Landmark engagement experience

Corporate and mergers and acquisitions

• Advising Yandex on acquisition of Delivery Club from VK and the sale of Zen and News to VK

• Advising the purchaser on a number of issues in connection with the acquisition of shares in, and the receivables from, the EUROCEMENT Group, as well as in connection with various matters of financing of transaction worth over $2 billion

• Advising HeadHunter in a deal to acquire a shareholding in YouDo platform

• Advising Etalon Group, one of the Russia’s top 10 major developers, in connection with the acquisition of a 35% shareholding in QB Technology,  a UK-based innovative construction company and acquiring a set of IP rights in order to establish a similar hi-tech construction project in Russia

• Representing the shareholders of the Uchi.ru educational platform in connection with the sale of a strategic stake to Mail.Ru Group and a consortium of investors formed by RDIF and RCIF

• Advising PFC CSKA on the sale of more than 75% of shares to State Development Corporation VEB.RF for ca USD250m

• Advising LLC NPO Altair, a member of AEON Corporation on the acquisition of Fincraft Holdings Limited, the largest shareholder in Petropavlovsk PLC

• Advising AEON Corporation on acquisition of a 48% stake in GeoProMining for US$126m

• Advising Finstar on the acquisition of Rive Gauche and, subsequently, on the disposal of a strategic stake in Rive Gauche

• Advising major consortium on the amendment and restatement of the shareholders’ agreement for TNK-BP

• Advising the independent directors of IG Seismic Services PLC on the offer of one of its shareholders and related disclosure

• Advising the independent directors of Russia's largest mining and metallurgical company on the buyback of shares and various corporate transactions

• Advising a major Russian investment company on the sale of a strategic stake to a leading international bank

• Advising a Russian investment company on the sale of a strategic stake to a leading international bank and on related secured financing

• Advising a major Russian investment company on the acquisition of a major office complex in Moscow

• Advising Mosmart shareholders on its restructuring with a major Russian bank

• Advising a European company on the acquisition of a European bank

• Advising ING on the disposal of its Russian pension funds business to Aviva

• Advising Finstar on its disposal of Baltic Trust Bank (Latvia) to GE

• Advising TNK-BP on its corporate restructuring

• Advising Mosnarbank on its merger with Eurofinancebank

• Advising Deutsche Bank in connection with the acquisition of Sibneft by Gazprom

• Advising an international private finance and investment consortium on its acquisition of a stake in VimpelCom and VimpelCom-Region

Corporate finance

• Advising a major Russian investment company on the secured financing for the acquisition of a strategic stake

• Advising Altimo on its US$1.5 billion financing from Deutsche Bank secured by Russian shares and further refinancing of this loan with VEB

• Advising Lebedyansky on its initial public offering and related issues

• Advising Vozrozhdenie Bank on a private placement of shares

• Advising Geotech on a private placement of shares to a consortium of investors led by JP Morgan

• Advising Power Machines on the secondary public offering of its shares

Arbitration

• Defending claims arising out of business dealings involving allegations of fraud, dishonesty, conspiracy, economic duress, unfair advantage and breach of contract; negotiating, documenting and implementing a multimillion-dollar settlement; representing the defendant in LCIA arbitration proceedings

• Representing claimants in LCIA arbitration proceedings for the recovery of a multimillion-dollar debt under a loan agreement

• Representing claimants in Stockholm arbitration proceedings under the terms of a contract for the transfer of real estate in Florida

• Representing the defendant in ICAC arbitration proceedings defending a loan recovery claim and making an unjust enrichment counterclaim

• Representing a Russian shareholder in an ad hoc arbitration claim against its European co-majority shareholder under a shareholders’ agreement

Education

• DL, Russian Law Academy, 1998

• LLB, Russian Law Academy, 1997

Qualification

• Advocate, 2021

• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2010

• Russia, 1997

Recognitions & Awards

• The Best Lawyers 2018 - 2022 – ranked among the top Corporate, M&A, Capital Markets, Private Equity and Real Estate lawyers in Russia

• The Best Lawyers 2008-2017 - ranked among Corporate, M&A and Private Equity lawyers in Russia

• Chambers Global 2009, 2010, 2012-2018 - ranked for Corporate/M&A work

• Chambers Europe 2009, 2010, 2012-2018 - ranked among the top Corporate/M&A lawyers in Russia

• The Legal 500 EMEA 2018 - ranked among the top Commercial, Corporate and M&A lawyers in Russia

• The Legal 500 EMEA 2017 - ranked for Commercial/Corporate/M&A and Real Estate / Construction work

• IFLR-1000 2018-2021 - ranked as highly regarded specialist in M&A, Capital markets, Private equity, Financial restructuring areas for Russia

• Pravo-300 - recommended lawyers in Corporate Law/M&As (high market) and Private Equity

• "Kommersant" ranking - ranked among leading individuals specializing in Corporate/M&As, PPP, Retail&FMCG, Agriculture and Banking&Finance.