a package of documents on compliance with Federal Law On Personal Data for the developer of ERP systems.
  • Advising a company operating in the energy sector on compliance with the law on personal data in the process of working with subscribers.
  • Drafting a set of documents for the glass industry enterprise's compliance with the legislation on personal data.
  • Advising the regional operator of the GLONAS system on the drafting of a package of documents for compliance with personal data legislation in the process of developing an electronic health care system under a state contract.
  • Legal support for an IT-company, a member of the High-Tech Park of the Republic of Belarus, on the issue of personal data protection.
  • Advising an IT company on the protection of personal data of users of the electronic regional health system.
  • Advising a wholesale company on compliance with personal data legislation in the local acts of the organization.

Publications

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Advertising labeling from september 1, 2023: What can you be fined for?

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Tax control in the Russian Federation and appeals against the results