Jones Day

Languages

• Cantonese
• English
• French
• German
• Mandarin
• Russian
• Ukranian

Law Firm Overview

Jones Day's Moscow Office opened in 2004, following the Firm's introduction to the Russian market through our representation of Alfa Group and Access/Renova Group in the formation of TNK-BP, the largest M&A transaction in Russian history at the time. 

Today our Moscow Office team combines cross-border transactional capability with in-depth knowledge of Russian law and industry experience in such sectors as oil and gas, telecommunications, financial services, mining and metals, aviation, manufacturing, and retail.  We are fully integrated into our global organization of more than 2,500 lawyers in offices in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australia.  This affords our clients not only a global reach, but also seamless access to substantial legal resources of the Firm's practices, including Mergers & Acquisitions, International Litigation & Arbitration, Banking & Finance, Energy, Intellectual Property, Business Restructuring & Reorganization, Antitrust & Competition Law, Private Equity, Real Estate, Tax, and Capital Markets.  A significant number of the Firm's lawyers assigned to these practices have substantial experience handling matters related to Russia.

Despite the Firm's relatively recent presence in Moscow, we have been involved in some of the most significant and high profile cross-border M&A, finance, and capital markets transactions in the region.  In Thomson Reuters' M&A league tables for year-end 2009, Jones Day ranked No. 1 for value of announced deals involving Russia.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets
• Construction
• Energy
• Energy Finance
• Energy Transactions
• Financial Services
• Intellectual Property
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• IP in Europe
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• M&A Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Product Recall & Accident Response Team

Published Works

• Derivatives & Structured Finance - Moscow, 2011
• Banking & Finance - Moscow, 2011
• International Capital Markets – Moscow, 2011
• International Intellectual Property - Moscow, 2011
• International Business Restructuring & Reorganization - Moscow, 2011
• International Dispute Resolution - Moscow, 2011
• International Mergers & Acquisitions - Moscow, 2011
• Global Stock Plans Update, 2011
• Moscow Office, 2011
• Cross-Border Bankruptcy Battleground: The Importance of Comity (Part II), 2010
• Cross-Border Bankruptcy Battleground: The Importance of Comity (Part I), 2010
• When "Without Prejudice" Communications Are No Longer Without Prejudice, 2010
• Legal "glass bead game", Khozyaistvo i Pravo (Economy and Law) This publication is available in Russian only., 2009
• The Main Market & AIM, Third Ed., 2009
• Business Restructuring Review, 2009
• Foreign Private Issuers of Equity Securities in the United States Guidebook, 2009
• Acquisition of German Publicly Traded Companies: Legal Framework and Practical Experience, 2009
• Antitrust and Three Rising Giants—Part 2: Russia, I.C.C.L.R., Thomson Reuters (Legal) Ltd., Issue 12, 2008
• Legal risks of an independent gas producer and owner of gas pipelines, Sliyaniya i Pogloscheniya (Mergers & Acquisitions). This publication is available in Russian only., 2006
• Option clauses in shareholders' agreements and sale and purchase agreements in respect of shares issued by Russian companies, Sliyaniya i Pogloscheniya (Mergers & Acquisitions). This publication is available in Russian only., 2006
• New law on a single export gas pipeline system, Neft, Gaz i Pravo (Oil, Gas & Law). This publication is available in Russian only., 2006
• Russia and the Growth of LNG, Russian Petroleum Investor, 2005
• Legal nature and correlation of novation and termination fee concepts, Zakonodatelstvo (Legislation). This publication is available in Russian only., 2005

Representative Cases

• Alfa Bank provides financing to Sunbird Limited , (2009)
• Alfa Bank successfully defends against trademark infringement and unfair competition claims , (2009)
• Alfa Bank Ukraine restructures Valars’ indebtedness , (2010)
• Alfa Finance issues $300 million of Secured Notes , (2009)
• Alfa Group and Access-Renova form $18 billion TNK-BP joint venture with BP , (2009)
• Alfa Group and Access-Renova sell interest in OAO Slavneft to TNK-BP for $1.35 billion , (2009)
• Alfa Group forms $3.3 billion Turkcell joint venture with Cukurova Group , (2009)
• Alfa Group issues $250 million of Secured Notes , (2009)
• Alfa Group obtains $200 million repo financing , (2009)
• Alfa Group obtains $3.7 billion monetization financing , (2009)
• Alfa Group restructures $234 million equity interest in CTC Media , (2009)
• Alfa Group sells its interest in CTC Media for $1.1 billion , (2011)
• Alfa Petroleum successfully challenges forum in British Virgin Islands , (2009)
• Altimo acquires Sky Mobile , (2009)
• Altimo and Telenor sign $23.8 billion deal to create one of the largest emerging markets mobile operators , (2009)
• Diversified multinational company secures antitrust clearance for $13.2 billion acquisition of Georgia-Pacific , (2009)
• Eldorado forms JV with PPF Group creating the largest retail consumer electronics JV in Russia , (2009)
• ENRC acquires a controlling interest in the Serov group for $210 million , (2009)
• ENRC completes $3 billion IPO with offering on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange , (2009)
• ENRC finalizes $300 million forward currency exchange contracts and related credit support agreements , (2009)
• ENRC obtains $1.5 billion trade finance facility in Deal of the Year , (2009)
• Eurocement Group challenges a $70 million fine imposed by Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service , (2009)
• GM obtains antitrust clearance for acquisition of Delphi's steering business and four U.S.-based components operations and for GM's investment in Delphi Corporation , (2009)
• Golden Telecom is acquired by VimpelCom in a $4.3 billion tender offer , (2009)
• Igor Yakovlev sells his stake in Eldorado , (2011)
• JohnsonDiversey Holdings sells 46% interest to Clayton Dubilier & Rice as part of $2.6 billion recapitalization , (2009)
• KeyBanc Capital Markets acts as counsel to Oregon Steel Mills in its $2.3 billion acquisition by Evraz Group S.A. , (2009)
• Lincoln Electric acquires Russian welding consumables manufacturer
• LUKOIL wins arbitration under UNCITRAL rules involving licensing rights to diamond mine in Russia worth $8 billion , (2010)
• Major Russian consumer lending bank in ICC proceedings in Geneva relating to failed joint venture , (2011)
• Maslov PR forms joint venture with Ketchum , (2010)
• Nissin Food acquires 33.5% stake in Russia's Angleside , (2009)
• OM Group sells nickel assets to OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel for $408 million , (2009)
• Pamplona Capital acquires business unit from Johnson Matthey , (2009)
• PolyOne to acquire ColorMatrix Group for $486 million , (2011)
• Procter & Gamble acquired Ambi Pur, the air care business of Sara Lee, for $470 million , (2009)
• Procter & Gamble secures regulatory approvals worldwide for Gillette acquisition , (2009)
• Renova Industries Ltd. acquires an indirect equity interest in AOA "EMAlliance-Atom" , (2009)
• Riverside acquires KEYMILE Group , (2011)
• Rosneft forms $3.5 billion joint venture with Sinopec , (2009)
• Russian Copper Company forms joint venture with Gerald Metals , (2011)
• Russian Copper Company to acquire Enisseiskaya Industrial Company , (2011)
• Russian Standard Group defends against proceedings by BNP Paribas and Cetelem , (2009)
• Russian Standard Vodka successfully defends against claims in U.S. NAD proceeding , (2009)
• Sherwin-Williams acquires Becker Acroma Industrial Wood Coatings from AB Wilh. Becker, Sweden , (2010)
• Sibir Energy merges with Moscow Oil and Gas Company , (2009)
• Sibir Energy obtains bridge facility for acquisition of interest in Moscow Oil & Gas Company , (2009)
• Sibir Energy pursues action relating to the alleged misappropriation of over $400 million , (2010)
• Sukhoi Civil Aircraft forms strategic partnership with Alenia Aeronautica , (2009)
• TENEX involved in arbitration against GNSS in connection with US$1 billion loss profit claim , (2009)
• TNK-BP explores Kovykta gas pipeline project , (2009)
• WestLB-led syndicate obtains advice on loan facilities in connection with Voskhod mine in Kazakhstan
• Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods acquires Manros , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Intellectual Property Law, International Banking, International Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patents, Public Finance, Reorganizations, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Technology Licensing, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Venture Capital