Morgan Lewis has advised Yandex on restructuring the ownership of its MLU and self-driving joint ventures with Uber and acquisition of all shares in the Yandex.Eats, Yandex.Lavka, Yandex.Delivery, and Self-Driving businesses for a cash consideration of USD 1.0 billion. Alrud advised Uber on the deal. Cooley and Herbert Smith Freehills reportedly also advised the seller. 

White & Case has advised Elga Coal LLC on a USD 1.66 billion syndicated financing deal with a pool of lenders led by Gazprombank. Linklaters reportedly advised the lenders on the transaction.

Dentons has advised UniCredit Bank AO Russia on a sustainability-linked CHF 585 million (approximately EUR 545 million) seven-year facility for Russian Railways. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton reportedly advised Russian Railways on the deal.

Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners has advised Sistema JSFC subsidiary Segezha Group on the acquisition of a minority stake in Novoyeniseiskiy Wood-Chemical Complex's owner Tegli Holdings Ltd.

DLA Piper has advised Borzo on its USD 35 million Series C investment round. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner advised one of the investors in the round – Emirati investment company Mubadala.

In its July 2020 Schrems II judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the Privacy Shield for EU-US personal data transfers for commercial purposes. In a case concerning data transfers by Facebook Ireland to the US, the court concluded that because of its mass surveillance programs, the US does not provide the adequate – that is, a sufficient – level of personal data protection that is guaranteed by EU law. What conclusions may be drawn from Schrems II for personal data transfers to Russia almost one year later?

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has successfully represented global pharmaceutical corporation Novartis before the FAS in an unfair competition dispute with a Nativa distributor.

BGP Litigation has successfully represented UniCredit Bank JSC as one of the creditors in bankruptcy proceedings against Russian shoe retailer Firma ANTA JSC, operating under the brand of Carlo Pazolini. The case was brought before the Moscow Arbitration Court.

Rybalkin, Gortsunyan and Partners has advised Etalon on its acquisition of a 35% stake in QB Technology and its associated intellectual property.

Kachkin & Partners has advised the Krasnaya Strela Group on its acquisition of two buildings in St. Petersburg from the Okhta Group.

Pepeliaev Group has announced it hired Mikhail Tserkovnikov as its head of the energy group in Moscow. 

The influence of digital technologies on all spheres of life is currently on the increase. This has led to intellectual activity appearing in a variety of digital formats. One of them is the Non-Fungible Token (“NFT”).

Hogan Lovells has advised Russian private equity company Elbrus Capital on its co-investment with iTech Capital into Aviasales.

Mikhail Khaletsky has been promoted to Partner with Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has advised GetCourse founder and CEO Sergey Mikhaylov on a USD 50 million private equity deal with Goldman Sachs, Winter Capital Partners, and Baring Vostok Capital Partners funds. Herbert Smith Freehills advised the funds on the deal.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has advised Russia’s Sberbank on its sale of debt and equity in the Eurocement Group to the Mikhaylovsky Construction Materials Plant for an aggregate consideration of RUB 161 billion. According to BCLP, Schellenberg Wittmer advised the seller on Swiss law while Patrikios Pavlou & Associates and Chryssafinis & Polyviou advised on Cypriot law. Rybalkin Gortsunyan & Partners advised the buyer on the deal.

Alrud has represented French automobile educational association GNFA in a corporate dispute with a former minority shareholder, an unidentified Russian company.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, working with Uzbekistan-based co-counsel Kosta Legal, has advised Sberbank on its sale of 84.2% of the shares in JSC Akhangarancement. Legate and, reportedly, EPAM advised the unidentified buyer.