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Evgeny Chernyavsky
partner
Bars and courts
Qualified to practise law in the Russian Federation
Education
  • Bachelor’s degree,

    National Research University Higher

    School of Economics, 2012

  • Master’s degree,

    National Research University Higher

    School of Economics, 2014

Languages

Russian, English

Citizenship

Russian Federation

Practice
Corporate | M&A

Evgeny is a partner in the corporate / M&A practice and one of the founders of Voskhod Law Firm.

He has more than 10 years' experience in advising clients on landmark M&A transactions in the Russian and international markets, as well as on a wide range of corporate law issues, including public and private equity investments, joint ventures and asset ownership restructuring.

Evgeny also has extensive experience in advising on intellectual property issues, including acquisition of technologies, software and digital content.

Evgeny is recommended as a leading lawyer in the field of corporate law and M&A by Legal 500 and Chambers.

Evgeny worked in the Moscow office of the international law firm White & Case from 2012 to 2022.

Selected experience (advising):
  • Sber:

    • and co-investors in connection with acquisition of a 75% stake in Prosveshcheniye, the largest brand in the educational books market in Russia. The deal is valued at approximately 1 billion USD and represents a vital step toward digitalisation of the educational process in Russia;

    • on the acquisition of a 75% interest in the charter capital of Yandex.Money, the Russian on-line payments service, and the establishment of the associated joint venture arrangements with Yandex NV;

  • SIBUR Holding:

    • in connection with the sale of 100% of the shares of TGK-16 JSC to TAIF JSC;

    • in connection with multi-billion USD acquisition and merger with TAIF Group, creating a petrochemical giant valued at $27 billion USD and making SIBUR one of the world’s top five polymer producers by size. The deal was awarded "Deal of the Year" by Forbes Russia at the end of 2021;

    • in connection with the disposal of a 40% interest in Amur Gas Chemical Complex to China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), China's leading energy and chemical company, and the formation of the associated JV (9.1 billion USD project);

    • on the acquisition of a 100% interest in Tobolsk heat and power station from the Nordic power giant Fortum;

  • Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions, a part of Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, in connection with acquisition of a controlling stake in Quadra from Onexim Group;

  • VTB Capital:

    • acting as financial adviser to the seller, RZD-Infrastructure Projects (subsidiary of Russian Railways), in connection with its sale of a stake in Sukhodol, a major seaport in the Russian Far East, and the refinancing of the Russian Railways loan to Sukhodol;

    • in connection with a 250 million USD investment in a Russian online cinema platform, Ivi.ru, including advising VTB Capital and its co-investors, Millhouse and Invest AG, with respect to due diligence;

    • acting as financial adviser and auction manager to UTLC (a subsidiary of Russian Railways) in the $968 million USD sale of a 50% + 2 shares stake in the charter capital of PJSC Transcontainer via an auction process;

    • acting as financial adviser to Russian Railways (seller) in the 153.56 million USD auction sale of 100% minus one share in the charter capital of JSC VRK-2, the Russia based provider of rail car and wagon repair services;

    • in connection with the acquisition of a stake in Russian Fitness Group, the largest fitness club operator in Russia, trading under the World Class, World Class LITE and FizKult brands;

  • VTB Bank:

    • in connection with the acquisition of Tele2 Russia from Tele2 AB as a private equity investment for 3.55 billion USD;

    • in connection with the 2 billion USD sale of its 55% stake in Tele2 Russia to Rostelecom, the Russian telecom giant, and further acquisition of up to 30% of the shares of Rostelecom;

    • in connection with the acquisition of a major stake in Vozrozhdenie Bank;

  • Rostelecom:

    • in connection with the establishment of a joint venture in relation to the operator of the unified biometric system of Russian Federation;

    • on the disposal of a 44.8% stake in SafeData LLC (SafeData), the leading data center and cloud services provider in Russia, to VTB Bank for 464.3 million USD (35 billion RUB);

    • on the acquisition of DataLine, a leading Russian data center services provider, for approximately 280 million USD;

    • on the acquisition of 75% of the developer of the Sailfish mobile operating system;

  • Yandex:

    • in connection with acquisition of a land plot in Moscow on Kosygina St. for construction of a new headquarters; the transaction was named "The Best real estate transaction in Central and Eastern Europe" at the Project Finance Awards 2018, organized by EMEA Finance magazine;

    • in connection with the proposed acquisition of a vehicle holding the majority of the complex of buildings in the Red Rose Business District from KR Properties in exchange for 12.9 million Yandex Class "A" ordinary shares;

  • T2 Mobile in relation to the performance of contractual obligations in the context of sanctions and counter-sanctions;

  • Inarktika PJSC in connection with the sale of three smolt plants in Norway;

  • A shareholder of a joint venture created for implementation of a project worth more than 20 billion USD, in connection with structuring of relations between its shareholders;

  • the Shareholders in connection with the sale of Cordiant, Russian leading tyre holding;

  • X5 Retail Group on the acquisition of the supermarket business from O'KEY, one of the largest retail chains in Russia;

  • a leading company in its sector in relation to a number of potential transactions for the acquisition of competitors in connection with withdrawal of their controlling foreign shareholders from the Russian market, including preparation of a binding offer under English law;

  • Moscow Exchange in connection with the acquisition of a stake in the electronic trading platform BierbaumPro AG;

  • AIM High Technologies on various shareholders’ equity issues;

  • a Russian-Chinese Investment Fund and the investment company Mubadala in connection with the creation of a joint venture with UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) for the development and expansion of its business in the field of mixed martial arts (MMA) in Russia and the CIS countries;

  • First Heartland Jysan Bank in connection with the acquisition of 99.76% of the shares of ATF Bank, one of the leading banks in Kazakhstan;

  • Canon Medical Systems Corp., a specialist producer of medical equipment, in connection with the creation of a joint venture with the leading Russian provider of medical services "R-Pharm Holding" for the production of diagnostic equipment in nine CIS countries, including Russia;

  • Myriad International Holdings (MIH), a subsidiary of the global Internet and media holding Naspers, in its acquisition of an 18.6% equity stake in Avito;

  • Naspers in connection with a 1.2 billion USD investment in Avito, which allowed Naspers to become a majority shareholder of the company;

  • Qatar Holding LLC, a strategic and direct investment division of Qatar Investment Authority, in connection with the acquisition of VTB Bank shares with a value of 500 million USD;

  • TeliaSonera, a Swedish telecommunications company and shareholder of OJSC MegaFon, on the acquisition by MegaFon of an operator of wireless Internet access services "Skartel" (Yota) from Alisher Usmanov’s "Garsdale" company for 1.18 billion USD;

  • Elbrus Capital Fund on a number of projects, including divestiture of a business;

  • The Shareholders on sale of "Smile" (an operator of telecommunications services in the corporate and consumer markets of Moscow and the Moscow region) to "Virgin Connect" (a Russian telecom operator, part of the international Virgin group);

  • Summa Group on the acquisition of a 49% stake in JSC Far-Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO), as well as the subsequent sale of a minority stake in FESCO to TPG Capital;

  • An International financial institution on software licensing issues;

  • OBI group, one of the leaders in the DIY retail industry with more than 600 stores globally and 19 in Russia, on its acquisition of a 49% stake in LLC Do-It-Yourself (Russia);

  • Deutsche Bank in connection with various contractual issues, including software licensing and provision of services;

  • NLMK Group in connection with the sale of its long product assets in the Urals and Kaluga Region.

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