Anna Kravtsova is an attorney-at-law admitted to the Moscow Bar Association. She graduated from Moscow State Law Academy in 2001 with a degree in Law (diploma cum laude). In 2007 she completed a Master of Laws degree in US Business Law from Pericles ABLE Project. Currently Anna is studying Computer and Communications Law at Queen Mary University of London LLM program. In 2001 – 2004 Anna was working as a senior attorney for different private projects within a Russian law firm. In 2004 – 2014 she was working as a Chief Legal Officer for large IT companies, such as Luxoft, IBS Group (NYSE: LXFT), and Asteros Group (Top-10 System Integration Company in Russia), providing the whole legal support to the matters of corporate law, contracts, IP and IT law, M&A deals, employment law, taxation and real estate issues, working with more than 15 jurisdictions including USA, UK, EU, Vietnam, Russia, Ukraine and Singapore.

At Asteros Anna developed corporate and shareholding structure which allowed to attract investments of IFC. During her work at Luxoft, in 2012- 2013 she supported the legal part of the IPO of Luxoft Holding, Inc (LXFT) and its subsequent SPO on NYSE. Both Legal departments of Asteros and Luxoft were admitted as the best legal department in the sphere of IT in 2010 and 2013 respectively. In recent times Anna was working as an independent legal advisor to various startups in Russia including NAMES, Giftery, BABO, Parallels, advising them on corporate structuring, M&A, IP and IT law matters, personal data issues, CFC rules, employment related issues, etc.

Anna has a broad range of legal experience from Contracts, M&A, Corporate reorganizations, to Employment matters, IP and IT law, and International Taxation. Anna is a native Russian speaker and is fluent in English, including legal writing and negotiations.