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Tatyana Neveeva
Managing Partner, Attorney, LL.M.
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Russian, English
For more than 18 years Tatyana Neveeva has been focusing on M&A transactions and business structuring issues, boasting many years of M&A expertise. She has been directly in charge of more than a hundred of successful transactions governed both by Russian and foreign law as well as large-scale investment projects envisaging the construction and modification of infrastructure and production facilities.

Tatyana advises on sanctions law, representing clients before regulatory bodies of EU member states as well as OFAC and OFSI.

She has successfully led dozens of projects advising on sanctions and compliance matters including the impact of restrictions on operating activities (resolving licensing and permitting issues), M&A projects (transactions, redomiciliation, corporate conflicts), dispute resolution (what impact sanctions have had on arbitration and judicial processes and the possibility of having the proceedings transferred to the Russian Federation).

Tatyana Neveeva played a pivotal role in obtaining and implementing in full a license to unblock the assets of an individual investor (the first instance of a Russian person being granted such license). At present she continues working on successfully securing individual licenses for both individuals and institutional financial market participants.

Tatyana Neveeva is a renowned dispute resolution expert with a solid track record of handling cases both in state courts and international arbitration. She has extensive experience representing Russian and foreign clients involved in disputes dealt with in accordance with the rules of such prominent international arbitration centres as ICC, SCC, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC and the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (ICAC), among others.

Tatyana features in the lists of arbitrators recommended by HKIAC, SIAC and APIAC. She is a member of the CRCICA’s Advisory Committee, the International and Investment Arbitration Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (the RSPP), the ICC Russia Commission on Arbitration. Tatyana is included in the RSPP’s list of arbitrators and is a member of its Nomination Committee. She also features in the list of construction dispute and real estate experts of the Russian Arbitration Center as well as in the Russian Arbitrators Guide: Next Generation.

Her client base spans key energy industry players, manufacturing and oil and gas enterprises, construction and logistics companies as well as FMCG sector leaders and major retailers.

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Ratings and Rewards
Tatyana has been recognized by leading international and Russian legal directories including Legal 500, Best Lawyers, Pravo-300, Kommersant and Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Legal 500: International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution

Best Lawyers: Arbitration, Corporate Law, Mediation, Litigation

Pravo-300: Arbitration Proceedings (Corporate Disputes), Arbitration Proceedings (High Market Commercial Disputes), Compliance, Corporate Law/M&A (High Market), International Arbitration, Sanctions Law, Private Equity

Kommersant: Corporate Law, International and Commercial Arbitration, International Dispute Resolution, Sanctions Law, M&A

Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Arbitration Proceedings, Corporate Law, International Projects, Sanctions Law, M&A
Education
Tatyana graduated from the Kutafin Moscow State Law University and earned LL.M. degree from Manchester University (2005) and another LL.M. from the University of Durham (2007).
Highlighted Experience
International Commercial Arbitration

tatyana advised:
Rosatom Overseas in an ICC-governed arbitration arising out of an EPC contract entered into in connection with the construction of a nuclear power plant;
a global chemical market leader in a SCC-governed arbitration on a dispute with a foreign supplier;
a Russian partially state-owned geological exploration company in an LCIA-governed arbitration on a dispute with an equipment supplier where the plaintiff attempted to get the Russian Federation involved as a party to the dispute;
a Russian chemical holding in a HKIAC-governed arbitration on a corporate dispute with a Cypriot counterparty arising out of the provisions of Russian law;
a Russian contractor in an ICC-governed arbitration on a dispute with a foreign counterparty in connection with the construction of a section of the Nord Stream Gas Pipeline;
a Russian client in a SCC-governed arbitration which included coordinating parallel proceedings in the BVI and Cyprus courts, respectively, for the purposes of obtaining injunctive relief in aid of arbitration;
a major Russian customer in a SCC-governed arbitration on a dispute with a Kazakhstani guarantor following the latter's refusal to honour the guarantee as a result of the supplier's bank being included in the SDN List.
ICAC

tatyana advised:
a major Russian retail chain in an ICAC-governed dispute with a foreign supplier over the recovery of damages suffered as a result of improper performance of a loan agreement;
a major client in an ICAC-governed dispute over the recovery of debt under a loan agreement;
a client in an ICAC-governed dispute arising out of an independent work contract for construction of a logistics platform entered into with a German contractor;
a major retail chain in an ICAC-governed dispute with a foreign food supplier.
ICAC

tatyana advised:
a major Russian retail chain in an ICAC-governed dispute with a foreign supplier over the recovery of damages suffered as a result of improper performance of a loan agreement;
a major client in an ICAC-governed dispute over the recovery of debt under a loan agreement;
a client in an ICAC-governed dispute arising out of an independent work contract for construction of a logistics platform entered into with a German contractor;
a major retail chain in an ICAC-governed dispute with a foreign food supplier.
sanctions law

tatyana advised:
Russian individuals in obtaining the Belgian Ministry of Finance’s license to unblock assets held within the Russian National Settlement Depository (the NSD) (the first ever license of that kind granted to a Russian person);
a client in successfully appealing the refusal by the Belgian Council of State to issue a license to unblock assets held within the NSD;
a leading Russian multimodal transportation market player on sanctions and compliance related matters as well as potential restructuring scenarios;
an international subdivision of a Russian oil and gas major on intra-group financing under sectoral sanctions;
the biggest Russian private insurance company on sanctions-related matters relevant in the context of its contractual arrangements and relations with leading global reinsurers;
a large Russian subscription-based fund on sanctions legislation;
members of the major Russian bank’s BoD on the US, EU and UK sanctions legislation;
a client in obtaining the Government Commission’s permit to enter into a transaction envisaging the acquisition of corrugated and polymer packaging manufacturing facilities by one of the leading Russian manufacturers of packaging materials.
Corporate Law and M&A

tatyana advised:
a Russian investor on designing a transaction structure and negotiating the terms of the acquisition of a major public company, with an estimated asset value ranging from RUB 300bn to RUB 500bn;
a client on a series of transactions envisaging the consolidation of a chemical holding, with total investments exceeding RUB 50 billion;
a principal as part of comprehensive legal support in the course of the acquisition of Russian-based assets from foreign investors pulling out of the market;
a purchaser on drafting transaction documents for the acquisition for RUB 22 billion of a major diversified company (the largest Russian distributor of IT products, computer equipment and household appliances, consumer electronics, software and network equipment);
a representative on the restructuring of a group of companies which owners included a foreign majority shareholder and the funds controlled by Russian persons (limited partnerships) following the imposition of restrictive measures and the adoption of Presidential Decrees putting restrictions on transactions with non-residents;
a principal on the establishment of a joint venture with a sanctioned bank (with investment volume amounting to USD 200 million) including designing the transaction structure for acquisition of a stake in the capital, the establishment of a closed-end investment fund as well as drafting sale and purchase contracts, corporate and option agreements;
a client on the acquisition of metallurgical enterprises against the backdrop of a foreign owner pulling out of Russia (with the transaction value amounting to USD 150 million), including conducting a comprehensive legal due diligence on assets, drafting a framework agreement and transaction documents, settling intra-group debt, advising on countermeasures and negotiating the payment procedure with financial institutions;
a client on the acquisition of a manufacturing enterprise representing a local economic mainstay from a foreign company including conducting a legal due diligence, drafting a framework agreement and a full set of transaction documents as well as advising on the application of countermeasures;
a client on the sale of a Russian-based business by a foreign investor including conducting a legal due diligence, drafting transaction documents and obtaining the Government Commission’s approval;
six venture funds on a transaction envisaging the acquisition of a participation interest in the authorized capital of a manufacturing enterprise including analysing the countermeasures and currency restrictions, conducting due diligence and drafting transaction documents;
a client on the analysis and development of options for the restructuring of a partially foreign-owned Russian group following the imposition of restrictive measures against its minorities;
a client on a number of infrastructure projects envisaging the acquisition, construction and redevelopment of airports, including managing tender procedures, working on privatization transactions and drafting investment and corporate agreements;
a client on a transaction for the acquisition of duty-free shops by Russian operators;
a client on more than 10 transactions envisaging the acquisition of regional operators by one of the Russia’s mobile telecom market leaders;
a client on a transaction for the acquisition of several regional hypermarkets by one of the biggest Russian retailers;
a client in a transaction envisaging the acquisition of Russian assets by a global leader in software development including having the transaction approved by the Government Commission;
an international chemical manufacturer on the acquisition of a Russian business including obtaining antitrust clearances for each of the three transaction stages;
one of the largest Japanese food manufacturers on a transaction envisaging the acquisition of Russian production facilities;
a client on a transaction envisaging the acquisition of iron and steel works in a number of Russian regions including local economic mainstays;
a client on a transaction envisaging the acquisition by Coca-Cola of one of the largest Russian juice manufacturers;
a client on a transaction for the acquisition of a coal producer.
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