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DLA Piper Advises Breffi on RUB 750 Million Investment from Elbrus Capital

DLA Piper Advises Breffi on RUB 750 Million Investment from Elbrus Capital

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DLA Piper has advised Breffi on a RUB 750 million investment from Elbrus Capital. O2 Consulting reportedly advised Elbrus Capital on the deal.

Breffi is a Russian omnichannel pharmaceutical marketing company. Founded in 2012 by Evgeniy Gordeev and Irina Shramova, both former employees of AstraZeneca, Breffi focuses on the promotion of pharmaceutical brands primarily through the doctors' community via remote and digital channels. Breffi’s revenue in 2021 exceeded RUB 500 million.

Elbrus Capital is a Russia and CIS-focused private equity firm.

According to DLA Piper, “the funding received from Elbrus Capital will be used to further develop Breffi’s operations, including the scaling up of its services, expansion into an adjacent market, and the enhancement of IT products development.”

DLA Piper’s Moscow-based team was led by Partner Leo Batalov and included by Legal Director Andrei Sheetkin, Associate Alexandra Braterskaya, and Paralegal Alexandra Khvorostyanova.

DLA Piper at a Glance

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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