Of Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright (Central Europe) LLPDinara has over 15 years’ experience practising law, majoring principally in the natural resource and corporate/commercial areas. She started her career advising clients on the incorporation of joint ventures, corporate restructuring, conducting legal due diligence cases as well as production sharing agreements. Dinara works with major international and Russian companies on investment projects, providing legal counsel which often includes business risk assessment. She has expanded her transactional expertise into the domain of mergers and acquisitions and financing, with her focus being on the mining and energy industries. As examples of her expertise in both these areas, Dinara provided legal advice on the financing of companies holding licenses for the development and extraction of hydrocarbons through private and public placements, which involved multinational jurisdictions. In the area of mergers and acquisitions, she has represented domestic and foreign investors in a number of acquisitions of interests in Russian companies holding mining and hydrocarbon assets. Dinara is ranked as a top lawyer in Energy and Natural Resources in Best Lawyers 2016.