Alexander Volnov is a corporate and securities associate who advises on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and finance transactions in Russia and the CIS. He has represented leading companies in industries including the automotive, electric energy, telecommunications, mining and metals, and oil and gas industries on a range of corporate, securities and finance transactions, including IPOs. Chambers Global (2012) notes that “Alexander Volnov has advised on significant mandates throughout Russia and the CIS. According to interviewees, ‘he is excellent, very thorough, and timely in his feedback.’”
Significant Representations
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and OAO Rusnano on their EUR185 million joint equity investment in a Russian subsidiary of NSG Pilkington to finance a new production line that will manufacture energy-saving glass for the Russian market; this is the first equity investment made jointly by the EBRD and Rusnano
- Kinross Gold Corporation, a Canada-headquartered mining company, on its c. US$350 million acquisition of a 25% stake in Chukotka Mining and Geological Company (CMGC), the 100% owner of the Kupol gold and silver mine in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Far East Region of the Russian Federation
- PepsiCo on its $3.8 billion acquisition of 66% of Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC, a leader in both traditional and value-added dairy products in Russia, with a solid position in juice
- Kinross Gold Corporation on its acquisition of the high-grade Dvoinoye deposit and the Vodorazdelnaya property in the Chukotka region of the Russian Far East for a total purchase price of US$368 million, comprising US$165 million in cash and approximately 10.56 million newly issued Kinross shares
- a multinational grain and oilseed holding company on its sale of a significant minority stake in one of the largest grain terminals in Russia and on its sale of businesses and other assets in the agribusiness sector in Russia, Ukraine and Moldova
- Kinross Gold Corporation on its US$3.1 billion acquisition of Bema Gold Corporation, which included the acquisition of the Kupol mine in Chukotka, now one of the largest operating goldmines in Russia, and also the spin-off of related assets; and on consent waivers and amendments to a related US$425 project finance facility with a syndicate of lenders, subordinated lenders and hedging counterparties
- VimpelCom on its approximately $226 million acquisition of a 49.9% stake in the Euroset Group, Russia's largest mobile handset retailer
- VimpelCom on its 341.9 million euro acquisition from Hellenic Telecommunications Organization of 90% of CJSC Armenia Telephone Company (Armentel)
- Alfa-Bank on the sale, through an open auction, of a controlling (50.9%) stake of ordinary voting shares of OAO "Mosenergosbyt," the largest electricity sales company in Russia
- lead associate on the representation of Territorial Generation Company No. 2 (TGK-2) on its contemplated IPO and on its subsequent sale of a 33.47% stake for $385 million to a strategic investor arranged by Alfa-Bank and Dresdner Bank, as part of the restructuring of RAO UES, Russia’s former state electricity monopoly
- lead associate on the representation of Territorial Generation Company No. 4 (TGK-4) on its contemplated IPO and on its subsequent sale of a 31% stake for $509 million to a strategic investor arranged by ABN AMRO and Metropol, as part of the restructuring of RAO UES, Russia’s former state electricity monopoly
- an affiliate of Gazprom on the multiphased, multibillion dollar Shtokman LNG project
- Major UK and Russian oil and gas companies on commercial and transactional matters, including performance of due diligence and preparation of supply of oil and gas, charter party, and insurance agreements
- The Boeing Company on its $60 million joint venture with OAO “Corporation VSMPO-Avisma,” the world’s largest titanium producer, for use in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
- Fortis Investments on the establishment with CIT Finance of a joint venture in Russia
- International Finance Corporation (IFC) on loans to OMK/Vyksa Steel Works, Ramenka Supermarkets, and a major Russian leasing company
- IFC on a RUB450 million partial credit guarantee by IFC on bond of RUB1 billion issued by the Republic of Chuvashia for road construction and water supply financing and subsequent RUB1.3 billion (approximately $55,114,000) loan to Chuvashavtodor, a project company, for road modernization
- Major foreign real estate developers on the preparation of the construction agreement for the construction of certain real estate in the "Moscow City" development and a parking and shopping center in central Moscow
Education
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Law Degree, 2001
The University of Nottingham, LL.M., 2003
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Ph.D., 2007
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
Russian Federation
Languages
Russian
English
Spanish