I am Managing Director, one of the founders and head of Mergers & Acquisition division at AKSIO PARTNERS CYPRYS LTD. I have expertise in cross-border M&A transactions with over 15 years’ experience and regularly advise clients on acquisitions and disposals of assets, joint ventures and corporate governance issues.

I have experience in advising clients from a number of industry sectors, in particular, metallurgy, banking and finance, aviation, hotel and retail. My representative experience includes:

• advising on number of acquisitions and sales of banks and financial companies in Russia, Georgia, Ukraine and Poland for the total amount of more than US$300 million;
• advising on number of acquisitions and joint ventures to operate airlines in CIS and acquisitions of airlines and aviation related companies in Nord-Baltic region for the total amount of more than US$200 mln;
• advising the client acquisition of metallurgy company with plants in number of European countries and South America;
• advising on sale of hotel in Croatia;
• advising joint venture with leading European retail DIY chain on CIS market.

I also advised the clients in debt financing:

• rising and further restructuring of CLN financing of energy company in Ukraine from leading international investment bank for more than US$200 mln;
• advising the bank for issue of subordinated loan to the leading bank in CIS in the amount of US$200 mln;
• advising the bank for issue of LPN in the amount of US$100 mln.

In addition, I help clients to navigate through complex commercial and international investment treaty disputes. I advise clients on arbitration proceedings under the LCIA, ICC, ICSID, SCC and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. Some of the significant matters I have managed for clients include:

• breach of the rights under Shareholders Agreements for clients in aviation industry under LCIA rules;
• breach of the rights under Shareholders Agreements for clients in energy sector under LCIA rules;
• claims for breach of Energy Charter Treaty under the rules of Stockholm Chamber of Commerce;
• investment-treaty claims for expropriation of investments of aviation company under the rules of ICSID;
• expropriation of various property and recreation complexes, petrol stations and aviation company under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.