Olga Gorokhova is a Senior Associate in the Competition/Antitrust Practice, Intellectual Property Practice, and Personal Data Protection and Cybersecurity Practice at ALRUD Law Firm.
Olga advises on a wide range of antimonopoly issues. Her relevant experience includes merger control clearance of global M&A/JV transactions. In addition, Olga represents clients during the national security clearance of transactions related to the foreign investments in Russia, including investments in strategic industries.
Olga assists clients during projects related to the compliance of the company's business activities with the requirements of antimonopoly legislation and also represents interests in cases of unfair competition. Olga's experience also includes advising on competition rules of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Among her clients are companies from such industries as pharmaceutical, food, chemical and oil and gas, IT sector and other industries.
As part of the Intellectual Property practice, as well as the practice of Personal Data Protection and Cybersecurity, Olga advises foreign and Russian clients on various legal issues in the field of intellectual property, advertising and personal data, and also takes part in dispute resolution projects related to intellectual property.
Olga graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University, with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Law with honors, and with a master’s degree in Competition Law with honors.
Includes advising and representing:
• Represented interests of the INEOS group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of petrochemical products, specialty chemicals and petroleum products, in FAS (Federal Antimonopoly Service) Russia with respect to the merger control clearance of its acquisition of BP Chemicals Business from BP plc., a multinational oil and gas company.
• Represented interests of the largest worldwide producer of medical equipment Thermo Fisher Scientific in FAS Russia, with regard to the acquisition of a group of companies of Life Technologies Corporation which works in the biomedical market.
• Represented interests of Schneider Electric SE, a French multinational company providing energy and automation digital solutions in FAS Russia, regarding its acquisition of ProLeit AG, a provider for industrial automation, process control technology and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for the Food and Beverage Industries.
• Represented interests of AB Linas Agro Group, agricultural and food industry company, in clearance with FAS Russia of acquisition of the AB Kauno Grudai group of companies, one of the biggest, agriculture and food business groups across the Baltic States.
• Represented interests of VimpelCom on obtaining clearance from the Government Commission for Control over Foreign Investments, for the acquisition of company providing cloud solutions.
• Advised one of the biggest Russian banks on its antitrust risks assessment in the ecosystem created by the client.
• Conducted antimonopoly mock-raid in the office and interviews with key employees of the Russian subsidiary of the leading global technology company producing electronics, devices and telecommunications equipment. Conducted risk-assessment and elaborated recommendations on enhancing antimonopoly compliance system of the Client.
• Advised the world's largest manufacturers of smartphones and other electronics on compliance with the requirements for mandatory pre-installation of applications by Russian developers.
• Represented the interests of the largest Russian manufacturer of mining equipment in FAS Russia, with regard to complaint against it.
• Advised Gelita AG, a manufacturer of gelatin and collagen peptides for the food industry, healthcare and nutrition, the pharmaceutical industry and for several technical applications, in response to a request from FAS Russia in an unfair competition case.
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