Private Equity in Russia

In Russia and the CIS, Debevoise combines one of the world’s strongest global private equity practices with a premier local M&A team.

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Alan V. Kartashkin

Natalia A. Drebezgina

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Ranked as a leading firm in Russia for private equity.

Combines a strong US network and client base with solid local knowledge. Sources highlight the team's impressive skills in fund formation.

—Chambers Europe

Representative Clients

Alfa Capital Partners

Baring Vostok Capital Partners

DeutscheBank

NCH Advisors

Och-Ziff Capital Management

Providence Equity Partners

SUN-Apollo

Alfa Capital Partners in a number of its portfolio investments in Russia, including its debt and equity investments in World Class Fitness Clubs, its minority investment in Overseas Logistic Service Corporation and its subsequent merger with STS Logistics Corporation.

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Baring Vostok Capital Partners as a selling shareholder in the initial public offering by Yandex on NASDAQ.

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Prosperity Capital Management with respect to its acceptance of a mandatory tender offer and on Russian anti-monopoly and other regulatory matters.

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The firm has a long history in advising private equity firms and their investment funds around the world, particularly as they target entry into new markets. It has been one of the most active firms in the market over decades, developing practical experience and a suite of tools unmatched in the market.In Russia and the CIS, the firm brings the weight of this experience to bear for clients raising the full range of fund types, as well as international clients active in the region. In particular, it has unrivaled knowledge of fund structures typical to the region.Private equity clients in Russia and the CIS also have access to one of the region’s foremost mergers & acquisitions practices. M&A has been a core practice of the firm’s Moscow office since it was opened. Today, the team leads on the biggest, most innovative and market-shaping M&A work in the region involving private equity sponsors, including private equity portfolio investments and other minority investments characteristic of funds and their portfolio companies.This combination of on-the-ground knowledge and broad-based experience enables Debevoise to provide one-stop shopping for fund structuring and formation, mergers and acquisitions, buy-side investments, financing, exits (either strategic sale or IPO) and all other investment considerations for private equity clients.Chambers Europe recognizes the strength of the practice, ranking it among the leading teams in the region, stating that it “advises major international investors and Russian private equity funds on complex inbound and outbound investments. Combines a strong U.S. network and client base with solid local knowledge. Sources highlight the team's impressive skills in fund formation.”

Private Equity in Russia

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