Allen & Overy is pleased to announce that Igor Gorchakov has joined the firm as a partner in the Banking department, based in Moscow.

 

Igor Gorchakov is an experienced and versatile Russian lawyer with wide-ranging banking and finance expertise, including general lending, project finance, real estate finance, securitisation, derivatives and bank regulation. He also practises in the areas of international capital markets, M&A and dispute resolution. Igor is recognised by the Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR1000 legal directories as a leading practitioner. Prior to joining Allen & Overy, he was a partner at Baker & McKenzie in St. Petersburg for almost five years.

Commenting, Edwin Tham, co-head of the firm’s CIS group and managing partner of the Moscow office, said: “We are very pleased to welcome Igor to Allen & Overy. His versatility and collaborative approach make him particularly well suited to our business. The recruitment of Igor marks a period of measured investment in our Russian practice and underscores the firm’s long-term commitment to providing its clients with the highest quality advice in this strategically important market.”

Igor Gorchakov added: “I am naturally excited to be joining the leading banking team in Russia and I look forward to contributing to the continued success of the firm’s CIS practice.”

Allen & Overy has been recognised by all of the principal legal directories as first tier for banking and finance in Russia for nine consecutive years.