Keystone Law

Commercial

Alyona is a commercial lawyer with specialist experience in the hotel industry. She has 20 years’ experience working for top international law firms and in-house for the largest hotel companies in the world.

Her clients include the world biggest hotel operators (such as Marriott and Wyndham), owners, developers and sector-focused lenders with projects in the UK, Russia/CIS, Europe, Turkey and India.

Alyona advises on a wide range of development and operational legal issues. She structures, negotiates and drafts franchise and hotel management agreements, key money, development and joint venture agreements and related contract documentation and wholesale distribution agreements. She also advises on any operational issues arising during the full hotel project’s lifecycle. She provides training to in-house legal teams and develops boilerplate and templates of management and franchise agreements.

Alyona is multilingual and is a dual-qualified solicitor in England & Wales and Russia.

2019–Present

Keystone Law

Consultant Solicitor

2017–2019

Temple Bright

Partner

2015–2016

Marriott Hotels International

Consultant Solicitor

2015

Pinsent Masons

Solicitor

2010–2014

InterContinental Hotels Group

Corporate Counsel EMEA

2005–2009

CMS Cameron McKenna

Senior Associate

1999–2005

Real estate developer (Russia)

General Counsel