Elina Teplinsky is the lead member of Pillsbury’s premier International Nuclear Projects practice. She advises companies worldwide on the development, financing and operation of nuclear power facilities. Her clients include nuclear power plant developers, owners and operators, equipment vendors, architect engineers, consultants and investors. She has worked on matters in more than 25 jurisdictions and speaks native Russian and fluent Spanish and Portuguese. Ms. Teplinsky provides legal and strategic advice in structuring and negotiating engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts, equipment supply agreements, and nuclear fuel supply agreements. Ms. Teplinsky regularly advises foreign governments, Nuclear Energy Programme Implementing Organizations (NEPIOs) and government-owned utilities on various aspects of developing domestic nuclear power programs, including assistance with structuring and executing nuclear procurement programs, attraction of financing, formation of nuclear legal and regulatory regimes and drafting of domestic nuclear legislation, and compliance with obligations under international conventions. Ms. Teplinsky is a recognized expert on nuclear trade and export control issues and regularly assists clients in structuring their export compliance programs.