Maria Abramova

About

Maria specializes in advising clients on various tax law issues, as well as providing legal support during tax audits and the settlement of tax disputes.

Experience

• advising a major Russian real estate developer on developing a defense strategy in the course of an on-site tax audit, including gathering defense files to challenge additional tax charges
• advising a major Russian retailer on analysing the tax and customs implications and risks of entering into a distribution agreement with a PRC supplier
• advising a leading international medical company on general and tax accounting of expenses related to the transfer of product samples for marketing purposes
• representing a subsidiary of a Russian bank in the pre-trial and judicial settlement of a dispute over the recognition of bad debt as an expense for income tax purposes
• advising a trust manager of a closed-end mutual investment fund on the tax and currency implications and risks of a loan relationship between the beneficiary and a foreign company, as well as preparing a defense file to minimize risks
• advising a major mining company on the pre-trial settlement of a tax dispute, including preparation of a defense position to challenge additional mineral resource extraction tax accruals

Maria’s experience includes her projects before joining BIRCH LEGAL.

Education

Languages

• English
• Russian
• German

Career