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DLA Piper and Linklaters Advise Raspadskaya on Acquisition of Yuzhkuzbassugol in Russia

DLA Piper and Linklaters Advise Raspadskaya on Acquisition of Yuzhkuzbassugol in Russia

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DLA Piper has advised Raspadskaya on its USD 920 million acquisition of Russian coal producer Yuzhkuzbassugol from EVRAZ that, the firm reports, "will lead to the creation of Russia’s largest and the world’s fifth largest coking coal company." Linklaters advised the seller on the deal.

Raspadskaya is a Russian integrated group of coal mining and enrichment facilities.

EVRAZ is a mining company and a producer of infrastructure steel products, with operations in Russia, the United States, Canada, the Czech Republic, and Italy, among others.

DLA Piper’s Moscow-based team included Partners Julien Hansen and Igor Antonyan, Counsel Alexander Klochkov, Senior Associates Ilya Skalkov and Azamat Abdulmenov, and Associates Alexander Mysov and Dmitry Kravchenko.

Linklaters team consisted of, in Moscow, Partners Hugo Stolkin and Denis Uvarov and Managing Associate Mikhail Fufaev; and in London, Managing Associate Lauren Renshaw and Associate Thomas Bishop.

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DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, helping clients with their legal needs around the world. We strive to be the leading global full-service law firm by delivering quality and value to our clients. With practical and innovative legal solutions, we help our clients succeed.

In Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), DLA Piper continues to grow and now employs more than 320 lawyers, including 46 partners across its six offices in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. With our global set-up and established relationship firms across all other CEE jurisdictions, we are among the largest and most experienced international law firms in the region. Through our experience gained advising on a variety of high-profile projects and the long-term relationships we have established with our clients, we have built a reputation as a leading business law firm across CEE.

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