St. Petersburg, 27 October 2014 – Olga Mischenko has been appointed as Head of Construction and PPP Practice at St. Petersburg office of EPAM.

For more than 10 years Olga Mischenko has specialized in advising clients on real estate, construction, and infrastructure development issues. Olga has been involved in a number of projects to establish new production facilities in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Region and other regions of Russia. She has extensive experience of conducting independent due diligence on real estate transactions, including drafting and legal analysis of sales and construction contracts (including FIDIC standards). Olga has also advised clients on plans to create facilities using the PPP model and helped in developing project concepts and tender documentation.

Prior to joining the Firm, she was a senior associate at an international law firm.

“We are delighted to welcome Olga as Head of Construction and PPP Practice at EPAM”, says Ivan Smirnov, Managing Partner of the Firm’s St. Petersburg office. “I’m confident that Olga will make a valuable contribution to the development of this practice area, and her level of expertise – which has earned the trust of major players on the market – will be highly valued by both existing and new clients.”