Elena Legashova

Managing Partner, Attorney-at-Law
Saint-Petersburg

tel.: +7 (812) 425-35-55
e-mail: el@iusland.ru

«Justice is not just coequality, but coequality in fulfilling obligations».
Vladimir Soloviev

Elena Legashova graduated from the Faculty of Law at Saint Petersburg State University in 2002, and in 2008, she pursued further education at the International Law Institute in Washington, D.C., USA.

Elena has experience working within government agencies; she spent approximately five years in the legal department of the Pulkovo Customs.

Since 2007, Elena Legashova has been a member of the Saint Petersburg Bar Association and has worked at a major Russian law firm.

In 2015, she joined the Iusland law office as a partner, and since 2016, she is a Managing Partner.

Elena teaches students at the Faculty of Law of Saint Petersburg State University, within the Department of Administrative and Financial Law.

Elena Legashova is a recognized expert in administrative, customs, and international trade law. She has extensive experience in providing advice on foreign trade contracts, as well as on matters of currency regulation and control.

Elena represents the interests of clients—both legal entities and individuals, including participants in foreign economic activity—in their dealings with counterparties and government authorities, and defends their interests in state courts and arbitration.

She provides legal protection and advice regarding commercial disputes, matters arising from the conclusion and performance of government contracts, the allocation of subsidies, and labor-related disputes.

In addition, Elena has expertise and experience in personal trusts matters and foundations, as well as in the protection of honor, dignity, and business reputation.

Since 2009, the international rating “Best Lawyers” has recommended Elena as an expert in customs and excise law, regulatory practice, international trade law and arbitration, labor law, administrative law and litigation, corporate law and compliance, information and public law, and project finance and development.

In the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers, Elena Legashova was named "Lawyer of the Year" in Customs and Excise Law, and in 2021, she was recognized as "Lawyer of the Year" in Administrative Law.

By an order of the President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) dated December 28, 2020, Elena Legashova was appointed to the list of arbitrators for the North-Western Panel of the RSPP Arbitration Center.

In 2023, Elena was awarded a Certificate of Honor by the St. Petersburg Bar Association "For high achievements in the exercise of professional activities".

In 2022, 2023, and 2024, Elena Legashova was shortlisted in the "Best Lawyers" category for the manufacturing and industry sector, as well as for foreign economic activity, in the annual "Leaders of the Legal Services Market" ranking by the Kommersant Publishing House. She was also included in the list of recommended lawyers for foreign economic activity (FEA), customs law, and currency regulation in the Pravo.ru-300 ranking.

In 2024, based on the results of the second major annual study, "Ranking of Lawyers and their Firms," conducted by “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, Managing Partner Elena Legashova was included in the rankings for the categories of "Litigation" and "International Projects".

Also in 2024, Managing Partner Elena Legashova took second place in the "Best Lawyer 2024" category of the 2nd Citywide Legal Ranking organized by the newspaper “Vecherny Sankt-Peterburg”.

In the 2025 edition of the annual "Pravo-300" ranking, Elena was named a recommended lawyer in the category of "Foreign Economic Activity (FEA) / Customs Law and Currency Regulation".

Furthermore, in the 2026 "Kommersant" research on the Russian legal services market, Elena Legashova’s individual achievements throughout 2025 were recognized in the areas of industry, commercial dispute resolution, and foreign economic activity (FEA).

Elena Legashova is highly regarded within the professional community as an expert in administrative, customs, and international trade law. She also is as an expert in the Center for Expert Studies at Saint Petersburg State University.

Elena has authored numerous publications in prominent legal journals and is frequently consulted by leading business media —such as RBC, Vedomosti, Delovoy Peterburg, and Advokatskaya Gazeta, St. Petersburg notary—to provide commentary on complex legal issues. Additionally, she is a regular guest expert on television.