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IRINA SAMOYLOVA
Partner
Corporate and M&A
office +7 495 540 47 12, mob. +7 926 527 50 03 isamoylova@samoylov.legal
Education:
  • State Academic University for the Humanities (GAUGN), Moscow, Faculty of Law (based on the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences), 2005
Languages: Russian, English
  • head of the Firm's Corporate and M&A Practice Group
  • more than 18 years of legal consulting expereince, including 12 years at the Moscow office of DLA Piper
  • specialisation: support of public and private M&A transactions, corporate restructuring, direct and venture investments, corporate governance in a wide range of economic sectors both on the Russian market and globally
  • has significant experience of advising clients on different aspects of commercial law, providing legal support in the mining, energy, real estate, technology, media and telecommunications sectors
  • is a recommended as a corporate law professional by the legal handbook Best Lawyers
Selected experiences (significant projects)

Irina has advised and represented:

  • the shareholders of a leading Russian developer of product lifecycle management (software engineering) systems during the creation of a strategic partnership with a major Russian corporation
  • UAE sovereign wealth fund in connection with a transaction with respect to the leading operator of a network of commercial data processing centres in Moscow
  • the participants of LLC Security Code during the sale by LLC Rosatom-Digital Solutions of 50% of the participation interests in the capital of LLC Security Code and the creation of a strategic partnership to develop Russian information security software and hardware solutions
  • largest Russian developer, manufacturer and supplier of computers and IT solutions in connection with the acquisition of a majority participation interest in the market leader for data storage systems
  • Russian Direct Investment Fund and its co-investors  – the Russian-Chinese Investment Fund and a leading Middle Eastern sovereign fund – in connection with the acquisition of a minority shareholding in the Russian mining company Intergeo owned by ONEXIM Group
  • PJSC Polyus Group company in connection with investments in a leading Russian developer of electrochemical solutions for the energy sector
  • PJSC Raspadskaya, one of Russia’s largest coal-mining companies, in connection with its spin-off from Evraz, a global steel and mining company
  • Belgian group La Lorraine Bakery Group, one of the biggest bakeries in Europe, during the creation of a joint venture with the Russian Direct Investment Fund for the joint implementation of projects in the bakery sector and supplies of respective bakery products in Russia
  • foreign investor in connection with the sale of the shares of a company owning the biggest business centre in Moscow’s historical centre
  • foreign fund in connection with the sale of class A business centres in Moscow
  • Russian investor in connection with the acquisition of control over a number of companies owning polymetallic, gold/zinc sulphide, beryllium fluoride ore deposits, coal and other deposits in the Republic of Buryatia
  • Russian investor in connection with the potential creation of a joint venture to develop copper nickel deposits and hydrocarbon deposits in Krasnodar Territory
  • Gazprom Energoholding in connection with a potential transaction involving the swap of an energy-producing asset for the shares of a Russian energy company
  • Savencia Fromage & Dairy, leading global dairy and cheese manufacturer, in connection with the acquisition of the shares of Belebey Dairy, a leading pressed cheese manufacturer
  • Sber Group in connection with the creation with Rambler & Co and private investors of the Foodplex joint venture, a united digital platform for the restaurant market, uniting a digital marketing, payments, restaurant booking and automation system
  • major oil company in a series of transactions, inter alia, in connection with:
    • the creation of a number of production and service joint ventures in the Republic of Venezuela;
    • the potential acquisition of a participation interest in an offshore gas development project in Grenada;
    • the potential acquisition of GAZEKS Group, the largest gas distribution company in the Urals;
    • the sale of foreign assets in an EU country;
    • the conclusion with the Brazilian company HRT O&G of a contract on the receipt of a participation interest and a joint venture agreement in a project on the development of the 21st oil and gas bloc located in the north of Brazil;
    • the potential acquisition of a 55% participation interest in a project on the development of the 21st oil and gas bloc located in the north of Brazil;
  • State Grid Corporation of China in connection with the potential acquisition of thermal power stations in Russia