Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has advised the HeadHunter Group, which operates Russian online recruiting platform hh.ru, on the acquisition of the Zarplata.ru online recruiting platform from Hearst Shkulev Digital Regional Network B.V. The transaction, which is valued at RUB 3.5 billion, has already been given the requisite regulatory approval and is expected to close in January 2021.
According to BCLP, “Zarplata.ru is one of the largest players in the Russian online recruitment market. The company holds leading positions in a number of regions of the Urals and Siberia. In 2019, the company's total revenue was RUB 854 million.”
BCLP’s team included Partners Ekaterina Dedova and Evgeny Timofeev, Associate Director Anastasia Speranskaya, Counsels Alexey Koshelev, Anna Zelenskaya, Yury Babichev, Igor Zhivotov, and Andrey Neminuschiy, Senior Associate Denis Khramkin, Associates Ruslan Nurullaev and Tuyana Molokhoeva, and Junior Associate Elena Naumova.
BCLP did not reply to our inquiry on the matter.
