Deliya Meylanova

Senior Associate
Deliya cuts through detail to guide clients to successful resolution of disputes.
Deliya cuts through detail to guide clients to successful resolution of disputes.

About

Deliya is a thorough, thoughtful and pragmatic solicitor. She has over 10 years’ post-qualification experience, during which has run a varied caseload including very large international litigation and arbitration.

Deliya joined Stevens & Bolton in early 2024, having worked at a litigation boutique, the London office of a US firm and a large international firm where she trained. Deliya is bilingual in English and Russian and has a reading knowledge of French and Italian. As a hobby she tutors adults in Latin and Ancient Greek.

Her background is primarily in high-value commercial disputes with an element of fraud, including:

  • breakdowns of joint ventures
  • director misfeasance
  • misrepresentations in share/asset purchases
  • breach of confidence
  • transactions defrauding creditors
Expertise
M&A and shareholder disputes Fraud and asset recovery

Experience

  • Recent work
    • Advising on a breach of confidence claim in connection with the sale of a UK PLC, now successfully resolved by settlement
    • Advising on a variety of contractual disputes involving negligence by contractors, breach of IP rights and unlawful termination
    • Advising on franchising-related contractual disputes, guiding clients to a stronger position in negotiations
    • Running a large CIS-related joint venture dispute, requiring valuation and forensic accountancy experts, extensive witness statements, and involving parallel criminal proceedings abroad. The client recently secured a convincing victory following a 12-day trial in mid-2024
    • Acting on a claim for enforcement of an executive compensation scheme in LCIA proceedings
    • Advising a software distributor on breach of contract claims involving sanctions-related force majeure circumstances
  • Advising on a breach of confidence claim in connection with the sale of a UK PLC, now successfully resolved by settlement
  • Advising on a variety of contractual disputes involving negligence by contractors, breach of IP rights and unlawful termination
  • Advising on franchising-related contractual disputes, guiding clients to a stronger position in negotiations
  • Running a large CIS-related joint venture dispute, requiring valuation and forensic accountancy experts, extensive witness statements, and involving parallel criminal proceedings abroad. The client recently secured a convincing victory following a 12-day trial in mid-2024
  • Acting on a claim for enforcement of an executive compensation scheme in LCIA proceedings
  • Advising a software distributor on breach of contract claims involving sanctions-related force majeure circumstances
Stevens & Bolton regularly achieve excellent outcomes for clients. The team has very strong negotiating skills alongside technical excellence, and we always try to put ourselves in the client’s shoes.

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