Prominent Russian counsel, Kirill Parinov, has joined Quinn Emanuel as managing partner of its Moscow office. Kirill’s practice focuses on cross-border litigation, international arbitration, and complex financial disputes. Prior to joining Quinn Emanuel, Kirill served as Group General Counsel and a member of the Management Board for Norilsk Nickel, where he oversaw a global team of over 180 people spread across 8 jurisdictions, covering all areas of litigation affecting a multinational company with a U.S. listing in the heavily regulated mining industry. More >>

Baker Botts, L.L.P., a leading international law firm, announced today that Ivan Marisin and Vasily Kuznetsov have joined the firm’s Moscow office as Partners. More >>

Goltsblat BLP, the Russian practice of the international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), announces that Sergey Milanov is joining the firm as Head of Asia Practice in Moscow and Partner in Banking & Finance Practice. Georgy Daneliya is also joining the team as a Senior Associate. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs has hired Georgy N. Borisov as partner in its Global Corporate Practice in Moscow. A corporate and M&A specialist with 20 years’ experience, particularly in the energy and natural resources sector, Mr. Borisov was formerly a partner at K&L Gates in Moscow. More >>

Dentons announced today that Evgenia Laurson has joined its Banking and Finance and Energy and Natural Resources practices as partner in the Moscow office. More >>

Skadden represented Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, VTB, Deutsche Bank, UBS and TPG Capital as the joint bookrunners for the $1 billion IPO of Russian hypermarket chain Lenta Ltd., which priced on February 28 and closed on March 5 and 7 on the London and Moscow stock exchanges, respectively. This was the first dual listing of global depositary receipts on the London and Moscow stock exchanges.

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