CIS London & Partners LLP

Managing Partner

Svetlana London is a dual qualified Russian and English lawyer. She is the Managing Partner of the firm. Svetlana specialises in advising clients on a range legal issues and cross-border transactions with a CIS element.

Recommended as a Leading Individual by The Legal 500 UK (2013-2020):

'very straightforward, her explanations are always simple and easy to understand'. - The Legal 500 UK, 2020.

‘sensible, intelligent and very thorough in her approach, and she is trusted by clients’. - The Legal 500 UK, 2017.

Russian, English

Svetlana is an Associate member of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), a member of The LCIA Users' Councils and a member of STEP’s International Client group.

Svetlana has graduated as a qualified lawyer from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2006.  In addition, Svetlana has obtained a Graduate Diploma in Law and passed the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in the UK. Svetlana’s legal education also includes the Regensburg University summer law school and Pacific/McGeorge School of Law international law course at the University of Salzburg, Austria. Svetlana has qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 2012.