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Yakov Fomin

Associate

Infrastructure and PPP Investment Support

Phone

84953747403

yakov.fomin@verba.legal

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Languages

Russian, English

Yakov specializes in supporting public-private partnership (PPP) projects and project financing transactions in various sectors of infrastructure, production and energy industries. He has a successful track record of drafting and negotiating concession agreements, credit and security and corporate documentation, supporting projects envisaging the development of cultural facilities, public railways and highways, urban transport infrastructure, information technologies and so on. Yakov provides services at all project stages, from formulating a concept to executing and amending relevant agreements.

Experience Highlights

Yakov advised:

a syndicate of banks in connection with the preparation of credit and security and related concession documentation and the financial closing of a federal concession project envisaging the construction of Moscow - St. Petersburg High-Speed Railway;

a syndicate of banks on construction, renovation, and upgrade of the urban electrical transport systems (tram lines) in Rostov-on-Don, Nizhniy Novgorod, Krasnodar, Saint-Petersburg and Taganrog, and providing security for financing the projects under concession agreements;

VEB.RF in connection with the financing of a project for the construction and operation of the Republic of Buryatia National Center on the basis of a concession agreement;

VEB.RF in connection with the financing of a project for the construction and operation of the Baikal Theatre and Cultural Center on the basis of a concession agreement;

a bank in connection with the designing, reconstruction and operation of a motor road in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation on the basis of a concession agreement;

a client in connection with the designing, reconstruction and operation of a motor road in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation on the basis of a concession agreement;

a bank in connection with the financing, construction, refurbishment and operation of a solid household waste processing, placement and disposal facility;

a client on choosing the most appropriate legal structure for the purposes of implementing an investment project envisaging the setting-up of an information system on the PPP basis;

a client as part of a project envisaging the transfer of the right to use/operate an international airport in one of the APR countries;

the biggest IT group on its intra-group restructuring, including picking the most appropriate ownership structure taking into account the risks arising out of the laws on strategic companies;

the biggest IT group on the potential acquisition of a leading Russian software supplier, including the preparation of a legal due diligence report;

the largest Russian developer, manufacturer and supplier of computer equipment and IT solutions in connection with the acquisition of a majority stake in a market leader in the field of data storage systems;

the largest educational platform in connection with the potential acquisition of a majority stake in an educational services provider;

a private investor in connection with the acquisition of a stake in an artificial intelligence software developer.

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19 / 11 / 25

VERBA LEGAL Webinar: “Arbitration in Unfriendly Forums – Practical Aspects of Historical Clauses Disputes” – 16 October

On 16 October, VERBA LEGAL hosted a webinar titled “Arbitration in Unfriendly Forums: Practical Aspects of Disputes under Historical Clauses”.

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18 / 11 / 25

VIII International Medical Investment Forum (IMIF-2025)

On 13 November, Konstantin Makarevich, Partner and Head of the Infrastructure and PPP Practice at VERBA LEGAL, spoke at the VIII International Medical Investment Forum (IMIF-2025).

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