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Russia
Capital markets
Capital markets - ranked: tier 1
Latham & Watkins LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP represents issuers and underwriters, and has a strong track record in advising on IPOs, eurobonds and other securities offerings across the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Recent highlights include advising steel and mining company Severstal on its issuance of $500m-worth of notes, and acting for Goldman Sachs, UBS and VTB Capital as joint lead managers on X5 Retail Group’s issuance of RUB20bn-worth of notes on the Irish Stock Exchange. Practice head David Stewart splits his time between Moscow and London; Mikhail Turetsky handles eurobond transactions across the CIS. Yulia Dementieva is another key practitioner.
Leading individuals
Mikhail Turetsky - Latham & Watkins LLP
Energy and natural resources
Energy and natural resources - ranked: tier 4
Latham & Watkins LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP’s energy team is led by managing partner Mikhail Turetsky, who has extensive expertise in banking, finance and capital markets transactions. The team also handles M&A and joint ventures, and recently advised Uniper on the sale of its interest in Yuzhno-Russkoye Gasfield.
Russia: Banking and finance
Lender or arranger side
Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side - ranked: tier 2
Latham & Watkins LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP’s ‘professional, knowledgeable and practical’ team is ‘exceptionally pleasant to work with, and highly organised in co-ordinating projects’. Led by Mikhail Turetsky and Ragnar Johannesen, the practice handles all stages of acquisition finance, project finance, global loans and restructuring transactions.
Russia: Commercial, corporate and M&A
Moscow
Commercial, corporate and M&A: Moscow - ranked: tier 2
Latham & Watkins LLP
At Latham & Watkins LLP, highlights included advising a consortium of three state-owned Indian gas companies, namely Oil India, Indian Oil and Bharat PetroResources, on their acquisition of an interest in Taas-Yuriakh Licenses from Rosneft. The team also advised Sheremetyevo International Airport on its sale of Vladivostok International Airport to a consortium of Russian investors. Practice head Christopher Allen is ‘an excellent lawyer who really knows the Russian market’ and ‘a great asset to have on your side’. David Stewart and counsel Yulia Dementieva are also recommended.
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Energy and infrastructure
- Islamic finance
- TMT
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
China
Offices in Shanghai and Beijing
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance: foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Private equity/venture capital: foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy: foreign firms
- TMT : TMT: foreign firms
Germany
Offices in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, and Dusseldorf
- Antitrust
- Banking and finance : Financial services: regulatory
- Banking and finance : Lending and borrowing
- Capital markets : Debt capital markets
- Capital markets : Equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: Large international deals (€500m+)
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized international deals (€100m-€500m)
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: Large domestic deals (€500m+)
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Financial services litigation
- Employment
- IT and outsourcing : Data protection
- IT and outsourcing : Information technology (including contracts)
- IT and outsourcing : Outsourcing
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring
- Tax
Spain
Offices in Madrid and Barcelona
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Public law
- Tax
France
Offices in Paris
- Banking and finance : Transactional work
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Derivatives, structured finance and securitisation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- EU, competition and distribution
- Employment
- Industry focus : IT, telecoms and the Internet
- Insolvency
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : LBO
- Tax
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets : Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: international arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: litigation
- Private equity
- Projects and energy
- Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Structured finance and securitisation
Indonesia
Latin America: International firms
India
Italy
- Banking and finance : Borrower side
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Industry focus : Retail
- Private equity
- Restructuring and insolvency
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Antitrust and competition : Antitrust and competition – International firms and joint ventures
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance – International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy – International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Securitisation
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment: employers and senior executives
- Investment fund formation and management : Private funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Property finance
- Risk advisory : Data protection privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment (including media finance)
Myanmar
Malaysia
Philippines
Russia
Offices in Moscow
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A : Moscow
- Energy and natural resources
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance – Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Capital markets – Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – Foreign firms
- Energy : Energy – Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy – Foreign firms
- TMT : TMT – Foreign firms
South Korea
Offices in Seoul
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy – Foreign firms
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
United States
Offices in Chicago, Washington DC, Silicon Valley, Orange County, Newark, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, and Century City
- Antitrust : Cartel
- Antitrust : Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Antitrust : Merger control
- Dispute resolution : Appellate
- Dispute resolution : Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution : Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution : General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution : International litigation
- Dispute resolution : International trade
- Dispute resolution : M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense
- Dispute resolution : Securities litigation: defense
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance : Commercial lending
- Finance : Financial services regulation
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance : Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Structured finance: securitization
- Government : Government contracts
- Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative
- Industry focus : Energy regulatory: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy regulatory: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Environment: litigation
- Industry focus : Environment: regulatory
- Industry focus : Environment: transactional
- Industry focus : Healthcare: life sciences
- Industry focus : Healthcare: service providers
- Industry focus : Insurance: advice to policyholders
- Industry focus : Sport
- Intellectual property : Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: international trade commission
- Intellectual property : Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management : Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment : Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial : Commercial deals and contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial : Corporate governance
- M&A/corporate and commercial : M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial : Private equity buyouts
- M&A/corporate and commercial : Venture capital and emerging companies
- Media, technology and telecoms : Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Media, technology and telecoms : Media and entertainment
- Media, technology and telecoms : Outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Real estate : Land use/zoning
- Real estate
- Real estate : Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Tax : International tax
- Tax : US taxes: contentious
- Tax : US taxes: non-contentious