Anna Zorya specializesin representing corporate clients and financial institutions in mergers andacquisitions, cross-border structured finance transactions and other transactionsin the capital markets and debt financing.

Prior to joining Arzinger Anna was a partner at aUkrainian law firm, where she headed the Corporate and M&A practice. Shealso worked in the corporate practice and later in the tax practice of a leadingCIS law firm. Her experience in corporate and tax law allows Anna to have adeep insight into the client’s needs and enables her to find optimal solutionsfor the tasks set by clients.

Anna has many years of experience in the area ofmergers and acquisitions in various sectors of business as well as in bankingand finance transactions and real estate. She represented a number of majorinternational corporations and companies operating in the CIS. In particular,Anna represented an international investor in the acquisition of a 50% share ina 150 million dollar construction and management project of the five-starHilton hotel in Kiev (Ukraine). Also, she actively participated in theacquisition of “Globus” in Kiev (Ukraine) and several other real estate projects,such as the acquisition of the Dutch company “Gooioord”, which owns 12properties in the historical center of Kiev.

“We have known Anna for a long time and haveclosely followed her professional success and rapid career development.Therefore, we are pleased to welcome Anna to our ranks. Anna’s many years ofexperience in the legal market of Ukraine and her great reputation will surelyhelp Arzinger strengthen its position in the market of M&A. I am sure thatthe strengthening of the practice will considerably expand Arzinger’s clientbase. Anna’s joining Arzinger will give a new impetus to the development of ourCorporate and M&A practice, and will allow us to get the deals, which, fora number of reasons, bypass our company”, commented Arzinger’s ManagingPartner Timur Bondaryev. “Our Company has never positionedmergers and acquisitions as a key and budget-generating practice. Due to thatwe used to invest little resources in its development, though we have beenactively practicing in the mentioned area from Arzinger’s very first day on themarket, have a great team and have participated in ambitious local andinternational transactions in many industries. We have recently changed ourvision of the matter and declare our ambitions to the relevant market, despiteof the evident fact that both the local and the international M&A marketsare currently in stagnation. The fact that Anna Zorya has joined the company asa partner is the first step in that direction. Anna, Maksym and their team haveambitious tasks to solve and I am convinced that the market will see the newteam’s first successes very soon. Partners of Arzinger wish Anna all the bestand will fully support her ambitious plans”.

In turn, Anna Zorya commented herjoining Arzinger as follows: “I am honored to join the team of Arzinger,whose professionalism I know firsthand. The high industrial diversification ofArzinger’s client portfolio and their excellent reputation in servicing clientsfrom the most regulated sectors of economy provides tremendous opportunitiesfor the active development of M&A practice on the basis of the existingclients of Arzinger, as well as in the development of new clients. Arzinger’sstrong competitive advantage is its regional strategy and presence in the keyregions of Ukraine, which will allow us to increase our presence intransactions involving national companies. It is a qualitatively new stage ofmy development, and I will invest all my experience and knowledge whileimplementing the company’s ambitious plans to develop Corporate and M&A infuture”.