Experience

• • Sberbank in its acquisition of a 20.8% stake in Cetelem Bank from BNP Paribas group. The transaction sees Sberbank become the sole shareholder of Cetelem Bank, a leader in the Russian consumer and car loan market.
  • Sberbank in its acquisition of a controlling stake in 2GIS, an international digital maps and city guides company.
  • Alibaba in the joint venture of its AliExpress business in Russia with the Russian Direct Investment Fund, MegaFon and Mail.ru, aimed at integrating Russia’s key consumer internet and e-commerce platforms.
  • The Audit Committee of Mobile Telesystems, a Russian telecommunications company, in its internal investigation relating to its Uzbek subsidiary, referenced as part of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
  • AXA in its acquisition of Bermuda-based XL/Catlin Group for $15.3 billion in connection with insurance M&A and regulatory matters.
  • A major Russian gold-mining company in the development and implementation of a sanctions compliance program, including the elaboration of policies and procedures.
  • Schneider Electric in its acquisition of a 50% interest and further consolidation of a 100% stake in ZAO Group of Companies Electroshield – TM Samara.
  • Freight One in the acquisition of a rail transport operator from Severstal.
  • Sberbank in the acquisition of 70% stake in Cetelem Bank and formation of a joint venture with BNP Paribas Personal Finance.
  • The principal shareholders in the sale of a controlling interest in Karo Film Group to a consortium of private equity investors.
  • Pirelli in its joint venture with Russian Technologies State Corporation to set up a tire manufacturing business with SIBUR Holding, including regulatory aspects and employment issues.
  • Société Générale in a record-setting $2.3 billion multi-stage acquisition of Rosbank from Interros Group.
  • Bank Hapoalim in the prospective acquisition of 78% of SDM Bank.
  • Nordea Bank in its $313.7 million acquisition of a 75% stake in Orgresbank.
  • Bank of Cyprus in the $576 million acquisition of an 80% stake in Uniastrum Bank.
  • The merger of two major Russian banks.
  • Svenska Handelsbanken in setting up a Russian subsidiary and related regulatory and employment issues.
  • A Russian investment company in the restructuring of its group consisting of investment, management and development companies (including antitrust filings with the FAS of Russia).
  • Uralkali in various antitrust matters related to its business operations following a merger with Silvinit in Russia and worldwide.
  • A leading Russian company in the implementation of an antitrust compliance program.
  • A major IT company in a case on the abuse of a dominant position initiated against it by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) and as a third party in a case initiated by FAS against OEMs.
  • One of the top-10 global gold producers in the aspects of strategic investment law regulation.
  • A leading Russian company with listing of securities on the London Stock Exchange in preparation of a comprehensive sanctions compliance policy to ensure the compliance of the company with relevant laws and regulations of the U.S., EU, UK, Switzerland and other relevant jurisdictions.
  • Forest Laboratories in its distribution agreement with a Russian pharmaceutical company.
  • A leading pharmaceutical company in a compliance review of policies, procedures and practices on free distribution of samples, random sampling, tenders and provision of discounts.
  • A leading pharmaceutical company in a contract manufacturing arrangement for the manufacture of a vaccine and its further marketing and sale.
  • Leading pharmaceutical companies in the implications of the regulation of the interaction of medical representatives and medical professionals.
  • A leading pharmaceutical company in a compliance review of employment and migration practices, policies and procedures.
  • Leading pharmaceutical company in agreements for the conduct of clinical trials.
  • The Russian subsidiary of a U.S. company in all aspects of its Russian operations, including the marketing and sale of biologically active substances.
  • Médecins Sans Frontières in the licensing of pharmaceutical operations in Russia and provision of medical services.
  • A leading pharmaceutical company in employment arrangements in the Far North and other similar regions.
  • A leading pharmaceutical company in a case of unfair competition.
  • A leading pharmaceutical company in the Russian aspects of the prospective acquisition of Solvay Pharmaceuticals.
  • TOLMAR, an international pharmaceutical group, in various employment matters.
  • Zurich Insurance in the sale of Zurich Russia's general insurance business to Olma, restructuring of its Russian global corporate business and related employment issues.
  • American International Group in the sale of its stake in OJSC Russian Re.
  • AIG Russia in establishing a Russian subsidiary of AIG Europe SA.
  • ALICO in the acquisition of 49% of the shares in AIG Russia from AIG and 51% of the shares in AIG Russia from ZAO Master-D.
  • A major insurance company on the sale of its life insurance division.
  • Major insurance companies in charter capital increases.
  • A leading U.S. investment bank in various employment matters, including compensation of its management.
  • A major insurance company in issues related to the protection of commercial secrets and termination of employment.
  • Sberbank of Russia in employment aspects of its joint venture with BNP Paribas.
  • A subsidiary of a European bank in a compliance review of certain operations in Russia and its potential relocation from one Russian region to another and some other issues.
  • Lurgi, a leading German company in proprietary technologies and licenses, in various employment matters, including structuring of the engagement of foreign employees and secondment of foreign personnel to Russia.
  • A Russian company on use of off-balance sheet entities to attract investments in the company’s capital structures including through subordinated loans.
  • Polyus Gold International in the structuring and implementation of a long-term incentive plan and employment-related issues.
  • Ingenico in the employment aspects of the acquisition of an IT business and structuring of employment relations with key employees.
  • Exxon Mobil in various employment matters, including secondment of personnel and engagement of foreign employees and secondees.
  • Several top executives of Russian public companies in matters related to employment and termination agreements.
  • A subsidiary of a European bank on termination of the employment of its Chief Executive Officer and employment of a new CEO.
  • Several major Russian and foreign companies in stock option plans, phantom option plans and other compensation schemes.
  • Nordic Capital in employment-related matters.
  • A major Russian bank and its foreign subsidiaries on the protection and cross-border transfer of data.
  • A leading Russian company in the protection of commercial secrets and the development of the relevant internal regulations.
  • A leading U.S. investment bank on the development of standard depositary agreement.
  • A leading U.S. investment bank on the safekeeping and processing of personal data and the transfer of banking secrecy data.
  • A leading IT company in cross-border data transfer and related policies and procedures.
  • The Russian subsidiary of a leading Western company in several employment litigations.
  • The Russian subsidiary of a leading Western company in issues related to transfers and redundancies of employees, dealings with trade unions, imposition of disciplinary sanctions and termination of employees due to performance issues.
  • A Russian company in the analysis of the regulation and structure of an asset-backed ICO.
  • A Russian investment company on matters related to the creation of a cryptoexchange.
  • Block.one on the status of tokens associated with the open-source blockchain software platform that it intends to build to allow parallel processing of transactions across various blockchains and other regulatory implications of this project under Russian law.
  • DataWallet on the status of tokens associated with its distributed ledger technology for data exchange transactions and other regulatory implications of this project under Russian law.
  • StreamSpace on the status of tokens associated with its platform for distribution of films based on blockchain principles and other regulatory implications of this project under Russian law.
  • Sweetbridge on the status of tokens associated with its supply-chain management blockchain platform and other regulatory implications of this project under Russian law.
  • Nuggets on the status of tokens associated with its decentralized identity-verification and information exchange application and other regulatory implications of this project under Russian law.
  • DisLedger on the status of tokens associated with its distributed ledger technology to conduct high-volume transaction processing and other regulatory implications of this project under Russian law.
  • Autodidactic Fintech on various regulatory issues arising from offering tokens to Russians.
  • The Mosaic of Happiness Fund in setting up a private integrated nursery school in Moscow that supports integration of children with disabilities and refugee children into the local society.