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

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Alan Kartashkin is recommended as a leading capital markets lawyer.

—Vedomosti: Best Lawyers

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Natalia Drebezgina

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Recommended for International & Cross-Border Capabilities.

“Reactive, creative and extremely customer-minded.”

“They are great in capital markets and M&A, are flexible, can take on any project, and are ready to get advice from other jurisdictions.”

—Chambers Global, 2021-2022

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

—IFLR1000, 2021/22

Ranked as a leading firm in Russia for Capital Markets by The Legal 500 EMEA (2021), Chambers Europe (2021) and Chambers Global (2022).

“Debevoise’s team is very active and is always able to find practical solutions.”

—The Legal 500 EMEA, 2020

Alan Kartashkin and Natalia Drebezgina ranked for Capital Markets in Russia by Chambers Global (2022). James Scoville and Vera Losonci also ranked for Capital Markets – Russia (Expertise Based Abroad).

“They are commercial and they understand the business side of things.”

—Chambers Europe, 2021

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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.

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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 multijurisdictional 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.”