Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• English
• Russian

Lawyer Overview

Valentin Petrov concentrates on M&A and capital markets transactions involving Russia. From 2002 to 2005 he was in-house counsel with SeverStal, one of Russia's leading steelmakers, where he worked on a wide range of transactional and regulatory matters. His experience includes working on the acquisition by SeverStal of a 62 percent stake in Lucchini, an Italian steel company, for €430 million. His most recent experience includes representation of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft in connection with its Russian Regional Jet project and TNK-BP in connection with the Kovykta gas project.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Gillette
• Georgia Pacific Merger
• Kovykta Gas Sales and Transportation Project
• Russian and EU antimonopoly analysis
• Russian Regional Jet Project (RRJ)

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• Russia

Education

• Moscow State Univ - Russia

Published Works

• Legal Risks of Independent Pipeline Owner Transporting its Own Gas, Sliyaniya i Pogloshcheniya, 2006
• Правовые риски независимого собственника газопроводов, осуществляющего транспортировку собственного газа", Слияния и Поглощения,, 2006
• Option clauses в соглашениях акционеров и договорах купли-продажи акций российских эмитентов", Слияния и Поглощения,, 2006
• Option Clauses in Shareholder Agreements and Share Purchase Agreements of Russian Issuers, Sliyaniya i Pogloshcheniya, 2006
• Legal Nature and Correlation Between Novation and Replacement of Performance, Zakonodatelstvo, 2005
• Правовая природа и соотношение новации и отступного", Законодательство,, 2005

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