Pepeliaev Group has a new corporate partner

Ilya Bolotnov has been named a partner of Pepeliaev Group’s corporate division of with effect from 1 July 2011.

Ilya specialises in corporate and contract law issues, with more than 10 years of advising both Russian and non-Russian clients. He has worked on asset acquisitions, restructurings, the formation of joint ventures, structuring of contractual relations in Russia as well as other corporate and contract law issues and antimonopoly regulation.

Ilya graduated from the law faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and also obtained a Master of Laws degree (LL.M) with distinction. Between 2007 and 2009, he worked in the Moscow office of law firm Hannes Snellman, while from 2001 to 2007 he was with the international consulting firm Grant Thornton.

From February 2009, Ilya has headed Pepeliaev Group’s commercial and M&A practice, providing advice on doing business in Russia to companies such as: Nike, Jaguar Land Rover, JTI, Procter & Gamble, Wal-Mart, Harry’s / Barilla, Armadillo / DPD, Billa, Electrolux and Ritter Sport Chocolate.

Ilya Bolotnov has led and worked on a whole range of projects for both Russian and foreign investors, including the following:

• Represented Skamol A/S, a leading European manufacturer of insulating materials, in a transaction to acquire production capacities in Russia as well as in an integrated restructuring of the companies and assets acquired.
  
• Provided support on a transaction in which the Russian division of a major American corporation acquired four companies providing processing services.
  
• Represented a major Scandinavian investment fund in a transaction to sell its production capacies in Russia to a core investor (organising the due diligence process for the purchasers, structuring the transaction).
  
• Represented major international car manufacturers in producing draft contracts and agreeing these contracts with partner banks in order to implement benefits programmes for car credit to Russian consumers purchasing vehicles.
  
• Advised major manufacturers and retail chains in relation to the enactment of new retail legislation, including preparing draft contracts which corresponded to the new requirements and supplying recommendations concerning the potential risks entailed by the implementation of the contracts.
  
• Was directly involved in and managed antimonopoly audit projects for major Russian and foreign pharmaceutical and energy companies as well as companies in the consumer sector.
  

“The enhanced status of our corporate team has come about thanks to the successful integrated work on projects of the entire Pepeliaev Group team and also the growth in the number of clients and projects in this area of law,” considers Mr Bolotnov. The naming of a new partner shows the strategic importance for future development that the firm places on the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and antimonopoly regulation. This will enable the firm to win and carry out increasingly large-scale projects.