Team

A team focused on cross-border matters

Cross-Border Law lawyers advise on international transactions, corporate structures, sanctions, technology and intellectual property, disputes and private-client matters.

CBL people

Leadership and lawyers

We assemble the team around the legal questions, jurisdictions and workstreams involved in the matter.

Leadership

Durmishkhan Afkhazava

Durmishkhan Afkhazava

Founder and Managing Partner

Cross-border business, sanctions, corporate structures, transactions and disputes.

Lenara Fieve-Klimovskaya

Lenara Fieve-Klimovskaya

Co-Founder and International Lawyer

Private international law, international contracts, data protection and academic work.

Lawyers

Rishat Badriev

Rishat Badriev

Lawyer · International Projects

International projects and cross-border legal research.

Valeria Martaler

Valeria Martaler

Lawyer and Lecturer

International law, international trade, environmental matters and professional events.

Sergey Kogay

Sergey Kogay

Lawyer · International Projects and Arbitration

Commercial disputes, arbitration issues and project work.

Daria Bezrukova

Daria Bezrukova

Junior Lawyer · International Trade and IP

International contracts, trade and intellectual-property matters.

Elizaveta Medvedeva

Elizaveta Medvedeva

Junior Lawyer · Private International and Civil Law

Legal research and support on private international law matters.

Kristina Bezborodova

Kristina Bezborodova

Junior Lawyer · International Trade and Immigration

International trade, migration and related cross-border matters.

A team shaped by the matter

  • Responsibility is agreed at the start of the engagement.
  • Specialists are selected for the legal questions and jurisdictions involved.
  • Teaching and research support—but do not replace—matter-specific analysis.

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