Capital Markets in Russia

The team draws on a pool of capital markets experience in Moscow as well as in Debevoise’s international offices, most notably in London. The team includes lawyers qualified in Russia, the UK, the U.S., France and Germany. This international capability and local experience has seen the Russian team guide clients through complex capital markets transactions in a range of jurisdictions.

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Alan Kartashkin

News

Debevoise Advises Uralkali in Buyback Programme of its Common Shares and Global Depositary Receipts with the Total Purchase Amount of up to $1.32 Billion

Alan Kartashkin is recommended as a leading capital markets lawyer.

—Vedomosti: Best Lawyers

Alan Kartashkin

Experience Highlight

Baring Vostok Capital Partners as a selling shareholder in the $1.4 billion NASDAQ initial public offering by Yandex, the leading internet company and most popular search engine in Russia.

Recognition

Alan Kartashkin

Natalia Drebezgina

Maxim Kuleshov

Ranked as a leading firm in Russia for capital markets, with Alan Kartashkin, Natalia Drebezgina and Maxim Kuleshov listed as leading practitioners. " Flexible, clear and commercially oriented."

—Chambers Europe 2019

Ranked as a leading firm in Russia for equity and debt capital markets.

—IFLR1000, 2020

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Ranked as a leading firm in Russia for capital markets.

—The Legal 500 EMEA 2019, Chambers Europe, 2019 and Chambers Global 2019

James Scoville and Vera Losonci ranked for Capital Markets: Equity (Foreign Expertise) in Russia by Chambers Global 2019. Alan Kartashkin, Natalia Drebezgina and Maxim Kuleshov listed as leading practitioners.

Representative Clients

Baring Vostok Capital Partners
BNY Mellon
Chelyabinsk Zink Plant
HSBC
Inter RAO UES
The London Stock Exchange
Norilsk Nickel

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Debevoise Advises on the Placing of Shares and Global Depositary Shares in Polyus

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Through fielding strong teams in both Moscow and Europe, the team is particularly adept in representing issuers in international offerings, listings on international exchanges (including the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Paris and other European exchanges), advising on on going compliance and corporate governance matters, privatizations, offerings of high-yield debt securities, and complex derivative products.The team has long experience in coordinating the requirements of U.S. securities laws alongside the requirements of non-U.S. laws, and has advised on numerous multi-jurisdictional offerings that combine a registered offering in the U.S. with a public or private offering outside the U.S.In Russia, the capital markets team draws on the Moscow office’s huge experience in the energy, natural resources and mining sectors to offer tailored solutions.Individuals in the team draw regular praise from the major legal directories for their capital markets advice. Alan Kartashkin is described by Chambers Global as one of “the most active lawyers in the market, [with] a sharp, analytical mind.” James Scoville is described by the same directory as “a renowned securities and capital markets lawyer.”