Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Corporate Transactions

Associate - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Yana is an associate in the firm’s M&A and Corporate Finance Practice Group. Her practice focuses on negotiating and drafting the primary and ancillary contracts, researching and resolving issues relating to complex transactional matters, interfacing with tax, employment, real estate and other legal specialists, coordinating work with international counsel and generally assisting on managing transactions on a day-to-day basis.

Prior to joining the firm, she advised clients on corporate and transactional matters, as well as represented clients in complex commercial litigation in New York and Delaware.

Yana received her J.D. from Saratov State Academy of Law where she graduated summa cum laude, and was a member of the law school’s Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court team and the President of the European Law Student Association. She also received her Master of Laws from Duke University School of Law, with a concentration on Corporate Law, Securities Regulation, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions and Structured Finance.