INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS
FA: Financial Advisor LA: Legal AdvisorRUSSIA TOP 10 M&A DEALS
July 2015 - June 2016
DATE DEAL VALUE
USD
(MILLIONS)TARGET
COMPANYDEAL
DOMINANT
INDUSTRYBIDDER BIDDER
ADVISORSSELLER SELLER
ADVISORS30/09/2015 5 694Polyus Gold Interna-
tional (59.78%
stake)Mining Wandle Holdings FA: VTB Capital ZAO
LA: Norton Rose FulbrightPolyus Gold
InternationalFA: Credit Suisse; J.P. Morgan;
Lazard
LA: Herbert Smith Freehills04/12/2015 5 000 Komi Oil Chemicals and
materialsGaetano Holdings N/A Komi Oil N/A11/12/2015 1 338SIBUR Holding
(10% stake)Chemicals and
materialsChina Petrochemi-
cal CorporationFA: Morgan Stanley
LA: Vinson & Elkins SIBUR HoldingFA: Gazprombank
LA: Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Hamilton16/03/2016 1 280Taas-Yuriakh
Neftegazodobycha
(29.9% stake)EnergyIndian Oil
Corporation; Oil
India; Bharat
PetroResourcesFA: Rothschild
LA: Latham & WatkinsRosneft Oil
CompanyLA: Linklaters04/09/2015 1 268 Vankorneft (15%
Stake)Energy ONGC VideshFA: Citi
LA: Dentons; Shardul
Amarchand Mangaldas & CoRosneft Oil
CompanyLA: Norton Rose Fulbright23/10/2015 1 200 Avito Holding
(50.5% stake)Internet /
ecommerceNaspers LA:^ Cravath, Swaine & Moore;
White & CaseInvestment AB
Kinnevik; Accel
Partners; Baring
Vostok Capital
Partners; Nor-
thzone Ventures;
East Capital;
Private InvestorsLA: Ashurst; Delphi17/12/2015 1 189Yamal LNG (9.9%
stake) Energy Silk Road Fund LA:^ Herbert Smith Freehills Novatek N/A16/05/2016 1 062 Irkutskenergo
(40.29% stake)Energy EuroSibEnergo N/A INTER RAO UES N/A14/10/2015 570Krasnaya Polyana
NAO (96.91% stake)Leisure Kurort Plus N/A Sberbank FA: Sberbank24/07/2015 544Poultry Parent
Stock Production
Woyskovitsy (80%
stake); Poultry Pro-
duction Severnaya
(80% stake)Consumer:
FoodsCharoen Pok-
phand FoodsFA: Rabobank
LA: LinklatersAgro-Invest
BrinkyFA: BDO