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Associate
Dmitry Arnautov
Dmitry Arnautov is an associate at RGD Corporate practice. He specializes on M&A and capital markets. Dmitry is also experienced in consulting clients on corporate governance, corporate law, antitrust law and compliance issues. Dmitry is an author to several scientific works dedicated to certain corporate law problematics.
Background
Prior to joining RGD Dmitry worked at Clifford Chance Moscow office.
Expertise
Primary Practice Focus: Corporate, Regulatory Practice
Industry Sectors: Energy & Natural Resources, Industry & Transportation, Retail & Real Estate, Fintech & Financial Institutions, Pharmaceutical Companies and Healthcare Industry
Languages: English, Russian
Landmark engagement experience
Corporate
Advising Yandex on acquisition of Delivery Club from VK and the sale of Zen and News to VK
Advising JSC MMK on the placement of Russian bonds to replace the US$300+ million Eurobond issued by International Capital DAC
Advising a major Russian bank in relation to an over US$350 million prepayment syndicated financing provided to a Hong Kong-based oil trader for the purposes of making a prepayment to a major Indian refinery
Advising a Russian real estate developer with respect to cancelling of their listing on LSE and subsequent share sale
Advising lead managers with respect to LUKOIL Eurobond issues
Advising a Russian private equity company with respect to sale of shares of a Russian insurance company
Advising a major American bank with respect to reorganization of its Russian subsidiary
Advising a French insurance company with respect to sale of its shares in a Russian subsidiary
REGULATORY & Compliance
Representing a leading global industrial explosives manufacturer on securing authorization to sell Russian assets from a subcommittee of the Government Commission on Monitoring Foreign Investment in the Russian Federation
Representing a Russian land transportation company on securing authorization to sell Russian assets from a subcommittee of the Government Commission on Monitoring Foreign Investment in the Russian Federation
Representing a confidential client before the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation to get authorization to pay dividends in favor of a foreign shareholder under the special economic regime (counter-sanctions)
Representing various international companies on cross-border merger control and FDI clearance and with respect to Russian legislations on counter-sanctions
Representing an Indian-based pharmaceutical company on FCPA investigation
Representing an International IT company on internal investigation
Education
LLM, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2022
LLB, Immanuel Kant, Baltic Federal University, 2020
Student Exchange Program, University of Bergen, Norway, 2019
Qualification
Russia, 2020
Publications
Forms of the Creditor’s Involvement in the Debtor’s Corporate Governance. The Herald of Economic Justice, No. 7, 2023
Shares with Different Rights in the US and Russia. Zakon, No. 1, 2020
The Future of Shares with Different Rights in Russia. Zakon, No. 11, 2020
International Experience