Daniil Ivanov

Advising:

• an IT company on a complex transaction involving the acquisition of a food-delivery service and the sale of digital content platforms to a Russian technology company
• the purchaser in a more than USD 2 billion transaction on a range of matters in connection with the acquisition of shares in a major cement producer and related claims, as well as on the financing of the transaction
• an investment group on the acquisition of a diversified holding company
• shareholders of an education platform in transactions for the sale of a strategic stake to a major Russian technology group and several other investors
• a confidential client on a transaction for the sale of a large real estate complex together with an interest in a joint-venture in Saint Petersburg under a hybrid agreement

Advising:

• a Russian sovereign wealth fund in a strategic project involving entry into a joint venture with a major Chinese petrochemical corporation for the construction and operation of a terminal for the transshipment of liquefied hydrocarbon gases in the Russian Far East
• the largest minority shareholder of a Russian metallurgical enterprise on the performance and enforcement of a shareholder agreement governed by English law and the company’s constitutional documents
• Russian and foreign sovereign wealth funds on their joint acquisition of an interest in a joint venture operating a major Russian fitness-club network
• a foreign sovereign fund on acquiring a strategically significant stake in Russia’s largest oil company, including obtaining all required governmental clearances
• a private investor on the acquisition of a strategic stake in a joint venture real estate complex located in the capital of an EU member state

Advising:

• Russia’s leading online recruitment company in its large-scale business restructuring involving redomiciliation and a quasi-IPO in Russia
• the owner of a key port in southern Russia (including oil and dry bulk terminals) on a legal audit of the group’s governance structure, as well as on corporate and management frameworks and a full overhaul of internal documentation at both corporate and operational levels
• an engineering group on establishing a joint venture and building its governance structure with a company specialising in leasing and maintenance services
• a foreign investor on Russian corporate governance in connection with the potential acquisition of a shareholding in a major Russian construction materials group

Representing: 

• a major international manufacturing company in an LCIA arbitration arising from the sale of its Russian business; the case concluded with the respondent’s complete acknowledgment of the client’s claims
• a group of private investors in a dispute with a US investment fund; the dispute was ultimately resolved out of court with payments to the investors
• a leading Russian bank specialising in complex / special-situations assets in a dispute with a minority shareholder of a wood-processing joint venture, including proceedings in Russian and Cypriot courts
• the majority shareholder of a Russian chemical company in administrative and court proceedings concerning unfair competition amid a large-scale corporate conflict