OREANDA-NEWS. February 12, 2014. Yana Proskurina, Head of the Tax Dispute Resolution practice, has been appointed Partner at PwC Legal. In this position, she will contribute to further develop this practice and also deal with such major issues as consolidated taxpayer group and transfer pricing.

For the many years under Yana’s guidance, the Tax Dispute Resolution practice has successfully taken the lead in hundreds of tax disputes while also averting a significant number of tax disputes. In addition, the group has extensive experience in customs disputes. This group provides support not only in Moscow but also in other regions (such as the North West, Far Eastern, Central, and North Caucasus Federal Districts, etc.).

Through working closely with tax specialists in PwC Russia, Tax Dispute Resolution specialists have gained greater awareness of the full spectrum of potential tax risks and issues across diverse industries, as well as a chance to learn from our Tax and Legal teams’ experience from working with over 2,000 clients throughout Russia.

The Tax Dispute Resolution practice is also the part of the firm’s Global Tax Controversy and Dispute Resolution (TCDR) network, which brings together more than 650 professionals in over 35 countries (including the USA, the UK, Canada, China, Spain, Argentina, Finland, and Belgium).

Yana Proskurina has over 13 years’ experience in tax dispute resolution dealing with a broad range of industries including consumer and industrial product manufacturers, carmakers and oil & gas companies.

Yana leads projects to represent clients in their interactions with the tax authorities and during all stages of tax disputes. She also helps develop the best possible strategies for handling each tax dispute in order to best represent client interests.

Yana is recommended by the Legal 500 international rating of law firms, PLC Which Lawyer and the Russian ratings Pravo.ru and Sekret Firmy as one of the leading tax law experts in Russia. In 2013, she was ranked among the Russia's best experts according to the International Tax Review - Tax Controversy Leaders.