Advising:
SIBUR Holding on:
the US$ multi-billion acquisition and merger with TAIF Group
the acquisition of a 100% interest in Tobolsk heat and power station from the Nordic power giant Fortum;
the sale of certain tyre producing assets to the joint venture between Pirelli S.p.A. and Rostec State Corporation;
a proposed reverse acquisition of Amtel-Vredestein N.V;
Rusatom Infrastructure Solutions, a part of Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, in connection with the acquisition of a controlling stake in Quadra from Onexim Group;
Sberbank Group on:
the acquisition of a group of companies offering online job search services (rabota.ru);
the acquisition of a group of companies offering courier delivery services (shiptor.ru);
the potential acquisition of a Russian bank;
the potential acquisition of a group of companies providing logistics services;
the potential acquisition of a Russian subsidiary of a large international IT group;
the potential acquisition of a group of companies offering data processing services;
the potential acquisition of a group of companies offering online ebook and audiobook services in Russia and a number of CIS countries;
VTB Bank in connection with:
the acquisition of Tele2 Russia from Tele2 AB as a private equity investment for US$3.55 billion;
in connection with the US$2 billion 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;
the acquisition of a major stake in Vozrozhdenie Bank;
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;
a US$250 million 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 US$968 million 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 US$153.56 million 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;
X5 Retail Group in connection with:
the acquisition of the supermarket business from O'KEY, one of the largest retail chains in Russia;
the acquisition of 100% of the shares in SPAR Retail from A&NN Group;
the acquisition of 100 stores owned by the Sosedushka retail chain in Orenburg and the Orenburg region.
Rostelecom on:
the acquisition of DataLine, a leading Russian data centre services provider, for approximately US$280 million;
the acquisition of the internet service provider Freshtel.
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 US$1.18 billion;
Rosneft in connection with the acquisition of GAZEX Group, the largest gas distribution company in the Urals;
Baring Vostok Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of the Viasat Russian-language TV channels from Modern Times Group, including on intellectual property matters;
INARKTIKA in connection with:
the sale of three smolt plants in Norway;
the sale of 100% of the shares in Russian Fish Company, distributor of chilled and frozen fish and seafood;
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;
a foreign company in connection with the sale of an office real estate business;
a leading industrial company in connection with the sale of foreign assets;
a VC fund with offices in Moscow and London in connection with the sale of IT assets to a strategic investor;
O1 Group, an international private equity firm, in connection with the sale of O1 Properties and NPF Future;
Kazzinc Limited, the largest producer of zinc in Kazakhstan, on the acquisition of the Zhairem Mining Plant from ENRC;
Elbrus Capital Fund on a number of projects, including divestiture of a business;
Yandex in connection with 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;
Gazprom EnergoHolding on the sale of an energy production asset in exchange for a stake in a major international energy company;
The State Electric Grid Corporation of China in connection with the acquisition of thermal power plants in Russia.
Advising:
SIBUR Holding 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 (US$9.1 billion project);
transferring the joint IT function of SIBUR and its partner to an international provider;
a leading transport and logistics company on a series of transactions in connection with the restructuring of its share capital;
VTB Group on the acquisition of a 30% stake in Rostelecom;
Rostelecom in connection with:
the acquisition of a controlling stake in SafeData, a Russian provider of commercial data centre services, to develop a national content storage and distribution network;
the disposal of a 44.8% stake in SafeData, the largest data centre operator in Russia, to VTB Bank for RUB 35 billion;
the acquisition of 75% of the developer of the Sailfish mobile operating system;
Sberbank Group in connection with:
the acquisition (with co-investors) of a 75% stake in Prosveshcheniye, the largest brand in the educational books market in Russia. The deal is valued at approximately US$1 billion and represents a vital step toward digitalisation of the educational process in Russia;
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;
the acquisition of a majority stake in a group of companies offering tools for the creation of websites (insales.ru) and the formation of the associated joint venture;
Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works in connection with a potential multi-billion joint venture;
Gazprombank on the acquisition of a stake in Elga Coal Group;
Naspers, a global internet and media holding company and one of the world's largest technology investors, on its US$1.2 billion investment in Avito;
Polyus in connection with:
the formation of a joint venture with private investors for the development of mineral deposits;
investments in a leading Russian developer of electrochemical solutions for the energy industry;
Myriad International Holdings (MIH), a subsidiary of the global Internet and media holding Naspers, in connection with the acquisition of an 18.6% stake in Avito;
on a sale of a stake in Itransition to a strategic investor;
an investment fund in connection with the acquisition of a stake in a broadcasting organisation;
Resource Capital Fund VII L.P., a US-based private equity fund, in its acquisition of a 35% indirect equity stake in RG Gold, a gold mining company based in Kazakhstan;
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;
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;
Qatar Holding LLC, a strategic and direct investment division of Qatar Investment Authority, in connection with the acquisition of shares in VTB Bank with a value of US$500 million;
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;
Rosneft in connection with:
the potential liquidation of a minority shareholder of the Petromiranda JV;
preparation of transaction documents for the creation of two joint ventures with PDVSA for the processing and sale of natural gas in Venezuela;
Rosneft Brasil, a subsidiary of Rosneft, in connection with the acquisition of a 55% stake in the project for the development of 21 oil and gas fields located in the Solimões River Basin in the Amazon region of northern Brazil.