Ilya’s practice focuses primarily on real estate law. He represents both Russian and foreign investors in the acquisition of land plots and industrial, residential, office and warehouse properties located on them.
Selected Experience
Legal Advisory
Ilya advised:
a Russian metallurgical holding company on legal due diligence in connection with the acquisition of assets, including an analysis of title to industrial facilities, equipment and land plots in the Omsk Region;
a major chemical company on vendor due diligence in preparation for a sale, including an analysis of title to capital construction facilities and intangible assets of its subsidiaries, as well as compliance with environmental legislation;
a gas company on legal due diligence as part of the structuring of a joint venture, including an analysis of its corporate structure, licences and title to infrastructure assets across more than 10 Russian regions;
Russia’s largest LNG producer on comprehensive legal due diligence of title to land plots and capital construction facilities in connection with preparations for an investment project to expand and modernise an LNG plant in the Leningrad Region;
major property developers, including companies ranked among the top three residential developers in Russia by housing completions in 2025, on legal due diligence of real estate assets as part of integrated territorial development (KRT) projects in Moscow, as well as the construction of office buildings in the Moscow Region;
a concessionaire on securing land rights for the construction and subsequent operation of the Moscow–St Petersburg High-Speed Railway (HSR-1), including the implementation of land rights arrangements envisaged by the relevant planning documentation (PPT/PMT);
a Russian holding company on a transaction involving the transfer of real estate assets from a foreign entity following the foreign owner’s exit from Russia.