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Denis Vradiy

Senior Associate

Corporate Law and M&A Capital markets

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+7 (495) 374-74-03

denis.vradiy@verba.legal

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Russian, English

Denis specializes in advising clients in capital markets, corporate, banking, and financial law.

His experience includes supporting projects in securities, corporate‑law matters, and comprehensive M&A transactions, including preparation of transaction documentation and legal due diligence.

Selected Experience

Capital markets (ECM)

Denis advised:

A major technology company on restructuring matters related to listing its shares on the Moscow Exchange, registering the prospectus, and placing shares of different classes;

YUK (one of the largest gold‑mining companies in Russia) on primary and secondary public share offerings (IPO and SPO);

United Medical Group (a leading provider of premium medical services in Russia, operating under the “European Medical Center” brand) on the first IPO of a foreign company on the Russian stock market, with listing only on the Moscow Exchange (market capitalization at the start of trading of about USD 1.125 billion);

One of the largest federal developers on the admission of depositary receipts for shares of a foreign holding company to public trading in Russia and their listing on the Moscow Exchange;

A large federal company active in investments, real‑estate development, management of commercial property, and network retail, on preparation for an IPO on the Russian market;

APR‑I (the largest developer in the Chelyabinsk region) on an IPO on the Moscow Exchange;

A leading group of companies producing Atlantic salmon and trout in Russia on matters of Russian law in connection with a public offering of shares;

A joint venture between the largest Russian telecommunications company and a leading domestic bank, the country’s main data‑center‑services provider, on preparation for an IPO on the Russian market;

An international company mining non‑ferrous metal ores and listed on the London Stock Exchange on issues relating to the listing of its shares on the Moscow Exchange.

Capital markets (DCM)

Denis advised:

One of the largest Russian financial groups on more than 20 issuances of structured bonds placed by specialized financial companies;

The Republic of Belarus on a sovereign bond issuance in Russia, as well as three other Belarusian issuers on bond‑issuance projects;

One of the leading state operators and one of the largest Russian banks within a project to finance the construction of a complex for the processing of secondary resources by issuing bonds;

One of the largest Russian banks on establishing an internal‑bond program with capital protection, providing guaranteed coupon income plus additional returns linked to the performance of derivative instruments on equities, indices, commodities, currency pairs, and interest rates;

the largest Russian mortgage banks in two projects involving off‑balance‑sheet securitization of mortgage‑loan portfolios.

Corporate restructuring and M&A

Denis advised:

YUK (one of the largest gold‑mining enterprises in Russia) on the sale of 22% of the company’s shares to AAA Upravlenie Kapitalom, part of the Gazprombank group;

A major institutional investor on restructuring its shareholding in EM Rus, a Russian company producing electric vehicles;

A large state‑owned financial institution on granting financing in the amount of RUB 5 billion to a uranium‑mining holding within a major state‑owned corporation, for the construction of a new mining facility in one of the Russian regions;

An investor on raising financing for the acquisition of shares in a leading Russian developer and manufacturer of equipment for aircraft;

One of the largest Russian energy companies (T Plus Group) on a project to consolidate assets, under which 17 district‑heating companies in 11 Russian cities were merged into the head holding structure in preparation for a large‑scale investment programme;

The Moscow Exchange on acquisitions of electronic financial platforms, including comprehensive legal due diligence of target companies and assets, and preparation of all transaction documentation;

A buyer on the acquisition of a Russian bank, including comprehensive legal due diligence of the bank and preparation of transaction documentation;

A major Russian infrastructure holding on the acquisition of railway assets, including comprehensive legal due diligence of the group’s companies and their assets, and preparation of transaction documentation.

achievements

Ratings and Awards

Denis is recommended by the Russian‑language rankings Pravo‑300 and Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Pravo‑300 in the categories: Capital Markets, Financial / Banking Law

Rossiyskaya Gazeta in the categories: Corporate Law, Business Mergers & Acquisitions, and Private Capital and Investments