RUSSIA BEST LAW FIRM
M&A
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Scott Senecal, Russell Pollack, Yulia Solomakhina
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Dmitry Surikov, Igor Gerber, Michael Schwartz
Linklaters CIS Dominic Sanders, Grigory Gadzhiev, Lev Loukhton
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom & Affiliates Dmitri Kovalenko, Alexey Kiyashko, Hilary Foulkes
White & Case LLC Andrei Dontsov, Eric Michailov, David Crook
EXCELLENT
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Suren Gortsunyan, Vladimir Kouznetsov, Natalia Baratiants
Baker & McKenzie Sergei Voitishkin, Alexey Frolov, Dmitry Marchan
Clifford Chance David Griston, Marc Bartholomy, Arthur Iliev
Debevoise & Plimpton Dmitri Nikiforov, Alan Kartashkin, Alyona Kucher
Herbert Smith Freehills Alexei Roudiak, Tomasz Wozniak, Evgeny Zelensky
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Brian Zimbler, Oleg Berger, Vasilisa Strizh
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Allen & Overy Philipp Wahl, Anton Konnov
ALRUD Law Firm Vassily Rudomino, Alexander Zharskiy
Baker Botts Maxim Levinson, Melinda Rishkofski
Dentons Florian Schneider, Richard Cowie
DLA Piper Rus Igor Antanyan
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Dimitry Afanasiev, Robin Wittering
Hogan Lovells (CIS) Oxana Balayan
Latham & Watkins Christopher Allen
Norton Rose Fulbright Anatoly Andriash, Valentina Gluhovskaya
RECOMMENDED
CMS Vladimir Zenin
Dechert Russia Laura Brank
Gide Boris Arkhipov
Goltsblat BLP Andrey Goltsblat
Orrick (CIS) Olga Sirodoeva
Pepeliaev Group Sergey Pepeliaev
Squire Patton Boggs Moscow Patrick Brooks
Track record: Freshfields’s strong expertise in
the natural resources and energy sectors has
provided its M&A team in Russia with clien-
tele drawn from leaders in the fields. The firm
recently advised global conglomerates, such
as Rhodia and Ilim Pulp, in structuring joint
ventures. In addition, it assisted Gazprom-
bank, the third largest bank in the Russian
Federation, on the sale of a majority stake in
Russian pharma company Biocad Holding.
Team & differentiation: The corporate team in
Freshfields’s Moscow office has approxima-
tely 33 associates and five partners. Practice
head Dmitry Surikov has profound experience
in advising a wide-variety of investors in the
heavy industrial sector. Freshfields can also
call upon leading partners Igor Gerber and
Michael Schwartz who play a crucial role in
forming joint ventures and securing project
finance.
L eaders:
Dmitry Surikov, Igor Gerber,
and Michael Schwartz
E stablished:
1992
Dmitry Surikov
FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER: A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS TAILORED TO RUSSIA’S INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT