Anna Novoselova

Education and research

Anna graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law of the Russian State Humanitarian University. She also holds a degree in technical sciences.

She completed advanced training programs at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in the field of state and municipal management and public-private partnership.

She is accredited by the Ministry of Justice of Russia as an independent expert authorized to carry out anti-corruption expertise of normative legal acts and draft legislation.

Her primary subject of expertise is environmental law, including legislative drafting. Anna serves as an expert on the standing committee of the legislative body of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation.

Anna is included in the list of recommended lawyers by Pravo-300 in the category “Environmental Law”.

Work experience and practice

Anna Novoselova specializes in disputes in the field of environmental management and environmental protection. Prior to joining the Bureau, she held federal and regional civil service positions for more than 15 years, including in the field of public administration in the area of environmental management.

Over the years of practice, Anna has accumulated extensive experience in the field of natural resources management (subsoil and water use, forest management), waste management, environmental protection, protection and use of specially protected natural areas, state environmental assessment. It is also worth underlining the significant practice of draft legislation, as well as legal and anti-corruption expertise of normative legal acts. Anna participated in drafting amendments to federal laws, including those regulating the use and protection of water bodies, subsoil use, environmental protection and forestry relations.

Anna also has broad competence in the field of legislation on concession agreements and public-private partnerships; anti-trust legislation; legislation in the field of water supply and sanitation; tariff regulation.

Symbiosis of legal and technical background, as well as Anna’s deep knowledge in the various fields of law, allows her to effectively represent clients in commercial and general jurisdiction courts, including in cases challenging legal acts, public authority actions or inaction and environmental damage claims.

In addition to litigation, Anna provides legal support to client’s businesses, including drafting of legal opinions on matters of their interest.

She was also awarded with the gratitude diplomas of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use, and the Governor of the Leningrad Region.

She is the author of commentary for business media.

Among Anna Novoselova's significant projects are the following:

• Successful protection of a regional solid waste management operator in cases challenging the results of an environmental impact assessment for projected waste processing plants (total cost of the facilities' realization 40 billion rubles);
• Successful defense of the interests of a company in a dispute over compensation for damage caused by legitimate logging activities, as a result of which the prosecutor’s office claim was dismissed;
• Representation of a company in a multi-million ruble dispute with an electricity supplier over energy loss tariffs;
• Accompanying the largest taxpayer in the implementation of the set-off in the amount of damage caused to the environment, costs for measures to prevent excess dumping of harmful (polluting) substances (the amount of damage is reduced by 10 times);
• Pre-trial settlement of a soil damage dispute on behalf of a major industrial company, resulting in significant cost savings for the client (135 million rubles);
• Development of ways to optimize the costs of purchasing electric power transmission services (capacity) for a major timber company;
• Legal support of a client launching an additional business line –sale of electric energy purchased on the wholesale electricity market to retail market subscribers. The initiative delivered an economic effect of over 40 million rubles annually;
• Development of a legal strategy for an industrial enterprise in a case concerning environmental damage (over 5 billion rubles);
• Participation in drafting amendments to federal laws: Water Code of the Russian Federation, Forest Code of the Russian Federation, Law of the Russian Federation “On Subsoil”, Federal Law “On Environmental Protection”;
• Participation in the development of draft laws and amendments to the laws of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including those regulating certain issues in the field of water and subsoil use relations, industrial and consumer waste management, tax relations, regimes of state support for investment activities.