• Maria S. Nazarova assists strategic buyers, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a variety of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity financings, and other investments. Maria’s work involves all phases of these transactions and includes drafting and negotiating major transactional documents, leading due diligence, preparing ancillary documents, and facilitating closings. She also provides advice on corporate governance matters.

    Prior to joining Kramer Levin, Maria worked as an associate with the corporate and M&A groups of several global law firms in New York City. She also previously served as legal counsel in a Moscow-based investment bank, where she managed cross-border financial transactions.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., cum laude, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 2017
      • The William P. Cunningham Award
      • Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Regional Top 10 Memorial and Top 17 Oralist
      • Case Alert Editor, American Bar Association Media Alerts on Federal Courts of Appeals
    • LL.M., Business Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 2011
    • LL.M., with highest honors, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia School of Law, 2008
    • LL.B., with highest honors, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia School of Law, 2006

    Bar Admissions

    • New York, 2018

    Languages

    • Russian

    Focus Areas

  • Perspectives

    • Announcements
      Oct. 24, 2024
      2024 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include Over 90 Kramer Levin Attorneys
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      Jan. 16, 2024
      Kramer Levin Represents Sentinel Capital Partners in Acquisition of Market Performance Group
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    • Announcements
      Sept. 22, 2023
      2023 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include Over 90 Kramer Levin Attorneys
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    • Defining Matters
      Dec. 27, 2022
      Kramer Levin Represents Francisco Partners in Connection With Strategic Growth Investment in Acoustic, LP
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  • Recognition

    2021 – 2024
    Thompson Reuters New York Metro Super Lawyers*
    Rising Star (Mergers and Acquisitions)
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