Lawyers in Russia

Alexander Gasparyan

Counsel

Hogan Lovells (CIS)

Alexander Geda

Alexander is an associate who advises clients on banking and finance law in cross-border transactions. He works frequently with multinational banks and financial institutions on transactions with Russian parties and with Russia-based clients on international transactions. In 2014 Alexander was seconded to ING Moscow. Alexander joined Morgan Lewis from the banking and finance practice of another international law firm. For more information, view Alexander's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/ageda

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Alexander Kovalev

Alexander Kovalev is a counsel in Dentons’ Moscow office. For 15 years he has advised major multinational and Russian companies on M&A transactions, venture capital transactions, setting up joint ventures, investment and restructuring in various sectors of the economy. Alexander focuses on life sciences M&A. He also has experience supporting projects for localization of manufacturing of products and PPP projects, and advising on commercial aspects of pharmaceutical and other companies.

Dentons

Alexander Marchenko

Alexander is of counsel in the firm's energy transactions team, whose practice focuses primarily on upstream oil and gas, mining, and metals, advises clients throughout their corporate transactions. A native Russian speaker who also is fluent in English, Alexander counsels clients throughout the Russian Federation and Central Asian countries on onshore and offshore acquisitions and divestitures of exploration and production assets, including financing and parent guarantees; due diligence investigations; negotiating relevant sale-and-purchase; and amendment and reissuance of exploration and production licenses. For more information, view Alexander's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/amarchenko

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Alexander Skoblo

Alex Skoblo is a partner in Dentons' Moscow office, the head of the firm's CIS Hotel & Hospitality practice and the head of Dentons’ Russian Automotive practice. Alex has represented and advised multinational corporations, international financial institutions and government agencies, both domestic and foreign, on a wide variety of corporate and commercial, real estate (including greenfield and brownfield, real estate financing and real property development), banking and securities issues, including mergers, acquisitions, public and private placements, divestitures, privatisations, and matters of corporate governance. He has also assisted numerous foreign companies and private equity funds in direct and portfolio investments, including investments through Russian joint ventures, off-shore structures and companies of various types. Alex is a seasoned negotiator and has successfully negotiated transactions with government authorities at the municipal, regional and federal levels. Alex was the founder of Dentons’ Moscow Hotel & Hospitality practice and has developed a reputation as one of the few leading experts in this field in Russia, the CIS, and Central Europe. He has also worked closely with the European offices of Dentons as well as those in Asia in representing hotel owners, lenders, developers, contractors and operators on all legal issues pertaining to hotels and hospitality properties, including land acquisition, design, development, financing, construction, management, leasing, and franchising. Alex has represented and advised major Russian and international pharmaceutical companies on all legal aspects of their operations in Russia, in particular on corporate and M&A issues. Among other clients, Alex has successfully represented STADA, A.B. Intelpharm, Makiz Pharma, Scopin Pharm, Mir Pharm, Nizhpharm, Bracco and Pharmstandard in structuring M&A transactions, setting up distribution and supply networks as well as advising on licensing, marketing and regulatory issues (including pricing politics). Alex has extensive experience in the automotive sector. He was and continues to be involved in numerous projects with the Ford Group (Ford, Land Rover, Volvo, Jaguar and Mazda), Hyundai, Toyota, Harley Davidson, Volvo Trucks and others. His clients also include Continental AG and Magna International.

Dentons

Alexei Zakharko

Alexei is Dentons’ Russia Managing Partner. He focuses on M&A, joint ventures, corporate finance and leveraged acquisitions. He also has considerable experience in private equity transactions, port/terminal transactions and bank equity deals. Alexei has represented clients in M&A and private equity transactions in a wide range of industries, including energy, transportation, banking, insurance, retail, foods and beverages, construction and automotive.

Dentons

Alexey Afanasiev

Alexey is a Counsel at Dentons Russian Corporate/M&A practice. He focuses primarily on M&A transactions, corporate law and the hospitality industry. He has experience advising Russian and international clients, including major manufacturing and industrial companies, financial organizations and Russian company owners on M&A transactions, including corporate restructuring and debt refinancing. Alexey also has experience working at an investment company as an advisor supporting similar projects and experience heading the legal department of a major Russian hotel chain.

Dentons

Alexey Chertov

Alexey Chertov represents both lenders and borrowers in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa in connection with the full spectrum of international banking and finance matters, from traditional bank financings to complex workouts, including prepayment finance, project finance, pre-export finance, acquisition finance, and syndicated lending. Alexey concentrates his practice on international commodity finance transactions, particularly in the oil and gas and metals and mining sectors. He also frequently advises clients on complex project finance transactions. Alexey speaks Russian and English. For more information, view Alexey's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/achertov

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Alexey Matveev

Alexei Matveev is a counsel in Dentons’ Russian Tax and Customs practice. Alexei focuses on international and Russian tax law. He has extensive experience advising on the organization and conduct of tax due diligence of a transaction target taking into account possible specific industrial/operating risks, developing proposals on how to structure transactions (including foreign jurisdictions), analyzing the tax implications of sale and purchase agreements and developing proposals to carry out corporate restructuring of the target, as well as analyzing whether the tax assumptions of transactions’ financial models are correct.

Dentons

Anastasia Dergacheva

Anastasia Dergacheva counsels major international companies in the telecommunications, media and entertainment, and technology industries. Anastasia’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and technology transfer transactions, as well as licensing, outsourcing, and professional services deals. For more information, view Anastasia's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/adergacheva

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Anastasia Kiseleva

Anastasia is an associate in the firm's Moscow office who represents clients in general corporate and intellectual property matters, primarily focusing on telecommunications, media, and technology matters. She also assists with mergers, acquisitions, and securities transactions. Additionally, Anastasia maintains an active pro bono practice. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Anastasia worked as a trainee law clerk in the corporate practice of an international law firm in Moscow. For more information, view Anastasia's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/akiseleva

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Andrei Strijak

Andrei is a partner in Dentons’ Moscow Banking and Finance practice. He advises on a wide range of banking and finance matters, including bilateral and syndicated lending, trade and project finance, asset finance and debt capital markets. Andrei devotes particular attention to acquisition finance as well as debt restructuring and insolvency. His work has involved advising on multilateral institutional financing, structuring cross-border transactions (including joint venture projects) and foreign investment. A large part of Andrei’s work deals with leasing and purchase structures, aircraft financing and operating leases. He has represented many Russian and foreign entities, bank and prominent individuals for aircraft deliveries. He has represented local, national and international businesses as well as institutional and private lenders in connection with acquisition, investment, lending and restructuring transactions of all kinds. Andrei has also been involved in a number of high-profile restructurings. He has experience in private equity transactions across a variety of industry sectors, including manufacturing, mining, oil and gas and consumer products.

Dentons

Andrey Ignatenko

Andrey represents international and domestic clients in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, divestments, and corporate restructurings, and also advises on a wide range of general corporate, competition, regulatory, and compliance matters. He counsels clients across multiple industries with a primary focus on pharmaceutical, medical device, and life sciences sectors. For more information, view Andrey's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/aignatenko

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Andrey Tarapov

Andrey is a counsel in Dentons’ Moscow office. He specializes in corporate and commercial law as well as M&A transactions in energy and natural resources and industrial sectors. Andrey has experience advising on energy and subsoil law, maritime and shipping law, corporate law, and licensing, as well as regulatory and commercial law.

Dentons

Anna Savkunova

Anna is an Associate in Dentons’ St. Petersburg office. She has experience advising clients on a wide range of town planning, land and civil law matters, including working at a Russian law firm and at judicial bodies. She currently prepares due diligence reports, advises clients on various aspects of real estate and construction transactions, including the preparation, conclusion, execution and termination of sale, rental, construction and other contracts, and helps clients implement investment projects.

Dentons

Anna Zvereva

Anna Zvereva is a counsel in Dentons’ Russian Tax and Customs practice. Her particular areas of focus are tax advice for industrial enterprises, trade organizations and companies specializing in intellectual property, as well as international groups (VAT, profit tax including tax accounting issues, payroll taxes, regional and local taxes and the application of double tax treaties). She handles projects involving the tax aspects of restructuring business in the Russian Federation; tax advising on all types of deals, including deals for sale and purchase of a business; tax due diligence; drafting proposals to amend tax laws; and advising on accounting in accordance with Russian accounting standards.

Dentons

Anton Kunashov

Anton advises clients on the establishment of joint ventures and on M&A transactions (both domestic and cross-border) in the oil and gas, automotive, real estate, transportation and retail (including e-commerce), sectors. Anton also has deep experience advising clients on general corporate, commercial and antimonopoly matters. Anton completed the venture finance program at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School in 2020.

Dentons

Artem Tamaev

Artem represents public and private companies and private equity sponsors on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity, venture capital, joint ventures, and strategic advice matters. He regularly advises clients on complex domestic and cross-border transactions, and has worked on deals across numerous jurisdictions in a broad range of industries, including agribusiness, consumer products, energy, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. For more information, view Artem's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/artemtamaev

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Arthur Iliev

Dentons

Bela Yu Pelman

Bela is of counsel in the firm's Moscow office, she counsels clients on corporate law, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance, as well as employment law, immigration, Russian data privacy law, and mobility issues. She also advises foreign investors on corporate and compliance issues to address when establishing a presence in Russia, including setting up wholly owned subsidiaries and joint ventures, or mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, Bela works with clients on Russian corporate and commercial matters, and antitrust, securities, and currency regulation. For more information, view Bela's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/bpelman

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Boris Bruk

Boris Bruk is a counsel in Dentons’ Russian Tax and Customs practice. He specializes in general corporate and international tax law and has considerable experience in advising on tax aspects of corporate restructurings, private wealth planning, CFC legislation and CbCR regulations. Boris advises clients on tax structuring in connection with financing joint ventures in Russia, cross border transactions, inbound and outbound investments, GAAR, LOB and BO implications and well as all kinds of personal income taxation of individuals. His work has involved the development of tax-efficient personal and corporate holding structures and the structuring of financing and IP holding activities, as well as counselling with regard to the mitigation of identified tax exposures. Boris' background also includes IPO-related tax consulting services. Boris was the official reporter for Is There a Permanent Establishment? for the Russian branch of the IFA in 2009, Tax Treaties and Tax Avoidance: Application of Anti-avoidance Provisions in 2010, Key Practical Issues to Eliminate Double Taxation of Business Income in 2011, The Debt-Equity Conundrum in 2012, and has been appointed the official reporter for Taxation of Foreign Passive Income for Groups of Companies in 2013.

Dentons

Brian L Zimbler

Brian is a partner in Morgan Lewis's corporate business transactions practice who splits his time between the firm's Moscow and Washington, DC, offices. He advises on cross-border investment and financial matters, primarily in emerging markets. He has more than 25 years of experience with transactions involving Russia, Kazakhstan, and other countries in the former Soviet Union. Brian has advised on some of the largest foreign investments in the region. He represents clients in a wide range of industries, including energy, manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, real property, retail, and technology. For more information, view Brian’s biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/bzimbler

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Christopher Rose

Christopher Rose is a partner in the Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity practices and a member of the Dentons Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies group. He is also the Europe Head of the Dentons Global Private Services (GPS) group, which provides cross-sector and cross-practice services to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and their family offices globally. He specializes in cross-border private equity and venture capital investments and exits, as well as mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. He regularly advises emerging technology companies and investors on venture and growth capital transactions. An emerging markets specialist, he has extensive experience leading deals in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the Middle East, Asia and Africa. His additional industry experience includes retail/FMCG, infrastructure, financial services, healthcare and real estate.

Dentons

Denis Voevodin

Denis Voevodin is a partner in Dentons' Moscow office and the Head of the European Intellectual Property and Technology practice. Denis has over 30 years of experience in a broad spectrum of areas of contentious and non-contentious IP matters and is recognized as one of the top IP practitioners in Russia and the CIS. He has considerable experience of acting in trademark and copyright litigation proceedings as well as advising on anti-counterfeit activity. His work actively concerns acquisition and disposal of companies with valuable intellectual property rights and complex technology as well as copyright, trademark and patent rights.

Dentons