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Alexander Rudyakov
Senior Partner, Attorney, PhD in Law
Alexander has specialized for over 15 years in corporate law and M&A, including investment project support, procurement of funding and debt restructuring transactions, as well as real estate and construction.
He has been repeatedly involved in supporting major transactions and other projects covered in the media.
He has been repeatedly involved in supporting major transactions and other projects covered in the media.
He is the head of the Corporate Law and M&A service.
In addition to legal practice, since 2019, Alexander has been a member of the Expert Council on Digitalization at the Coordination Council of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE) and the Expert Group on Digital Economy at the Leningrad Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI)
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Ratings and Awards
Alexander is endorsed by international and Russian ratings, including: Legal 500, Best Lawyers, Pravo-300, Kommersant, Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Legal 500 in the nomination: Corporate Law
Best lawyers in the nominations: Commercial Law, Corporate Law
Pravo-300 in the nominations: Agro-Industrial Complex and Agriculture, Corporate Law/M&A (high market), Real Estate, Land, Construction (high market), Digital Economy, Private Equity
Kommersant in the nominations: Corporate Law/M&A, Agriculture, Construction and Real Estate, Digital Economy / fintech, Private Equity
Rossiyskaya Gazeta in the nominations: Business M&A, Digital Assets and Their Management, Real Estate and Housing and Utilities, PPP / Infrastructure, Private Equity and Investments
Legal 500 in the nomination: Corporate Law
Best lawyers in the nominations: Commercial Law, Corporate Law
Pravo-300 in the nominations: Agro-Industrial Complex and Agriculture, Corporate Law/M&A (high market), Real Estate, Land, Construction (high market), Digital Economy, Private Equity
Kommersant in the nominations: Corporate Law/M&A, Agriculture, Construction and Real Estate, Digital Economy / fintech, Private Equity
Rossiyskaya Gazeta in the nominations: Business M&A, Digital Assets and Their Management, Real Estate and Housing and Utilities, PPP / Infrastructure, Private Equity and Investments
Legislative activities
Alexander participated in the development of amendments to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (civil legislation reform), the Federal Law “On Participation in Shared Construction”, the Federal Law “On State Registration of Real Estate”, the Federal Law “On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)”, the Federal Law “On Digital Financial Assets”, the Federal Law ”On Crowdfunding”, the Federal Law ”On Experimental Legal Regimes”, etc.
Selected Experience
Corporate Law and M&A
Alexander advised:
Alexander advised:
on the transaction to acquire investments units of a closed-end mutual fund that owns shares of PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CENTER JSC, a lease in the transport industry and owner of major port assets (total asset value: approximately RUB 170 billion);
on the transaction to sell AK Russia, one of the largest franchisees of the KFC restaurant chain and operator of about 100 restaurants;
on the transaction to acquire DonBioTech, including due diligence of land plots and unfinished construction projects (a future grain processing complex for the production of amino acids in Volgodonsk) and provided legal support for the transaction to acquire 100% of shares of the asset holder (total value: more than RUB 25 billion);
Sinara Group in the transaction to acquire a controlling stake in the Uralhimmash chemical engineering plant;
the transaction to acquire Soda Hlorat, the only Russian manufacturer of caustic potash, potassium carbonate, hydrochloric acid, and synthetic soda;
a project of structuring and comprehensive legal support of a deal for the acquisition of industrial production in Russia from a non-resident (total value: RUB 18 billion);
the transaction for the acquisition of one of the largest company groups in the petrochemical production sector (more than 15 legal entities), including proposal of structuring options and preparation of all transaction documentation (total value: approximately RUB 30 billion);
DOM.RF in a transaction for the acquisition of Rossiyskiy Kapital Bank and the SU-155 Group (total value: approximately RUB 700 billion);
a project for the construction and operation of a methanol plant in the Leningrad Region of Russia (total value: approximately RUB 120 billion);
a universal operator of freight railway rolling stock in the transaction to acquire shares in two railway sector companies and their subsidiaries (asset book value: RUB 175 billion).
JV
Alexander advised:
Alexander advised:
DOM.RF, providing legal support for the transaction involving the implementation of joint project for the development of Parusovoye, Severo-Parusovoye and Semakovskoye fields in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, with a total project value of approximately RUB 300 billion;
a joint venture for the development of a tourist and gambling zone in Crimea with an investment volume of approximately RUB 50 billion;
a client during the establishment of a joint venture — a leader in the construction of linear infrastructure, with a total project value of RUB 100 billion;
partners in a joint project to develop multiple gas fields with an investment volume of RUB 200 billion;
two partners in structuring and supporting a transaction to establish one of the largest joint infrastructure companies in Russia, including due diligence of 17 companies that implement projects in most regions of the country, with a total project value of approximately RUB 100 rubles;
participants in a joint project for the construction of a gas processing plant in Ust-Luga with a total value of about USD 20 billion;
investors in a project for the construction of a bridge across the Amur River between the Russian Federation and China with a budget of approximately RUB 20 billion.
Project Financing
Alexander advised:
Alexander advised:
investors on a financing transaction related to the construction of the Rosa Khutor ski resort in Sochi with an approximate total project value of USD 2 billion;
one of the largest Moscow developers in legal analysis and development of optimal models for formalizing relations for the implementation of investment projects in residential and commercial real estate with a total project value of over RUB 100 billion;
a borrower in attracting external debt funding in the amount of RUB 20 billion;
a baby food and dietary products manufacturer in the debt portfolio restructuring, including bonds, LPNs, and bank loans.
Real Estate, Land, Construction
Alexander advised:
Alexander advised:
a client that implements investment projects in domestic and inbound tourism development, including utilizing budget funds. This entailed assessing options for acquiring land plots and capital construction facilities (health camps, spa retreats, etc.) for their reconstruction, demolition, or capital repair (the total project value is over RUB 40 billion, without taking into account the attracted investor financing);
one of the city-forming enterprises of the Sverdlovsk Region: legal due diligence of the assets of an industrial complex that produces processed aluminum and magnesium alloys, used in aerospace, oil and gas, nuclear, shipbuilding and mechanical engineering industries (the total project value is over RUB 75 billion);
a client in the support for the transaction to acquire land plots, buildings and structures in the resort city of the Krasnodar Territory, including legal support for the construction of a health resort complex;
a customer of the project to establish an agro-industrial complex based on existing production in the Kostroma Region and to build a laboratory to develop new potato varieties (total project value: more than RUB 200 million);
a client during the legal due diligence of land plots and unfinished construction projects of a future grain processing complex for the production of amino acids in Volgodonsk, Rostov Region, and the legal support for the transaction to acquire 100% of shares of the asset holder.
Digital Law and Financial Technologies
Alexander advised:
Alexander advised:
a client on a transaction to attract venture financing from a number of business angels and funds in the form of a SAFE agreement, including an analysis of compliance of the company’s internal documents with the laws on personal data processing (total project value: RUB 14 billion);
a legal entity that acts as an issuer of tokens for digital rights, including drafting a license agreement for the use of the works of the museum fund to create an original audiovisual work, preparation of a decision on the issue of a token and selection of the legal form of digital rights (total project value: RUB 2 billion).
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