Igor Ostapets

Partner
Head of Corporate Practice

Languages

Russian English

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Corporate M&A Joint Ventures

Igor Ostapets is a partner and head of Asari Legal’s Corporate practice. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, including large-scale transactions in the oil & gas and energy sectors.

Igor’s experience also includes advising on internal corporate and regulatory investigations (ABC & AML) and representing clients in cross-border disputes.

Igor Ostapets

Education

University of Michigan Law School LL.M.,1996
Belarusian State University (BSU) Law Faculty, with honours, 1990

Project highlights

Corporate law and transactions

Advising:

  • a major international leasing group on the sale of leasing assets in Russia
  • one of the world’s leading medical equipment manufacturers on setting up a joint venture with a Russian partner for the supply, servicing, and prospective local production of medical diagnostic equipment in Russia
  • a leading international oil and gas company on evaluating participation in several investment projects in Russia and on establishing and operating a Russian subsidiary
  • an asset manager on the sale of Russian wind farms with an aggregate capacity exceeding 350 MW
  • an energy corporation in connection with the privatisation of a 19.5% stake in an oil company
  • a major fuel-and-energy corporation on the acquisition of 50.08% of another oil company
  • one of the largest Russian oil companies on divestments of over USD 4 billion worth of oil and gas assets
  • one of the largest Russian oil companies on the acquisition of USD 1.8 billion worth of upstream and pipeline assets in Vietnam and Venezuela
  • a consortium in connection with the sale of a 50% stake to a multinational oil and gas company and the establishment of a joint venture with a leading Russian oil company
  • a consortium in connection with the sale of a 50% stake to a multinational oil and gas company and the establishment of a joint venture with a leading Russian oil company
  • a global energy company on the sale of Russian oil & gas assets for an amount exceeding USD 1 billion
  • one of the largest Russian oil companies on establishing a joint venture with a major petrochemical group for associated gas processing, as well as on restructuring arrangements within that JV
  • a private industrial group on the sale of a 25%+1 block of shares in one a major telecommunications company for over USD 1 billion
  • a private industrial group on the sale of shareholdings in several of Russia’s largest power generation companies
  • one of the largest Russian oil companies on setting up a joint venture with an energy company based on a large Russian power plant

News

Igor Ostapets joins Asari Legal as Head of Corporate Practice
24 June 2025 г.

Igor Ostapets joins Asari Legal as Head of Corporate Practice

Asari Legal is pleased to announce that, on 24 June 2025, Igor Ostapets joined us as a Partner and Head of Corporate Practice...

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Ratings

Chambers Global, Chambers Europe

M&A and Energy (Band 1; Eminent Practitioner)

The Legal 500 Europe (through 2022)

Corporate and M&A