Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Dmitry Gubarev and Leo Batalov, formerly of Dewey & LeBoeuf, have joined the firm as partners along with a group of associates in Moscow and London.
“We are delighted Dmitry and Leo have joined Orrick,” said Alexander Janes, Orrick’s Global Managing Partner. “They provide excellent synergies with our finance and corporate practices and map to our strategy of strategically growing our finance and corporate capabilities, particularly in the technology-led emerging company sector.”
Gubarev, who joins the firm’s Banking & Debt Capital Markets Group, advises on a variety of issues relating to finance and banking law and capital markets transactions, including corporate finance, project finance, structured finance, trade finance and derivatives. He has advised multilateral lenders and development institutions, as well as Russian and international banks and corporations on various syndicated loans, project finance transactions, credit linked notes issues and other financings in Russia and other CIS countries.
With over 1,200 lawyers across 23 offices and 8 countries, Orrick’s representation of financial institutions accounts for more than one-third of the firm’s total revenues. With the addition of Gubarev, the firm adds significant expertise and experience that will allow it to expand and deepen its current relationships with, as well as receive new engagements from, financial institution clients in Russia and investing in Russia.
Joining Orrick’s M&A and Private Equity Group, Batalov focuses his practice on corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, securities law and general corporate matters, with a strong focus on emerging technology companies. He also represents clients in numerous corporate transactions involving intellectual property, including software and biotech licensing, research and development agreements, joint venture agreements, collaboration agreements and web site development agreements.
Batalov earned his J.D., Order of the Coif, and served as Articles Editor for the Washington Law Review at the University of Washington in 1999. He earned a B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Whitman College in 1996. Gubarev graduated with honors from the Law Faculty of the Moscow State University in 1998 and earned his PhD from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in 2002.
