Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Alexander Marchenko

Alexander is of counsel in the firm's energy transactions team, whose practice focuses primarily on upstream oil and gas, mining, and metals, advises clients throughout their corporate transactions. A native Russian speaker who also is fluent in English, Alexander counsels clients throughout the Russian Federation and Central Asian countries on onshore and offshore acquisitions and divestitures of exploration and production assets, including financing and parent guarantees; due diligence investigations; negotiating relevant sale-and-purchase; and amendment and reissuance of exploration and production licenses. For more information, view Alexander's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/amarchenko

Alexander Geda

Alexander is an associate who advises clients on banking and finance law in cross-border transactions. He works frequently with multinational banks and financial institutions on transactions with Russian parties and with Russia-based clients on international transactions. In 2014 Alexander was seconded to ING Moscow. Alexander joined Morgan Lewis from the banking and finance practice of another international law firm. For more information, view Alexander's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/ageda

Alexandra Rotar

Alexandra focuses on advising companies investing and operating in the oil and gas, power, renewable energy, metals and mining, and natural resource sectors. Over the past 10 years, Alexandra has represented clients on some of their most significant transactions in the energy sector and major infrastructure projects. She also advises on complex commercial agreements as well as on compliance with corporate, industrial, and environmental regulations affecting companies doing business in the energy sector. For more information, view Alexandra's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/alexandrarotar

Alexey Chertov

Alexey Chertov represents both lenders and borrowers in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa in connection with the full spectrum of international banking and finance matters, from traditional bank financings to complex workouts, including prepayment finance, project finance, pre-export finance, acquisition finance, and syndicated lending. Alexey concentrates his practice on international commodity finance transactions, particularly in the oil and gas and metals and mining sectors. He also frequently advises clients on complex project finance transactions. Alexey speaks Russian and English. For more information, view Alexey's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/achertov

Anastasia Kiseleva

Anastasia is an associate in the firm's Moscow office who represents clients in general corporate and intellectual property matters, primarily focusing on telecommunications, media, and technology matters. She also assists with mergers, acquisitions, and securities transactions. Additionally, Anastasia maintains an active pro bono practice. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Anastasia worked as a trainee law clerk in the corporate practice of an international law firm in Moscow. For more information, view Anastasia's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/akiseleva

Anastasia Dergacheva

Anastasia is a partner in Morgan Lewis's corporate business transactions practice who counsels diverse clients on a variety of matters relating to intellectual property, regulatory, and antitrust matters. A native Russian, Anastasia is fluent in English. Her practice centers on the entertainment, manufacturing, and technology industries. Anastasia is vice chair of the Pro Bono Committee for the Moscow office. Its activities involve providing employment and corporate advice and counsel to a range of NGOs. For more information, view Anastasia's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/adergacheva

Andrey Ignatenko

Andrey represents international and domestic clients in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, divestments, and corporate restructurings, and also advises on a wide range of general corporate, competition, regulatory, and compliance matters. He counsels clients across multiple industries with a primary focus on pharmaceutical, medical device, and life sciences sectors. For more information, view Andrey's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/aignatenko

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Bela Yu Pelman

Bela is of counsel in the firm's Moscow office, she counsels clients on corporate law, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance, as well as employment law, immigration, Russian data privacy law, and mobility issues. She also advises foreign investors on corporate and compliance issues to address when establishing a presence in Russia, including setting up wholly owned subsidiaries and joint ventures, or mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, Bela works with clients on Russian corporate and commercial matters, and antitrust, securities, and currency regulation. For more information, view Bela's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/bpelman

Brian L Zimbler

Brian is a partner in Morgan Lewis's corporate business transactions practice who splits his time between the firm's Moscow and Washington, DC, offices.  He advises on cross-border investment and financial matters, primarily in emerging markets. He has more than 25 years of experience with transactions involving Russia, Kazakhstan, and other countries in the former Soviet Union. Brian has advised on some of the largest foreign investments in the region. He represents clients in a wide range of industries, including energy, manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, real property, retail, and technology. For more information, view Brian’s biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/bzimbler

Dmitry Ivanov

Dmitry is a partner in the firm's Moscow office and is head of the firm's Russia dispute resolution practice. He counsels clients on cross-border and domestic litigation matters as well as international arbitration and general commercial matters. He also represents clients in state commercial courts and arbitration courts, and advises on disputes in real estate, construction, and contractual corporate matters, as well as on bankruptcy and insolvency matters. Before joining Morgan Lewis, Dmitry was a litigation associate at another international law firm. For more information, view Dmitry's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/divanov

Emil Shagiakhmetov

Emil advises public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, private equity, corporate restructurings, and investments as well as general corporate governance matters. Emil has experience in advising clients on complex domestic and cross-border transactions in various industries, including retail, ecommerce, and technology. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, he was an associate in the Moscow office of a leading international law firm. For more information, view Emil's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/emilshagiakhmetov

Grigory Marinichev

Grigory is a partner in the firm's Moscow office who represents international lenders and borrowers in structured finance, syndicated lending, debt restructuring transactions, and insolvency issues. Grigory advises clients in the metals, mining, telecommunications, oil and gas, and power generation industries on a range of financial transactions—from syndicated and bilateral credit facilities, refinancing, and bond issues, to export financing, loans, and loan restructurings. He also represents and advises project sponsors, export credit agencies, and multilateral financial institutions. For more information, view Grigory's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/gmarinichev

Jon Hines

Jon is a partner in the firm's energy transactions team. He represents private and state-owned companies in major transactions, including project development, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions. Jon focuses primarily on large-scale oil and gas projects, including liquefied natural gas deals, as well as mining development and other industrial ventures. He advises on such transactions—including related financings—in Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and the other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and assists major Russian companies in their projects worldwide. For more information, view Jonathan's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/jhhines

Konstantin Kochetkov

Konstantin is a partner in the firm's Moscow office who focuses his practice on banking and finance law and advises on project finance, sovereign debt, and infrastructure transactions. He has experience in various financing transactions in the Russian Federation, and representing both lenders and borrowers, including major metals and mining groups. For more information, view Konstantin's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/kkochetkov

Ksenia Andreeva

Ksenia is a partner whose corporate business transactions practice focuses on business concerns associated with intellectual property matters. Ksenia provides counsel on transactional, noncontentious, and contractual IP work and IP enforcement. Fluent in Russian, Ksenia is a registered trademark attorney and is admitted to represent clients before the Russian Patent and Trademark Office (Rospatent), the Chamber for Patent and Trademark Disputes, and the Russian courts. Her clients are in the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors. For more information, view Ksenia's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/kandreeva

Oleg Egorov

Oleg is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Moscow office who counsels clients in corporate matters involving capital markets, regulatory issues, and general civil law. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions and related antitrust issues, due diligence projects, and finance transactions. His clients span various industries, including telecommunications, information technology, energy, and automotives. Before joining Morgan Lewis, Oleg trained in the Moscow offices of US- and German-based international law firms. For more information, view Oleg's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/oegorov

Philip Korotin

Philip is an associate in the firm's corporate business transactions practice who focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, general corporate matters, and regulatory matters. Philip’s experience includes matters relating to Russian securities regulation and compliance, antitrust, and anticorruption. He counsels and represents international and Russian clients from various industries, including energy, oil and gas, consumer goods, and media and entertainment. Philip’s clients range in size from Fortune 500 to emerging market companies. For more information, view Philip's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/pkorotin

Roman Dashko

Roman is a partner in the firm's Moscow Office. He advises international and domestic clients in mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas, power, oilfield services, automotive, retail, pharmaceuticals, technology, and real estate sectors. He has experience with structuring complex joint ventures, and with reorganizations and restructurings. He also represents issuers, lead managers, and depositaries in a range of international capital markets transactions, including IPOs. He works on antitrust, pharmaceutical, and other regulatory matters as well. For more information, view Roman's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/rdashko

Valentina Semenikhina

Valentina is an associate in the firm's Moscow office. With a Ph.D. and fluency in three languages, Valentina advises Russian and international companies on mergers and acquisitions, project finance, and capital markets matters. Valentina, whose clients have included start-ups as well as large retail companies and banks located around the globe, advises on multijurisdictional mergers and joint ventures, private equity investments, and securities offerings. Valentina also handles corporate governance matters and due diligence. For more information, view Valentina's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/vsemenikhina

Vasilisa Strizh

Vasilisa is the managing partner of Morgan Lewis's Moscow office. She represents clients in cross-border and domestic investments, joint ventures, and M&A transactions. She also advises on capital markets transactions, including public and private equity securities offerings and related corporate, regulatory, securities, compliance, and reporting matters. Vasilisa works with companies across multiple industries, including pharmaceuticals and life sciences, financial services, mass media and telecommunications, energy, and the nonprofit sector. She has served as lead lawyer on complex cross-border corporate transactions, including projects involving the issuance and listing of securities, structured settlements, and financing. For more information, view Vasilisa’s biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/vstrizh