Experience

• • Chubb in its 15-year exclusive bancassurance distribution agreement with Hang Seng Bank.
  • Elbrus Capital in its investment in VseInstrumenti.ru, the largest online retailer of DIY goods in Russia.
  • Ant Group in its agreement to form joint ventures with Mail.ru Group, USM, MegaFon, and RDIF in payments and financial services.
  • The largest private generator and distributor of electricity and heat in Russia, in its defence against claims in Russian state commercial courts brought by several minority shareholders.
  • A leading American pharmaceutical company in a bankruptcy case of its Russian distributor.
  • Alibaba in the joint venture of its AliExpress business in Russia with the Russian Direct Investment Fund, MegaFon and Mail.ru, aimed at integrating Russia’s key consumer internet and e-commerce platforms.
  • AXA in its acquisition of Bermuda-based XL/Catlin Group for $15.3 billion in connection with insurance M&A and regulatory matters.
  • Mobile TeleSystems in its investor-state arbitration against Uzbekistan brought under the Additional Facility of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), including successfully defending an Article 45(6) application.
  • Titan Group in its establishment of a joint venture with Sibur and Gazprom Neft on the basis of the Omsk Polypropylene Plant (Poliom).
  • Participation in the working group of the Ministry of Justice of Russia on the reform of arbitration legislation in Russia, including drafting new arbitration law.
  • NLMK in its $800 million Eurobond offering of 4.45% notes due 2018.
  • NLMK in its debut $500 million Eurobond offering of 4.95% notes due 2019.
  • Schneider Electric in its acquisition of a 50% interest and further consolidation of a 100% stake in ZAO Group of Companies Electroshield – TM Samara.